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PlaceTypeAsNotedInArea
PlaceTypeAsNotedInArea
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, IN Indian Union Territory
Assam, IN Indian State
Belum Caves Natural Cave
Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park
Chilika Lake
Elephanta Caves
Ellora Caves
Fatehpur Sikri
Gir National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary
Goa, IN Indian State
Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram
Group of Monuments at Pattadakal
Gujarat Indian State
Haryana, IN Indian State
Hogenakkal Falls Waterfall
Indus River
Jog Falls Waterfall
Karnataka, IN Indian State
Kaziranga National Park
Keoladeo National Park
Kerala, IN Indian State
Khajuraho Group of Monuments
Kudremukh National Park
Kyllang Rock and Symper Rock
Lonar Crater and Lake
Madhya Pradesh, IN Indian State
Mahabodhi Temple Complex at Bodh Gaya
Maharashtra Indian State
Marble Rocks
New Delhi City
Odisha, IN Indian State
Pachmarhi
Punjab, IN Indian State
Rajasthan, IN Indian State
Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka
Siachen Glacier
Sila Thoranam Arch Natural Arch
Tamil Nadu, IN Indian State
Telangana, IN Indian State
Uttar Pradesh, IN Indian State
Uttarakhand, IN Indian State
Waterfalls of Meghalaya
Waterfalls of Orissa
West Bengal, IN Indian State
Western Ghats Physiographic Province

Eat and Drink »

FoodTypeAsNotedInDescription
FoodTypeAsNotedInDescription
Ajowan Aromatic Ajowan is cultivated in the state of Rajasthan (literally, Land of Kings) in northern India.
Anardana Aromatic Anardana is a spice used in Indian cuisine that provides a sour-sweet flavor.
Appam Pancake Appam, a pancake made with fermented rice batter and coconut milk, is popular in Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
Bandel Cheese
Bhakri Flatbread Bhakri is a round flat unleavened bread popular in the Indian state of Maharashtra.
Black Cardamom Fruit
Burmese grape Fruit During the Rath Yatra festival's holy procession, locals offer Burmese grapes in tribute to Lord Jagannath.
Chhena Cheese
Coconut Fruit Coconuts are likely indigenous to India.
Dahi Chhena Cheese
Dosa Pancake
Goan Sausage Meat Sausage
Haywards 5000 Beer
Idli Cake
Kalari Cheese
Kalimpong Cheese Cheese
Khakhra Cracker Khakhra is a thin cracker made from mat bean, wheat flour common in the Gujarati cuisine of India.
Khoya Cheese
Kulcha Flatbread Kulcha is a leavened bread from the Indian Subcontinent, eaten in India and Pakistan.
Naan Flatbread
Nungu Fruit
Paneer Cheese
Papadum Cracker
Paratha Flatbread
Parotta Flatbread Parotta, a layered flatbread made from maida flour, is from the culinary tradition of southern India, especially in Kerala.
Pista Burfi Sweets
Pomegranate Fruit Pomegranate is native to northern India.
Puran Poli Flatbread
Roti Flatbread
Rumali Roti Flatbread
Samosa Fritter
Tandoor bread Flatbread
Tandoori Chicken Entree
Tonic (Quinine) Water Soda Pop Tonic water was first made by British soldiers in East India in the early 19th century.
Turmeric Root Aromatic Turmeric is native to the Indian subcontinent.



Geography »

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Chilika Lake
Ganges River River
Great Himalayas Physiographic Province
Indus River
Lonar Crater and Lake

Information »

Location

Southern Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal, between Burma and Pakistan - The World Factbook

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Particulars for India:
Locale Type Nation
Food Kind Pancake

Data
Demonym: Indian
Corruption Perceptions Index - 2014, Transparency International: 85


History »

The Indus Valley civilization, one of the world's oldest, flourished during the 3rd and 2nd millennia B.C. and extended into northwestern India. Aryan tribes from the northwest infiltrated onto the Indian subcontinent about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. The Maurya Empire of the 4th and 3rd centuries B.C. - which reached its zenith under ASHOKA - united much of South Asia. The Golden Age ushered in by the Gupta dynasty (4th to 6th centuries A.D.) saw a flowering of Indian science, art, and culture. Islam spread across the subcontinent over a period of 700 years. In the 10th and 11th centuries, Turks and Afghans invaded India and established the Delhi Sultanate. In the early 16th century, the Emperor BABUR established the Mughal Dynasty which ruled India for more than three centuries. European explorers began establishing footholds in India during the 16th century. By the 19th century, Great Britain had become the dominant political power on the subcontinent. The British Indian Army played a vital role in both World Wars. Years of nonviolent resistance to British rule, led by Mohandas GANDHI and Jawaharlal NEHRU, eventually resulted in Indian independence, which was granted in 1947. Large-scale communal violence took place before and after the subcontinent partition into two separate states - India and Pakistan. The neighboring nations have fought three wars since independence, the last of which was in 1971 and resulted in East Pakistan becoming the separate nation of Bangladesh. India's nuclear weapons tests in 1998 emboldened Pakistan to conduct its own tests that same year. In November 2008, terrorists originating from Pakistan conducted a series of coordinated attacks in Mumbai, India's financial capital. Despite pressing problems such as significant overpopulation, environmental degradation, extensive poverty, and widespread corruption, economic growth following the launch of economic reforms in 1991 and a massive youthful population are driving India's emergence as a regional and global power. - The World Factbook

Creative Works »

WorkTypeAsNotedInCreatorNote
A Fine Balance Book Rohinton Mistry
A Passage to India (book) Book E M Forster Setting
A Passage to India (film) Film David Lean Setting
A Suitable Boy (book) Makrystoria Vikram Seth
Animal's People Book Indra Sinha
Clear Light of Day Book Anita Desai
Dear Prudence Song Siouxsie and the Banshees The Beatles Dear Prudence was writen in Rishikesh, India
Deep River Book Shusaku Endo "Deep River" takes four Japanese tourists on a tour to India, March 1977
Gandhi's Truth: On the Origins of Militant Nonviolence (book) History Book Erik H Erikson
Ghandi Film Richard Attenborough Setting
Gunga Din Film George Stevens Douglas Fairbanks Jr Setting
Home and the World Novel Rabindranath Tagore
Justine (Durrell book) Book Lawrence Durrell
Lost Horizon (book) Novel James Hilton (novelist) He thought it likely, he said, that they were still in India. They had been flying east for several hours, too high to see much, but probably the course had been along some river valley, one stretching roughly east and west.
Lost Horizon (book) Novel James Hilton (novelist) And now you're flying from India to Tibet instead. That's the way things happen.
Memoirs of Rain Book Sunetra Gupta
Midnight's Children Book Salman Rushdie
Naga (Short Story) Short Story R K Narayan
Poison (Dahl short story) Short Story Roald Dahl
Satanic Verses (book) Book Salman Rushdie
Small Remedies Book Shashi Deshpande
The God of Small Things Book Arundhati Roy
The Great Indian Novel Book Shashi Tharoor
The Guide Book R K Narayan
The Holder of the World Book Bharati Mukherjee
The Inheritance of Loss Book Kieran Desai
The Life of Pi Book Yan Martel
The Namesake Book Jhumpa Lahiri
The Rose of Tibet Novel Lionel Davidson In "The Rose of Tibet" Charles Whittington travels from India to the monastery of Yamdring in Tibet, 1950.
The Shadow Lines Book Amitav Ghosh
The Siege of Krishnapur Book J G Farrell The Siege of Krishnapur is set in an isolated Victorian outpost in India, Indian Rebellion of 1857
The Story Of Civilization 1: Our Oriental Heritage (book) History Book Will Durant Ariel Durant
The Story of My Experiments with Truth (book) Memoir Mahatma Gandhi
The Triple Mirror of the Self Book Zulfikar Ghose
The Vice-Consul Book Marguerite Duras Vice-Consul is set in the steamy monsoon heat of Calcutta (Kolkata), India
The Village by the Sea Book Anita Desai "The Village by the Sea" is set in Thul (near Alibagh)
Untouchable Book Mulk Raj Anand

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