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Salem, city, India

(Encyclopedia) Salem, city (1991 pop. 578,291), Tamil Nadu state, SE India. There are manufactures in chemicals, electrical products, tools, and brass goods; handloom weaving remains a significant…

Bassas da India

(Encyclopedia) Bassas da IndiaBassas da Indiabäˌsäs də ēndyäˈ [key], uninhabited atoll, 0.1 sq mi (0.2 sq km), in the S Mozambique Channel, W Indian Ocean, about midway between Madagascar and…

Krishna, river, India

(Encyclopedia) KrishnaKrishnakrĭshˈnə [key] or KistnaKistnakĭstˈnə [key], river, c.800 mi (1,290 km) long, rising in Maharashtra state, central India, in the Western Ghats, and flowing SE and then E…

India-Pakistan Wars

(Encyclopedia) India-Pakistan Wars, name given to the series of conflicts between India and Pakistan since 1947, when the Indian subcontinent was partitioned and the two countries became independent…

Faizabad, city, India

(Encyclopedia) Faizabad or Fyzabad Faizabad both: fīˈzəbăd [key], city, Uttar Pradesh state, N central India, on the…