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1.	Hindi, Bharat. a republic in S Asia: a union comprising 25 states and 7 union territories; formerly a British colony; gained independence Aug. 15, 1947; became a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations Jan. 26, 1950. 967,612,804; 1,246,880 sq. mi. (3,229,419 sq. km). Capital: New Delhi.

2.	a subcontinent in S Asia, occupied by Bangladesh, Bhutan, the Republic of India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sikkim.

[Origin: < L < Gk Indía, equiv. to Ind(ós) the Indus river (< OPers Hindu lit., the river; c. Skt sindhu) + -ia -ia

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a word used in communications to represent the letter I.

[Origin: 1950–55

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A peninsula and subcontinent of southern Asia south of the Himalaya Mountains, occupied by India, Nepal, Bhutan, Pakistan, and Bangladesh.
A country of southern Asia covering most of the Indian subcontinent. Aryans from the northwest invaded c. 1500 BC, pushing Dravidian and other peoples to the south. Most of India was unified by the emperor Asoka in the 3rd century BC. It experienced a golden age in the 4th and 5th centuries AD before being invaded c. 1000 by Muslims and later by the Mongol conqueror Baber, who established the Mogul empire (1526-1857). Various European powers established trading posts in the 16th and 17th centuries, with the British assuming authority over India in 1857. In the 20th century, India gained its independence from Great Britain (1947) following a campaign of civil disobedience led by the pacifist Mohandas Gandhi. Its concomitant partition into the separate countries of India and Pakistan resulted in a tumultuous migration of Muslims to Pakistan and Hindus and Sikhs to India in which approximately one million people died. New Delhi is the capital and Mumbai (Bombay) the largest city. Population: 1,100,000,000.

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O.E., from L. India, from Gk. India "region of the Indus River," later used of the region beyond it, from Indos "Indus River," from O.Pers. Hindu, the name for the province of Sind, from Skt. sindhu "river." The more common M.E. form was Ynde or Inde, From Fr. (see Indies). India began to prevail 16c., perhaps under Sp. or Port influence.

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a republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947

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Republic in southern Asia. Its capital is New Delhi, and its largest city is Calcutta.

Note: India is the second most populous country in the world, after China.

Note: British control of India began in 1757 and did not end until the dissolution of the British regime, or Raj, in 1947, when India was divided into India and Pakistan.

Note: Mahatma Gandhi led the movement for Indian independence through passive resistance to British rule. He was killed by a fanatic in 1948.

Note: The country is marked by conflict between the Hindu and Muslim populations and violence between castes.

Note: Despite world disapproval, in 1998 India successfully conducted nuclear bomb tests. Pakistan did the same two weeks later. (See Kashmir.)

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India Hook, SC (CDP, FIPS 35635) Location: 35.01182 N, 81.03967 W
Population (1990): 1506 (642 housing units)
Area: 7.2 sq km (land), 2.3 sq km (water)

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Chi"nese"\, a. Of or pertaining to China; peculiar to China.

Chinese paper. See India paper, under India.

Chinese wax, a snowy-white, waxlike substance brought from China. It is the bleached secretion of certain insects of the family Coccid[ae] especially Coccus Sinensis.

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