* 1947 – India gains Independence from the British Indian Empire and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.

The Mahakali or Kali along the Nepal-India border on the west joins the Karnali in India, where the river is known as Goghra or Ghaghara.

* October 30 – The undivided country of India joins the United Nations.

* 1819-John Scudder, Sr., missionary physician, joins the American Ceylon Mission ; Wesleyan Methodists start work in Madras, India ; Reginald Heber writes words to missionary classic " From Greenland's Icy Mountains "

The filmmaker joins the orchestra on a tour of Mumbai and meets with him for two interviews, in India and Tel Aviv.

* 9 November-Junagadh joins the Dominion of India.

* 12 September-State of Hyderabad joins the Dominion of India.

An unexpected passenger in the form of French geographer Jacques Paganel ( he missed his steamer to India by accidentally boarding on the Duncan ) joins the search.

It then merges with the Sutlej River near Uch Sharif, Pakistan to form the Panjnad or the ' Five Rivers ', the fifth being the Beas River which joins the Satluj near Ferozepur, India.

Known as the Padma River in Bangladesh, it joins the Jamuna River, the largest distributary of the second longest river of India.

Dorah Pass is situated in the Pamir, a high plateau sometimes called " The roof of the world " that joins Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, China and India.

* Big Bazaar joins the league of India ’ s Business Super brands.

He wrote a number of books and papers two of which are of immense importance namely ( 1 ). India in Transition, about the prepartition politics of India and ( 2 ). World Enough & Time-The Memoirs of Sir Sultan Mohammed Shah, Aga Khan III, his autobiography.

Leading up to the Conference of the Parties ( COP 11 ) meeting on biodiversity in Hyderabad, India 2012, preparations for a World Wide Views on Biodiversity has begun, involving old and new partners and building on the experiences from the World Wide Views on Global Warming.

The 2011 Cricket World Cup was co-hosted by Bangladesh, India, and Sri Lanka from 19 February to 2 April 2011.

India won the cup by defeating Sri Lanka by 6 wickets in the final in Mumbai on 2 April and became the first team to win the World Cup final on home soil.

The 1987 tournament, named the Reliance World Cup after their Indian sponsors, was held in India and Pakistan, the first time that the competition was held outside England.

The 2011 Cricket World Cup was jointly hosted by India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

India won their second World Cup title by beating Sri Lanka in the finals.

The First Battle of El Alamein ( 1 – 27 July 1942 ) was a battle of the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War, fought between Axis forces ( Germany and Italy ) of the Panzer Army Africa ( Panzerarmee Afrika ) commanded by Field Marshal ( Generalfeldmarschall ) Erwin Rommel, and Allied ( specifically, British Imperial ) forces ( Britain, British India, Australia, South Africa and New Zealand ) of the British Eighth Army commanded by General Claude Auchinleck.

Category: Military history of India during World War II

It is the term in common use in the United Kingdom and countries of the Commonwealth, including Australia, South Africa, Nigeria, India and Malaysia, as well as many other countries in the Old World.

General elections in India are the largest exercise of democracy in the World.

Afghanistan remained neutral during World War I, despite German encouragement of anti-British feelings and Afghan rebellion along the borders of British India.

Since World War II the United Kingdom was forced to withdraw from the area, to be replaced by India, the USSR, and the United States.

India has also played an important and influential role in other international organizations like East Asia Summit, World Trade Organization, International Monetary Fund ( IMF ), G8 + 5 and IBSA Dialogue Forum.

Islamism can also be described as part of identity politics, specifically the religiously-oriented nationalism that emerged in the Third World in the 1970s: " resurgent Hinduism in India, ultra-Orthodox Judaism in Israel, militant Buddhism in Sri Lanka, resurgent Sikh nationalism in the Punjab, ' Liberation Theology ' of Catholicism in Latin America, and of course, Islamism in the Muslim world.

India is believed to be the oldest center of indigo dyeing in the Old World.

When the First World War broke out in August 1914, sympathy in India was divided.

Nehru returned to India in 1912, where he worked as a barrister in Allahabad while moving up the ranks of the Congress during World War I.

When World war II started, Viceroy Linlithgow had unilaterally declared India a belligerent on the side of the Britain, without consulting the elected Indian representatives.

The second Kabaddi World Cup tournament was held in 2007 with India winning over Iran in the final round.

India won the first edition of the Circle Style Kabaddi World Cup, Beating rival Pakistan in a 58 – 24 victory.

So far India is the unbeaten champion in Kabaddi World Cup.

It is native to the Old World and is found from Cape Verde and the Canary Islands, southern Europe across to northern and eastern Africa, the Mediterranean, south west Asia to south east India.

The rupee equivalent of $63.8 million, but not more than 5 percent of the currencies received under the Agreement will be used for loans to be made by the Export-Import Bank of Washington under Section 104 ( E ) of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act, as amended ( hereinafter referred to as the Act ), and for administrative expenses of the Export-Import Bank of Washington in India incident thereto.

Trade with India commenced well before 500 BCE ( before the widespread use of Sanskrit as a language in India ).

Trade relations with China and India were established in the 1st century BC.

Trade with India through the Roman Egyptian Red Sea ports was significant in the first centuries of the Common Era.

Foreign Trade and Commerce In Ancient India.

Trade however continued to flourish among the kingdoms of Africa, Middle East, India, China and Southeast Asia.

* From Trade to Colonization: Historical Dynamics of the East India Companies

The Trade Marks Act, 1999 is a reproduction of the UK ’ s Trade Marks Act 1994 as India follow the English Trade Mark laws from the beginning.

Trade on the Silk Road was a significant factor in the development of the civilizations of China, India, Persia, Europe and Arabia.

The unification of Central Asia and Northern India within Kushan Empire in the 1st to 3rd centuries reinforced the role of the powerful merchants from Bactria and Taxila .< ref name =" Iranica "> Sogdian Trade, Encyclopedia Iranica, ( retrieved 15 June 2007 ) < http :// www. iranica. com / newsite ></ ref > They fostered multi-cultural interaction as indicated by their 2nd century treasure hoards filled with products from the Greco-Roman world, China and India, such as in the archeological site of Begram.

It entered government hands when purchased by the East India Company in 1863, and became occupied by the marine and railway departments of the Board of Trade.

As well as this, Australia is in the process undertaking studies on Free Trade Agreements with ASEAN, China, Chile, India, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea and Malaysia.

* The United Kingdom Select Committee on Environmental Audit 1999 ; Appendices to the Minutes of Evidence, Appendix 7: Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights ( TRIPs ) and Farmers ' Rights interestingly lists and describes the cases of turmeric ( India ), karela ( India ), quinoa ( Bolivia ), brazzein berries ( Gabon ), and others.

It was based on four major projects: Limehouse Basin, Free Trade Wharf, what was then known as the Light Rapid Transit Route ( DLR ) and the Docklands Northern Relief Road, a road corridor between The Highway and East India Dock across the north of the Isle of Dogs.

While working in solar energy, in 1994, Shahryar was named to the U. S. Presidential Mission on Sustainable Energy and Trade to India and has acted as an adviser to numerous trade and environmental groups in the United States and abroad.

During his political career, EMS was defeated only once in the public elections, when he lost to K. P. Kuttikrishnan Nair ( the founder leader of Trade Union Movement in India ) of the Indian National Congress by a huge margin from the Kozhikode constituency.

After the war he joined the diplomatic service and eventually served as a Trade Commissioner in India ; Halifax, Nova Scotia ; Winnipeg, Manitoba ; and Kuala Lumpur, before becoming senior Trade Commissioner in Montreal, Quebec.

The Dutch entered India with the only interests of Trade in the early 17th Century.