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Laccadive, Minicoy, and Amindivi Islands

(Encyclopedia)Laccadive, Minicoy, and Amindivi Islands, India: see Lakshadweep. ...

Kanchi

(Encyclopedia)Kanchi or Kancheepuram, India: see Kanchipuram. ...

Port Blair

(Encyclopedia)Port Blair, India: see Andaman and Nicobar Islands. ...

Nicobar Islands

(Encyclopedia)Nicobar Islands, India: see Andaman and Nicobar Islands. ...

North-East Frontier Agency

(Encyclopedia)North-East Frontier Agency, India: see Arunachal Pradesh. ...

Ghose, Aurobindo

(Encyclopedia)Ghose, Aurobindo ôrōbĭnˈdō gōsh [key], 1872–1950, Indian nationalist leader and mystic philosopher. Born in Bengal, he was sent to England and lived there for 14 years, completing his educatio...

Gama, Vasco da

(Encyclopedia)Gama, Vasco da văˈskō də găˈmə, Port. väshˈkō dä gäˈmə [key], c.1469–1524, Portuguese navigator, the first European to journey by sea to India. His epochal voyage (1497–99) was made ...

Aga Khan

(Encyclopedia)Aga Khan äˈgä khän [key], the title of the religious leader and imam of the Ismaili Nizari sect of Islam, originally bestowed by the Persian shah Fath Ali on Hasan Ali Shah, 1800–1881, the 46th ...

Dharwad

(Encyclopedia)Dharwad or Dharwar, city, India: see Hubballi-Dharwad. ...

caste

(Encyclopedia)caste [Port., casta=basket], ranked groups based on heredity within rigid systems of social stratification, especially those that constitute Hindu India. Some scholars, in fact, deny that true caste s...