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(Encyclopedia)Indian subcontinent, region, S central Asia, comprising the countries of Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh and the Himalayan states of Nepal, and Bhutan. Sri Lanka, an island off the southeastern tip of...

Indian Territory

(Encyclopedia)Indian Territory, in U.S. history, name applied to the country set aside for Native Americans by the Indian Intercourse Act (1834). In the 1820s, the federal government began moving the Five Civilized...

Indian tobacco

(Encyclopedia)Indian tobacco, name for several plants, among them lobelia. ...

Indian turnip

(Encyclopedia)Indian turnip: see arum.

King George's War

(Encyclopedia)King George's War: see French and Indian Wars. ...

King William's War

(Encyclopedia)King William's War: see French and Indian Wars. ...

Queen Anne's War

(Encyclopedia)Queen Anne's War: see French and Indian Wars. ...

French Southern and Antarctic Lands

(Encyclopedia)French Southern and Antarctic Lands, overseas territory of France, including Adélie Land, which covers c.200,000 sq mi (520,000 sq km) in Antarctica, and a number of islands in the S Indian Ocean. Th...

Pepperrell, Sir William

(Encyclopedia)Pepperrell, Sir William, 1696–1759, American colonial military commander, b. Kittery Point, Maine (then part of Massachusetts). A wealthy merchant, landowner, and businessman, he became a colonel in...