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Background Stats: compare key data on Cyprus & India

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  • First human settlement > Date: Date or period of the first known or suspected human settlement within each geographic location listed. For further descriptions, please refer to notes.
  • First human settlement > Notes: Description of the first known or suspected human settlement within each geographic location listed. For the date or period of the described settlement, please refer to the according date stat.
  • First human settlement > Place: Location of the first known or suspected human settlement in each country.
  • Full name: Full names (translated to english) of the United Nations member states, as of 2014. For a list of full names in the respective original languages of each country, check this link.
  • Independence day date: Date.
  • National anthems: National anthem.
  • National tree: Name of tree.

    No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.

  • Neighboring countries and territories: The countries and territories neighboring each country. "L" means they share only a land border and "M" means they have only maritime boundaries. A blank means they share both.
  • Overview: A geopolitical overview of every sovereign country in the world, briefly examining their recent history and place on the global stage. The texts are taken from the BBC News website.
STAT Cyprus India
First human settlement > Date 12,500 BP 70,000 BP
First human settlement > Notes Burned bones of megafauna. Recent finds of stone tools in Jwalapuram before and after the Toba supereruption , may have been made by modern humans, but this is disputed.
First human settlement > Place Aetokremnos Jwalapuram , Andhra Pradesh
Full name Republic of Cyprus Republic of India
Independence day date October 1 August 15
National anthems \u00ddmnos eis t\u012bn Eleuther\u00edan ( Hymn to Liberty ) Jana Gana Mana ( Hail the ruler of all minds )
National tree Golden oak Banyan Tree
Neighboring countries and territories Egypt (M) Greece (M) Israel (M) Lebanon (M) Syria (M) Turkey (M) Akrotiri and Dhekelia ( United Kingdom ) Northern Cyprus Afghanistan (L) Bangladesh Bhutan (L) Burma China (L) Indonesia (M) Maldives (M) Nepal (L) Pakistan Sri Lanka (M) Thailand (M)
Overview <p>By legend the birthplace of the ancient Greek goddess of love Aphrodite, Cyprus&#039;s modern history has, in contrast, been dominated by enmity between its Greek and Turkish inhabitants. </p> <p>Cyprus has been divided since 1974 when Turkey invaded the north in response to a military coup on the island which was backed by the Athens government.</p> <p>In 1974 the island was effectively partitioned with the northern third inhabited by Turkish Cypriots and the southern two-thirds by Greek Cypriots. The UN peacekeeping forces estimate that 165,000 Greek Cypriots fled or were expelled from the north, and 45,000 Turkish Cypriots from the south, although the parties to the conflict say the figures are higher.</p><br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17217956">Full Article</a> <p>The world&#039;s largest democracy and second most populous country emerged as a major power in the 1990s. It is militarily strong, has major cultural influence and a fast-growing and powerful economy. </p> <p>A nuclear-armed state, it carried out tests in the 1970s and again in the 1990s in defiance of world opinion. However, India is still tackling huge social, economic and environmental problems. </p> <p>The vast and diverse Indian sub-continent - from the mountainous Afghan frontier to the jungles of Burma - was under foreign rule from the early 1800s until the demise of the British Raj in 1947. </p><br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-12557384">Full Article</a>

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