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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
india \in"dia\, n. see indian.
a country in southern asia; the two peninsulas of hither and
farther india; in a restricted sense, hither india, or
hindostan.
1913 webster
india ink, a nearly black pigment brought chiefly from
china, used for water colors. it is in rolls, or in
square, and consists of lampblack or ivory black and
animal glue. called also china ink. the true india ink
is sepia. see sepia.
india matting, floor matting made in china, india, etc.,
from grass and reeds; -- also called canton matting or
china matting.
india paper, a variety of chinese paper, of smooth but not
glossy surface, used for printing from engravings,
woodcuts, etc.
india proof engraving, a proof impression from an
engraved plate, taken on india paper.
india rubber. see caoutchouc.
india-rubber tree bot., any tree yielding caoutchouc, but
especially the east indian ficus elastica, often
cultivated for its large, shining, elliptical leaves.
1913 webster
see also:
indian india ink china ink sepia india matting canton matting
china matting india paper india proof india rubber caoutchouc
india-rubber tree ficus elastica
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
india
n : a republic in the asian subcontinent in southern asia;
second most populous country in the world; achieved
independence from the united kingdom in 1947 syn: republic
of india, bharat
see also:
republic of india bharat
- [3] : Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
india
occurs only in esther 1:1 and 8:9, where the extent of the
dominion of the persian king is described. the country so
designated here is not the peninsula of hindustan, but the
country surrounding the indus, the punjab. the people and the
products of india were well known to the jews, who seem to have
carried on an active trade with that country ezek. 27:15, 24.
- [4] : Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's)
india, praise; law
- [5] : CIA World Factbook 2002
india
introduction india
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background: the indus valley civilization, one
of the oldest in the world, goes
back at least 5,000 years. aryan
tribes from the northwest invaded
about 1500 b.c.; their merger with
the earlier inhabitants created the
classical indian culture. arab
incursions starting in the 8th
century and turkish in 12th were
followed by european traders
beginning in the late 15th century.
by the 19th century, britain had
assumed political control of
virtually all indian lands.
nonviolent resistance to british
colonialism under mohandas gandhi
and jawaharlal nehru led to
independence in 1947. the
subcontinent was divided into the
secular state of india and the
smaller muslim state of pakistan. a
third war between the two countries
in 1971 resulted in east pakistan
becoming the separate nation of
bangladesh. fundamental concerns in
india include the ongoing dispute
with pakistan over kashmir, massive
overpopulation, environmental
degradation, extensive poverty, and
ethnic and religious strife, all
this despite impressive gains in
economic investment and output.
geography india
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location: southern asia, bordering the arabian
sea and the bay of bengal, between
burma and pakistan
geographic coordinates: 20 00 n, 77 00 e
map references: asia
area: total: 3,287,590 sq km
land: 2,973,190 sq km
water: 314,400 sq km
area - comparative: slightly more than one-third the
size of the us
land boundaries: total: 14,103 km
border countries: bangladesh 4,053
km, bhutan 605 km, burma 1,463 km,
china 3,380 km, nepal 1,690 km,
pakistan 2,912 km
coastline: 7,000 km
maritime claims: contiguous zone: 24 nm
territorial sea: 12 nm
continental shelf: 200 nm or to the
edge of the continental margin
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
climate: varies from tropical monsoon in
south to temperate in north
terrain: upland plain deccan plateau in
south, flat to rolling plain along
the ganges, deserts in west,
himalayas in north
elevation extremes: lowest point: indian ocean 0 m
highest point: kanchenjunga 8,598 m
natural resources: coal fourth-largest reserves in the
world, iron ore, manganese, mica,
bauxite, titanium ore, chromite,
natural gas, diamonds, petroleum,
limestone, arable land
land use: arable land: 54.35
permanent crops: 2.66
other: 42.99 1998 est.
irrigated land: 590,000 sq km 1998 est.
natural hazards: droughts; flash floods, as well as
widespread and destructive flooding
from monsoonal rains; severe
thunderstorms; earthquakes
environment - current issues: deforestation; soil erosion;
overgrazing; desertification; air
pollution from industrial effluents
and vehicle emissions; water
pollution from raw sewage and runoff
of agricultural pesticides; tap
water is not potable throughout the
country; huge and growing population
is overstraining natural resources
environment - international party to: antarctic-environmental
agreements: protocol, antarctic-marine living
resources, antarctic treaty,
biodiversity, climate change,
desertification, endangered species,
environmental modification,
hazardous wastes, law of the sea,
nuclear test ban, ozone layer
protection, ship pollution, tropical
timber 83, tropical timber 94,
wetlands, whaling
signed, but not ratified: none of
the selected agreements
geography - note: dominates south asian subcontinent;
near important indian ocean trade
routes
people india
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population: 1,045,845,226 july 2002 est.
age structure: 0-14 years: 32.7 male 175,858,386;
female 165,724,901
15-64 years: 62.6 male
338,957,463; female 316,063,497
65 years and over: 4.7 male
24,975,465; female 24,265,514 2002
est.
population growth rate: 1.51 2002 est.
birth rate: 23.79 births/1,000 population 2002
est.
death rate: 8.62 deaths/1,000 population 2002
est.
net migration rate: -0.07 migrants/1,000 population
2002 est.
sex ratio: at birth: 1.05 males/female
under 15 years: 1.06 males/female
15-64 years: 1.07 males/female
65 years and over: 1.03 males/
female
total population: 1.07 males/
female 2002 est.
infant mortality rate: 61.47 deaths/1,000 live births 2002
est.
life expectancy at birth: total population: 63.23 years
female: 63.93 years 2002 est.
male: 62.55 years
total fertility rate: 2.98 children born/woman 2002 est.
hiv/aids - adult prevalence rate: 0.7 1999 est.
hiv/aids - people living with hiv/ 3.7 million 1999 est.
aids:
hiv/aids - deaths: 310,000 1999 est.
nationality: noun: indians
adjective: indian
ethnic groups: indo-aryan 72, dravidian 25,
mongoloid and other 3 2000
religions: hindu 81.3, muslim 12, christian
2.3, sikh 1.9, other groups
including buddhist, jain, parsi 2.5
2000
languages: english enjoys associate status but
is the most important language for
national, political, and commercial
communication; hindu is the national
language and primary tongue of 30
of the people; there are 14 other
official languages: bengali, telugu,
marathi, tamil, urdu, gujarati,
malayalam, kannada, oriya, punjabi,
assamese, kashmiri, sindhi, and
sanskrit; hindustani is a popular
variant of hindi/urdu spoken widely
throughout northern india but is not
an official language
literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read
and write
total population: 52
male: 65.5
female: 37.7 1995 est.
government india
----------------
country name: conventional long form: republic of
india
conventional short form: india
government type: federal republic
capital: new delhi
administrative divisions: 28 states and 7 union territories;
andaman and nicobar islands, andhra
pradesh, arunachal pradesh, assam,
bihar, chandigarh, chhattisgarh,
dadra and nagar haveli, daman and
diu, delhi, goa, gujarat, haryana,
himachal pradesh, jammu and kashmir,
jharkhand, karnataka, kerala,
lakshadweep, madhya pradesh,
maharashtra, manipur, meghalaya,
mizoram, nagaland, orissa,
pondicherry, punjab, rajasthan,
sikkim, tamil nadu, tripura,
uttaranchal, uttar pradesh, west
bengal
independence: 15 august 1947 from uk
national holiday: republic day, 26 january 1950
constitution: 26 january 1950
legal system: based on english common law; limited
judicial review of legislative acts;
accepts compulsory icj jurisdiction,
with reservations
suffrage: 18 years of age; universal
executive branch: chief of state: president abdul
kalam since 26 july 2002; vice
president vacant
elections: president elected by an
electoral college consisting of
elected members of both houses of
parliament and the legislatures of
the states for a five-year term;
election last held na july 2002
next to be held na july 2007; vice
president elected by both houses of
parliament for a five-year term;
election last held 16 august 1997
next to be held na august 2002;
prime minister elected by
parliamentary members of the
majority party following legislative
elections; election last held na
october 1999 next to be held na
october 2004
head of government: prime minister
atal bihari vajpayee since 19 march
1998
cabinet: council of ministers
appointed by the president on the
recommendation of the prime minister
election results: kocheril raman
narayanan elected president; percent
of electoral college vote - na;
krishnan kant elected vice
president; percent of parliament
vote - na; atal bihari vajpayee
elected prime minister; percent of
vote - na
legislative branch: bicameral parliament or sansad
consists of the council of states or
rajya sabha a body consisting of
not more than 250 members, up to 12
of which are appointed by the
president, the remainder are chosen
by the elected members of the state
and territorial assemblies; members
serve six-year terms and the
people's assembly or lok sabha 545
seats; 543 elected by popular vote,
2 appointed by the president;
members serve five-year terms
elections: people's assembly - last
held 5 september through 3 october
1999 next to be held na 2004
election results: people's assembly
- percent of vote by party - bjp
alliance 40.8, congress i
alliance 33.8, other 25.4; seats
by party - bjp alliance 304,
congress i alliance 134, other 107
judicial branch: supreme court judges are appointed
by the president and remain in
office until they reach the age of
65
political parties and leaders: all india anna dravida munnetra
kazhagam or aiadmk c. jayalalitha
jayaram; all india forward bloc or
aifb, d. biswas general
secretary; asom gana parishad
brindaban goswami; bahujan samaj
party or bsp mayawati; bharatiya
janata party or bjp jana
krisnamurthy; biju janata dal or
bjd naveen patnaik; communist
party of india or cpi ardhendu
bhushan bardhan; communist party of
india/marxist-leninist or cpi/ml
dipankar bhattacharya; congress
i party sonia gandhi; dravida
munnetra kazagham or dmk a regional
party in tamil nadu m.
karunanidhi; indian national league
suliaman saith; janata dal
secular h. d. deve gowda; janata
dal united or jdu sharad yadav;
kerala congress mani faction k.
m. mani; marumalarchi dravida
munnetra kazhagam or mdmk vaiko;
muslim league g. m. banatwala;
nationalist congress party or ncp
sharad pawar; rashtriya janata dal
or rjd laloo prasad yadav;
revolutionary socialist party or rsp
abani roy; samajwadi party or sp
mulayam singh yadav; shiromani
akali dal g. s. tohra; shiv sena
bal thackeray; tamil maanila
congress g. k. vasan; telugu desam
party or tdp chandrababu naidu;
trinamool congress mamata banerjee
political pressure groups and numerous religious or militant/
leaders: chauvinistic organizations,
including vishwa hindu parishad,
bajrang dal, and rashtriya
swayamsevak sangh; various
separatist groups seeking greater
communal and/or regional autonomy,
including the all parties hurriyat
conference
international organization afdb, arf dialogue partner, asdb,
participation: asean dialogue partner, bis, c,
ccc, cp, escap, fao, g- 6, g-15, g-
19, g-24, g-77, iaea, ibrd, icao,
icc, icftu, icrm, ida, iea
observer, ifad, ifc, ifrcs, iho,
ilo, imf, imo, interpol, ioc, iom
observer, iso, itu, miponuh,
monuc, nam, oas observer, opcw,
pca, saarc, un, unctad, unesco,
unhcr, unido, unifil, unikom, unmee,
unmibh, unmik, unmovic, unu, upu,
wcl, wftu, who, wipo, wmo, wtoo,
wtro
diplomatic representation in the us: chief of mission: ambassador lalit
mansingh
consulates general: chicago,
houston, new york, and san francisco
fax: 1 202 483-3972
telephone: 1 202 939-7000
chancery: 2107 massachusetts avenue
nw, washington, dc 20008; note -
embassy located at 2536
massachusetts avenue nw, washington,
dc 20008
diplomatic representation from the chief of mission: ambassador robert
us: d. blackwill nominated march 2001
embassy: shantipath, chanakyapuri,
new delhi 110021
mailing address: use embassy street
address
telephone: 91 11 419-8000
fax: 91 11 419-0017
consulates general: chennai
madras, kolkata calcutta, mumbai
bombay
flag description: three equal horizontal bands of
orange top, white, and green with
a blue chakra 24-spoked wheel
centered in the white band; similar
to the flag of niger, which has a
small orange disk centered in the
white band
economy india
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economy - overview: india's economy encompasses
traditional village farming, modern
agriculture, handicrafts, a wide
range of modern industries, and a
multitude of support services. about
a quarter of the population is too
poor to be able to afford an
adequate diet. india's international
payments position remained strong in
2001 with adequate foreign exchange
reserves, and moderately
depreciating nominal exchange rates.
growth in manufacturing output has
slowed, and electricity shortages
continue in many regions. india has
large numbers of well-educated
people skilled in english language;
india is a major exporter of
software services and software
workers.
gdp: purchasing power parity - $2.5
trillion 2001 est.
gdp - real growth rate: 5 2001 est.
gdp - per capita: purchasing power parity - $2,500
2001 est.
gdp - composition by sector: agriculture: 25
industry: 26
services: 49 2001
population below poverty line: 25 2001 est.
household income or consumption by lowest 10: 3.5
percentage share: highest 10: 33.5 1997
distribution of family income - gini 37.8 1997
index:
inflation rate consumer prices: 3.5 2000 est.
labor force: 406 million 1999
labor force - by occupation: agriculture 60, services 23,
industry 17 1999
unemployment rate: 4.4 1999
budget: revenues: $48.3 billion
expenditures: $78.2 billion,
including capital expenditures of
$13.5 billion fy01/02 est.
industries: textiles, chemicals, food
processing, steel, transportation
equipment, cement, mining,
petroleum, machinery, software
industrial production growth rate: 4.3 2001 est.
electricity - production: 547.12 billion kwh fy 2000-01,
utilities only 2000
electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 83.4
hydro: 13.85
other: 0.18 2000
nuclear: 2.57
electricity - consumption: 509.89 billion kwh 2000
electricity - exports: 321 million kwh 2000
electricity - imports: 1.385 billion kwh 2000
agriculture - products: rice, wheat, oilseed, cotton, jute,
tea, sugarcane, potatoes; cattle,
water buffalo, sheep, goats,
poultry; fish
exports: $44.5 billion f.o.b., 2001
exports - commodities: textile goods, gems and jewelry,
engineering goods, chemicals,
leather manufactures
exports - partners: us 22.8, hong kong 5.8, japan
5.3, uk 5.3, germany 4.6 2000
imports: $53.8 billion f.o.b., 2001
imports - commodities: crude oil, machinery, gems,
fertilizer, chemicals
imports - partners: benelux 8.5, us 8, uk 6.2, japan
5.7, saudi arabia 4.6 2000
debt - external: $100.3 billion end-march 2001
economic aid - recipient: $2.9 billion fy98/99
currency: indian rupee inr
currency code: inr
exchange rates: indian rupees per us dollar - 48.336
january 2002, 47.186 2001,
44.942 2000, 43.055 1999, 41.259
1998, 36.313 1997
fiscal year: 1 april - 31 march
communications india
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telephones - main lines in use: 27.7 million october 2000
telephones - mobile cellular: 2.93 million november 2000
telephone system: general assessment: mediocre
service; local and long distance
service provided throughout all
regions of the country, with
services primarily concentrated in
the urban areas; major objective is
to continue to expand and modernize
long-distance network to keep pace
with rapidly growing number of local
subscriber lines; steady improvement
is taking place with the recent
admission of private and private-
public investors, but, with
telephone density at about two for
each 100 persons and a waiting list
of over 2 million, demand for main
line telephone service will not be
satisfied for a very long time
domestic: local service is provided
by microwave radio relay and coaxial
cable, with open wire and obsolete
electromechanical and manual
switchboard systems still in use in
rural areas; starting in the 1980s,
a substantial amount of digital
switch gear has been introduced for
local and long-distance service;
long-distance traffic is carried
mostly by coaxial cable and low-
capacity microwave radio relay;
since 1985 significant trunk
capacity has been added in the form
of fiber-optic cable and a domestic
satellite system with 254 earth
stations; mobile cellular service is
provided in four metropolitan cities
international: satellite earth
stations - 8 intelsat indian ocean
and 1 inmarsat indian ocean
region; nine gateway exchanges
operating from mumbai bombay, new
delhi, kolkata calcutta, chennai
madras, jalandhar, kanpur,
gaidhinagar, hyderabad, and
ernakulam; 4 submarine cables -
locom linking chennai madras to
penang; indo-uae-gulf cable linking
mumbai bombay to al fujayrah, uae;
india-sea-me-we-3, sea-me-we-2 with
landing sites at cochin and mumbai
bombay; fiber-optic link around
the globe flag with landing site
at mumbai bombay 2000
radio broadcast stations: am 153, fm 91, shortwave 68 1998
radios: 116 million 1997
television broadcast stations: 562 of which 82 stations have 1 kw
or greater power and 480 stations
have less than 1 kw of power 1997
televisions: 63 million 1997
internet country code: .in
internet service providers isps: 43 2000
internet users: 5 million 2001
transportation india
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railways: total: 63,693 km 13,771 km
electrified
broad gauge: 45,103 km 1.676-m gauge
narrow gauge: 15,178 km 1.000-
m gauge; 3,105 km 0.762-m gauge; 307
km 0.610-m gauge 2001
highways: total: 3,319,644 km
paved: 1,517,077 km
unpaved: 1,802,567 km 1996
waterways: 16,180 km
note: 3,631 km navigable by large
vessels
pipelines: crude oil 3,005 km; petroleum
products 2,687 km; natural gas 1,700
km 1995
ports and harbors: chennai madras, cochin, jawaharal
nehru, kandla, kolkata calcutta,
mumbai bombay, vishakhapatnam
merchant marine: total: 319 ships 1,000 grt or over
totaling 6,325,284 grt/10,581,459
dwt
ships by type: bulk 115, cargo 80,
chemical tanker 16, combination bulk
1, combination ore/oil 3, container
13, liquefied gas 9, passenger/cargo
5, petroleum tanker 74, short-sea
passenger 2, specialized tanker 1
note: includes some foreign-owned
ships registered here as a flag of
convenience: china 1, united arab
emirates 10, united kingdom 1 2002
est.
airports: 335 2001
airports - with paved runways: total: 234
over 3,047 m: 14
2,438 to 3,047 m: 48
914 to 1,523 m: 75
under 914 m: 17 2001
1,524 to 2,437 m: 80
airports - with unpaved runways: total: 101
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 7
under 914 m: 52 2001
914 to 1,523 m: 41
heliports: 18 2001
military india
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military branches: army, navy including naval air
arm, air force, strategic nuclear
command snc, coast guard, various
security or paramilitary forces
including border security force,
assam rifles, rashtriya rifles,
national security guards, indo-
tibetan border police, special
frontier force, ladakh scouts,
central reserve police force,
central industrial security force,
railway protection force, defense
security corps, and indian reserve
battalions
military manpower - military age: 17 years of age 2002 est.
military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 285,729,565 2002
est.
military manpower - fit for military males age 15-49: 167,599,380 2002
service: est.
military manpower - reaching males: 10,879,384 2002 est.
military age annually:
military expenditures - dollar $12,079.7 million fy01
figure:
military expenditures - percent of 2.5 fy01
gdp:
transnational issues india
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disputes - international: discussions with bangladesh remain
stalled to delimit a small section
of river boundary, demarcate and
fence off the entire boundary,
exchange 162 minuscule enclaves, and
allocate divided villages while
skirmishes, illegal trafficking, and
violence along the border continue;
bangladesh has protested india's
attempts to fence off high traffic
sections of the porous boundary;
dispute with bangladesh over new
moore/south talpatty island in the
bay of bengal; much of the rugged,
militarized boundary with china is
in dispute but talks to resolve the
least contested middle sector
resumed in 2001; with pakistan,
armed stand-off over the status and
sovereignty of kashmir continues;
dispute with pakistan over terminus
of rann of kutch prevents extension
of a maritime boundary; water-
sharing problems with pakistan
persist over the indus river wular
barrage; joint border committee
formed with nepal in 2001 is
intended to resolve 53 disputed
sections of boundary covering an
area of 720 sq km
illicit drugs: world's largest producer of licit
opium for the pharmaceutical trade,
but an undetermined quantity of
opium is diverted to illicit
international drug markets; transit
country for illicit narcotics
produced in neighboring countries;
illicit producer of hashish and
methaqualone
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