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Ahmadabad

(Encyclopedia) Ahmadabad or Ahmedabad Ahmedabad both: äˌmədəbädˈ [key], city (2020 est. pop. 8,059,441), Gujarat state, NW India, on the Sabarmati River; also called…

Sutlej

(Encyclopedia) SutlejSutlejsŭtˈlĕj [key], longest of the five rivers of the Punjab, c.900 mi (1,450 km) long, rising in the Kailas Range, SW Tibet region of China, and flowing generally west,…

Nicobar Islands

(Encyclopedia) Nicobar Islands, India: see Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Kanchi

(Encyclopedia) Kanchi or Kancheepuram, India: see Kanchipuram.

Port Blair

(Encyclopedia) Port Blair, India: see Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Ghose, Aurobindo

(Encyclopedia) Ghose, AurobindoGhose, Aurobindoôrōbĭnˈdō gōsh [key], 1872–1950, Indian nationalist leader and mystic philosopher. Born in Bengal, he was sent to England and lived there for 14 years,…

Gama, Vasco da

(Encyclopedia) Gama, Vasco daGama, Vasco davăˈskō də găˈmə, Port. väshˈkō dä gäˈmə [key], c.1469–1524, Portuguese navigator, the first European to journey by sea to India. His epochal voyage (1497–99…

Aga Khan

(Encyclopedia) Aga KhanAga Khanäˈgä khän [key], the title of the religious leader and imam of the Ismaili Nizari sect of Islam, originally bestowed by the Persian shah Fath Ali on Hasan Ali Shah,…