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Raffles, Sir Thomas Stamford Bingley

(Encyclopedia)Raffles, Sir Thomas Stamford Bingley, 1781–1826, British East Indian administrator. He was one of the founders of Britain's empire in East Asia. Beginning his career (1795) as a clerk in the British...

Rajputana

(Encyclopedia)Rajputana räjˌpo͝otäˈnə [key], historic region, NW India; roughly coextensive with the modern Indian state of Rajasthan. The name means “land of the Rajputs.” Rajput tribal power rose here b...

zebu

(Encyclopedia)zebu zēˈbyo͞o [key], domestic animal of the cattle family, Bos indicus, found in parts of E Asia, India, and Africa. The zebu characteristically has a large fatty hump (sometimes two humps) over th...

Bhattacharya, Bhabhani

(Encyclopedia)Bhattacharya, Bhabhani bəbäˈnē bätəchärˈyə [key], 1906–88, Indian novelist, journalist, and translator. Bhattacharya was educated in India and England and taught and traveled in many parts ...

Moradabad

(Encyclopedia)Moradabad môrədəbădˈ, mōrädäbädˈ [key], city (1991 pop. 443,701), Uttar Pradesh state, N central India. It is an important rail junction and an agricultural market center. There are industri...

Kanarese

(Encyclopedia)Kanarese käˈnədə [key], Dravidian language of India. See Dravidian languages. ...

Kannada

(Encyclopedia)Kannada känərēzˈ [key], Dravidian language of India. See Dravidian languages. ...

Muzaffarpur

(Encyclopedia)Muzaffarpur mo͝ozŭfˈfəräpo͝or [key], city (1991 pop. 241,107), Bihar state, NE India, on the Burhi Gandak River. It is the district administrative center for a lychee- and mango-producing area a...

Guntur

(Encyclopedia)Guntur go͞onto͞orˈ [key], city, Andhra Pradesh state, SE India. Located in the Krishna River ...

Hunza

(Encyclopedia)Hunza ho͝onˈsä [key], former princely state, 3,900 sq mi (10,101 sq km), NW Kashmir, administered by Pakistan. Declared a British protectorate in 1893, Hunza acceded to Pakistan after the partition...