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Continent Asia(South Asia)
Currency Indian Rupee(INR)
Languages Hindi, English, Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, Gujarati, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Maithili, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Oriya, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Santali, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu & Urdu

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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. Nonviolent resistance to British rule, led by Mohandas GANDHI and Jawaharlal NEHRU, eventually brought about independence in 1947. Communal violence led to the subcontinent's bloody partition, which resulted in the creation of two separate states, India and Pakistan. The two countries have fought three wars since independence, the last of which in 1971 resulted in East Pakistan becoming the separate nation of Bangladesh. India's nuclear weapons tests in 1998 caused Pakistan to conduct its own tests that same year. In November 2008, terrorists allegedly 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, rapid economic development is fueling India's rise on the world stage.

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'Time for reciprocity': White House on India's 100% tariff on agri products - Business Standard'Time for reciprocity': White House on India's 100% tariff on agri products  Business Standard

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Operation Brahma: India's helping hand to Myanmar - The Economic TimesOperation Brahma: India's helping hand to Myanmar  The Economic Times

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India should treat ‘Liberation Day’ for US trade as means to free its own domestic economy - The Economic TimesIndia should treat ‘Liberation Day’ for US trade as means to free its own domestic economy  The Economic Times

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Indian Navy Ship Carries Nearly 440 Tonnes Of Relief Material To Myanmar - NDTVIndian Navy Ship Carries Nearly 440 Tonnes Of Relief Material To Myanmar  NDTV

India braces for intense summer: Heatwave days to double in several states, says IMD - Times of IndiaIndia braces for intense summer: Heatwave days to double in several states, says IMD  Times of India

Delhi schools implement heat protocols - Times of IndiaDelhi schools implement heat protocols  Times of India

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Coal India announces Rs 10 per tonne price hike for coking and non-coking coal from April 16 - CNBC TV18Coal India announces Rs 10 per tonne price hike for coking and non-coking coal from April 16  CNBC TV18

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Waqf bill: NDA, India bloc issue whips as Parliament braces for showdown - Business StandardWaqf bill: NDA, India bloc issue whips as Parliament braces for showdown  Business Standard

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