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Salman Rushdie's 2023 novel "Victory City" is set long ago in what's now this country where the author was born |
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21st CENTURY FICTION |
2025-05-07 |
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In 1886, after 3 wars with the British, Upper Burma was made a province of this colony |
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A HISTORY LESSON |
2024-06-17 |
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Making it the world's 6th nuclear power, in 1974 this nation set off its first atomic test, dubbed "Operation Smiling Buddha" |
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THE 1970s |
2024-02-06 |
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Known for its art & architecture, the Gupta Dynasty ruled much of this 5-letter country from the 4th to 6th century |
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HISTORIC HAPPENINGS |
2022-09-19 |
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Le Corbusier designed the Palace of Justice for Chandigarh, a regional capital built in the 1950s in this country |
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HISTORIC STRUCTURES |
2022-07-08 |
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The Sepoy Rebellion swept through the north of this country in the late 1850s |
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LET'S GET HISTORICAL |
2022-05-25 |
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Shivaji, who founded the Maratha kingdom in this country, valued religious toleration |
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I HELPED IN THE 17th CENTURY |
2021-11-05 |
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In what's now this country, Emperor Skanda Gupta battled raids by the Hunas (Huns, but further east) |
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ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A 5th CENTURY RAIDER? |
2020-11-26 |
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During the Gupta dynasty, from about 320 to 550 A.D., this country experienced a great golden age |
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EMPIRES & DYNASTIES |
2019-04-08 |
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Based in Patna in what's now this country, the Mauryan empire declined after Emperor Ashoka died c. 232 B.C. |
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THE EMPIRE STRIKES OUT |
2017-07-25 |
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In 320 King Chandragupta I founded the Gupta empire mostly in what's now this nation |
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THE 4th CENTURY |
2017-06-06 |
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Old maps showed Mysore & other regions in this modern country as parts of "Hindoostan" |
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HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHIC AKAs |
2013-04-12 |
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Comparable to "Gone with the Wind", M.M. Kaye's "The Far Pavilions" is mainly set in what's now this country |
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HISTORICAL NOVELS |
2011-11-24 |
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In 1526 Babur, a Muslim ruler from Central Asia, established the Mogul Empire in what is now this country |
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HISTORY |
2002-11-08 |
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In this country in 1992, extremists destroyed a 400-year-old Muslim mosque built on the believed site of Rama's birth |
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HISTORY OF THE WORLD PART 5 |
2001-10-18 |
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"Prince Rama & the Demons" was inspired by the "Ramayana", one of the great epic poems of this country |
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20th CENTURY BALLET |
2001-09-10 |
#3911 |
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In 1975, the Himalayan country of Sikkim was absorbed by this country |
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HISTORY |
1996-07-18 |
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Humayun, the 2nd Mogul emperor of this country, died in 1556, 6 months after recapturing his empire |
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THE 1550s |
1996-04-25 |
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Aurangzeb, this country's Mogul ruler, took over his father Shah Jahan's throne & jailed him in Agra |
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HISTORY |
1995-12-27 |
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In 1947 Pakistan & this country went to war over the state of Kashmir |
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HISTORY |
1995-07-10 |
#2516 |
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In 1674 Sivaji founded this country's Maratha Empire |
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HISTORY |
1993-12-24 |
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At 13, Akbar the Great became Mogul ruler of this country & reigned for nearly 50 years |
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HISTORY |
1992-12-17 |
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The reign of the Guptas, when Sanskrit lit. flowered, has been called the classical age of this country |
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HISTORY |
1990-02-08 |
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