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Sir Rabindranath Tagore
Sir Rabindranath Tagore , 1861-1941, Indian author and guru, b. Calcutta (now Kolkata). Tagore came from a wealthy Bengali family. He went abroad in 1877 to study law in England but soon returned to India. For a time he managed his father's estates and became involved with the Indian nationalist mov...
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British Indian Ocean Territory
British Indian Ocean Territory archipelago, c.1,180 mi (1,900 km), NE of Mauritius, in the central Indian Ocean. The islands, which form the Chagos Archipelago and are located on the southern end of a chain of sea mounts that also includes Lakshadweep and the Maldives , were administered by Mau...
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Motilal Nehru
Motilal Nehru , 1861-1931, Indian political leader, father of Jawaharlal Nehru. A successful attorney, he joined the Indian National Congress and served as its president in 1919. In 1923, however, he entered the national legislature as leader of the Swaraj [independence] party, formed to wreck the...
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Punjab
Punjab [Pers.,=five rivers], historic region in the NW of the Indian subcontinent. Since 1947 it has been separated into an Indian state and a Pakistani province bearing the same name. The Indus River bounds the region in part of the west and the Yamuna River in part of the east. The five rivers th...
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Native Americans, U.S. Military Relations with
Gall , c.1840-1894, war chief of the Sioux, b. South Dakota. He refused to accept the treaty of 1868 (by which he would have been confined to a reservation), joined
Sitting Bull
and other dissident chiefs, and was the chief military lieutenant of Sitting Bull in the great defeat of George A...
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India
India officially Republic of India, republic (2005 est pop. 1,080,264,000), 1,261,810 sq mi (3,268,090 sq km), S Asia. The second most populous country in the world, it is also sometimes called Bharat, its ancient name. India's land frontier (c.9,500 mi/15,290 km long) stretches from the Arabian Se...
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Srinagar
Srinagar or Serinagar , city (1981 est. pop. 588,000), Jammu and Kashmir, India, historic capital of Kashmir , on the Jhelum River. Situated in the Vale of Kashmir, Srinagar is one of the most beautiful summer resorts of Asia. Seven wooden bridges cross the Jhelum and connect the sections of th...
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Indian National Congress
Indian National Congress Indian political party, founded in 1885. Its founding members proposed economic reforms and wanted a larger role in the making of British policy for India. By 1907, however, the Congress had split into a moderate group led by Gopal Krishna Gokhale , who sought dominion sta...
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George Catlin
George Catlin 1796-1872, American traveler and artist, b. Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Educated as a lawyer, he practiced in Philadelphia for two years but turned to art study and became a portrait painter in New York City. He went west c.1832 to study and paint Native Americans, and after executing numerous ...
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James Andrew Broun Ramsay Dalhousie, 1st marquess of
James Andrew Broun Ramsay Dalhousie, 1st marquess of , 1812-60, British statesman. After serving as president of the Board of Trade (1845-47) he was governor-general of India (1847-56). He annexed the Punjab (1849) after the British victory in the second Sikh War and lower Myanmar (1852) after the s...
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