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Punjab (/ p ʌ n ˈ dʒ ɑː b / ⓘ; Punjabi: [pənˈdʒɑːb] ⓘ), historically known as Panchanada (Sanskrit) or Pentapotamia, is a state in northwestern India.Forming part of the larger Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, the state is bordered by the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh to the north and northeast, Haryana to the south and southeast, and Rajasthan to the southwest; by ...
History of the British Raj. After the Indian Rebellion of 1857, the British Government took over the administration to establish the British Raj. The British Raj was the period of British Parliament rule on the Indian subcontinent between 1858 and 1947, for around 89 years of British occupation. The system of governance was instituted in 1858 ...
The history of the Jews in India dates back to antiquity. [1] [2] [3] Judaism was one of the first foreign religions to arrive in the Indian subcontinent in recorded history. [4] Desi Jews are a small religious minority who have lived in the region since ancient times. They were able to survive for centuries despite persecution by Portuguese ...
History of Nepal. A map of Greater Nepal with the book published in 1819 by Francis Hamilton M. D. named "An Account of the Kingdom of Nepal and the Territories annexed to this Dominion by the House of Gorkha". Nepal is a multi-ethnic, multiracial, multicultural, multi-religious, and multilingual country.
Indian Railways. Indian Railways ( IR) is a statutory body under the ownership of the Ministry of Railways of the Government of India that operates India's national railway system. As of 2023, it manages the fourth largest national railway system by size with a running track length of 104,647 km (65,025 mi) and route length of 68,426 km (42,518 ...
Government of India. Employees. 19,247 (as on 1 March 2022) [1] Annual budget. ₹ 13,042 crore (US$1.6 billion) [2] Website. www .isro .gov .in. Indian Space Research Organisation ( ISRO [3] / ˈɪsroʊ /) [a] is the national space agency of India. It operates as the primary research and development arm of the Department of Space (DoS), which ...
The caste system in India is the paradigmatic ethnographic instance of social classification based on castes. It has its origins in ancient India, and was transformed by various ruling elites in medieval, early-modern, and modern India, especially in the aftermath of the collapse of the Mughal Empire and the establishment of the British Raj.
