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Legal revision and translation into all official EU languages Indian timeline takes us on a journey of the history of the subcontinent. In the eighth century Islam came to India for the first time and by the eleventh century had firmly established itself in India as a political force.

Painted manuscripts of religious texts survive from Eastern India from 10th century onwards, most of the earliest being Buddhist and later Jain. During this period Buddhist art spread with Indian religions to Central, East and Southeast Asia, the last also greatly influenced by Hindu art. India has a very ancient tradition of art, which has exchanged many influences with the rest of Eurasia, especially in the first millennium. Outside the caste system, and therefore of traditional Hinduism, lie people formerly called “outcastes” or “untouchables,” and now scheduled caste (a term used in India’s constitution) or Dalit, a later self-description of pride, meaning “broken” or “downtrodden”. The 10 most polluted cities in the world are all in India with more than 140 million people breathing air 10 times or more over the WHO safe limit.

• Rice was partially cooked and layered alternately with sauteed meat, the pot sealed tightly, and slow cooked according to another Persian cooking technique, to produce biryani, a feature of festive dining in many parts of India.
• Gradually expanding rule of the British East India Company turned India into a colonial economy but consolidated its sovereignty.
• Filmi is music written for Indian cinema, generally composed by music directors and sung by playback singers.
• India has the fourth largest number of spoken languages per country in the world, only behind Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, and Nigeria.

Since India’s partition and the creation of Pakistan in 1947, the nuclear-armed neighbours have fought two wars over the Muslim-majority territory, which both claim in full but control in part. The Himalayan region of Kashmir has been a flashpoint between India and Pakistan for over six decades. During the election, critics accused Mr Modi and his party of using hate speech, attacking the country’s Muslim minority, and jailing opposition figures. The election saw a resurgence of India’s opposition, which won 234 seats.

Signing of the agreement between the EU and India The EU and India commit to working together on climate action and the sustainable use of natural resources. The agreement is expected to double EU exports to India, which already support 800,000 European jobs. This is partly due to the very high tariffs which India charges on imported goods. With 6,000 European companies operating in India, the agreement will boost competitiveness and create new opportunities across multiple sectors. The EU and India already trade over €180 billion worth of goods and services per year, supporting close to 800,000 jobs in the EU.

To the west lies the Thar Desert, the eastern spread of which is checked by the Aravallis. Immediately south of the emerging Himalayas, plate movement created a vast crescent-shaped trough that rapidly filled with river-borne sediment and now constitutes the Indo-Gangetic Plain. The Indian continental crust, however, was obstructed and was sheared horizontally.

For administration purposes, India has been divided into smaller pieces. They can make any government action invalid if it contradicts the Constitution. The Chief Justice of India is the head of the Supreme Court.

In 1914, British India and Tibet agreed on the McMahon Line, as part of the Simla Accord. Similarly, the Republic of India does not recognise the Pakistani and Chinese parts of Kashmir. However, Pakistan and China do not recognise this area as part of India. For example, India claims Jammu and Kashmir as an Indian state. Different countries disagree about where India’s borders lie.

Some 431 million Indians have left poverty since 1985; India’s middle classes are projected to number around 580 million by 2030. In 2006, the share of external trade in India’s GDP stood at 24%, up from 6% in 1985. India’s foreign exchange remittances of US$100 billion in 2022, highest in the world, were contributed to its economy by 32 million Indians working in foreign countries. The vast majority of Indians fall into the global low-income group based on average daily income.

Dwarkadhish Temple

India’s wildlife, which has traditionally been viewed with tolerance in its culture, is supported in protected habitats. It has disputes over Kashmir with its neighbours, Pakistan and China, unresolved since the mid-20th century. India has been a federal republic since 1950, governed through a democratic parliamentary system. In 1947, the British Indian Empire was partitioned into two independent dominions, a Hindu-majority dominion of India and a Muslim-majority dominion of Pakistan. The rights promised to Indians were granted slowly, but technological changes were introduced, and modern ideas of education and the public life took root.

PM congratulates Mr. Tarique Rahman on BNP’s victory in the Parliamentary elections in Bangladesh

The national emblem of India shows four lions standing back-to-back. In 2010, the Indian Armed Forces had 1.32 million active personnel, making it one of the largest militaries in the world. The Indian Armed Forces is the country’s military.

SC seeks progress report on AAIB probe

As the 7th largest country in the world, India stands apart from the rest of Asia, marked off as it is by mountains and the sea, which give the country a distinct geographical entity. When the two finally collided (approximately 50 million years ago), the northern edge of the Indian-Australian Plate was thrust under the Eurasian Plate at a low angle. Much of India’s territory lies within a large peninsula, surrounded by the Arabian Sea to the west and the Bay of Bengal to the east; Cape Comorin (Kanniyakumari), the southernmost point of the Indian mainland, marks the dividing line between those two bodies of water. Though the country’s population remains largely rural, India has three of the most populous Bet365 and cosmopolitan cities in the world—Mumbai (Bombay), Kolkata (Calcutta), and Delhi.

A final report could adopt a more cautious version to avoid strong national controversies, the outlet reported. This risked damaging the image of a country investing heavily in air transport, tourism and trade, it quoted sources as saying. There was already pressure on India from western countries in particular that, if the probe was not carried out with full facts, the security level of all Indian airlines could be re-evaluated, the news report noted.

India also fought a war to capture Goa, a Portuguese-built port and a city that was not a part of India until 1961. After 1947, India had a socialist planned economy. The first official leader (Prime Minister) of India was Jawaharlal Nehru.