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Kalam, A. P. J. Abdul

(Encyclopedia)Kalam, A. P. J. Abdul (Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam), 1921–2015, Indian scientist and political leader, studied St. Joseph's College, Tiruchirappalli (grad. 1954), Madras Institute of Technol...

Clive, Robert, Baron Clive of Plassey

(Encyclopedia)Clive, Robert, Baron Clive of Plassey plăsˈē [key], 1725–74, British soldier and statesman. He went to India in 1743 as a clerk for the British East India Company and entered the military service...

Wardha

(Encyclopedia)Wardha wärˈdə, vŭrˈdə [key], town (1991 pop. 102,985), Maharashtra state, central India, on the Mumbai-Kolkata RR. It is a district administrative center and a market for cotton. Wardha, founded...

Datia

(Encyclopedia)Datia dŭˈtēä [key], town, Madhya Pradesh state, N central India. It is a district adminis...

Vizianagaram

(Encyclopedia)Vizianagaram vĭzyŭˈnəgrəm [key], city (1991 pop. 177,022), Andhra Pradesh state, E India, near the Bay of Bengal. It is a rail junction and a market for jute and jute products. There are jute-pro...

Muhammad of Ghor

(Encyclopedia)Muhammad of Ghor, d. 1206, Afghan conqueror of N India. A brother of the sultan of Ghor, he was made governor of Ghazni in 1173 and from there launched a series of invasions of India. By 1186 he had c...

Scott, Paul

(Encyclopedia)Scott, Paul (Paul Mark Scott), 1930–78, British author, b. London. He joined the British army in 1940 and served in India, Burma, and Malaya from 1943 to 1946. His observations of the British there ...

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...

Coryate, Thomas

(Encyclopedia)Coryate or Coryat, Thomas both: kôrˈēət [key], 1577?–1617, English traveler. Grotesque in appearance, he became part of the household of Henry, the oldest son of James I, where he was a sort of ...

Cochin

(Encyclopedia)Cochin kōˌchĭnˈ [key], former princely state, 1,493 sq mi (3,867 sq km), SW India, on the ...