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(Encyclopedia)Tasman Sea, arm of the S Pacific Ocean between Australia and New Zealand; named for Dutch explorer Abel Tasman. Sydney, Australia, is the largest city on the sea. ...Buchans
(Encyclopedia)Buchans, town, central Newfoundland, N.L., Canada, on Red Indian Lake. It has a large mine that yields lead, silver, zinc, and copper. ...Rockledge
(Encyclopedia)Rockledge, city (1990 pop. 16,023), Brevard co., E Fla., on Indian River (a lagoon). Rockledge grew rapidly in the late 20th cent.snow plant
(Encyclopedia)snow plant: see Indian pipe.Sepoy Rebellion
(Encyclopedia)Sepoy Rebellion: see Indian Mutiny. ...Pratt, Richard Henry
(Encyclopedia)Pratt, Richard Henry, 1840–1924, American soldier and educator, b. Rushford, N.Y. He served in the Union army during the Civil War and then in the Indian wars in the West, where he became interested...Ladakh
(Encyclopedia)Ladakh lədäkˈ [key], region, 45,762 sq mi (118,524 sq km), E Kashmir, on the border of China. Leh is the chief town. Allied ethnologically and geographically with the Tibet region of China, the are...Jayalalitha, Jayaram
(Encyclopedia)Jayalalitha, Jayaram, 1948–2016, Indian film actress and politician. During her successful acting career (1964–80), she appeared in over 100 films, many of them with the Dravidian actor Maruthur G...Abdullah, Sheikh Muhammad
(Encyclopedia)Abdullah, Sheikh Muhammad shākh mo͞ohämˈmäd äbdo͝ol-läˈ [key], 1905–82, nationalist leader in Kashmir, known as the Lion of Kashmir. He became active in polit...Gandhi, Rahul
(Encyclopedia)Gandhi, Rahul gänˈdē [key], 1970–, Indian political leader, B.A. Rollins College, 1994, M.Phil. Cambridge, 1995. Son of Rajiv Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi, he entered politics in 2004, winning electi...Browse by Subject
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