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The Inland Customs Line, incorporating the Great Hedge of India (or Indian Salt Hedge [1]), was a customs barrier built by the British colonial rulers of India to prevent smuggling of salt from coastal regions in order to avoid the substantial salt tax. The customs line was begun under the East India Company and continued into direct British rule.
The first incursion by Arabs in India occurred around 636/7 AD, during the Rashidun Caliphate, long before any Arab Army reached the frontier of India by land. [15] Uthman ibn Abi al-As al-Thaqafi, the governor of Bahrain and Oman, had dispatched the naval expeditions against the ports and positions of the Sasanian Empire, and further east to the borders of India. [16]
The Defenders of the Homeland (Japanese: 郷土防衛義勇軍, romanized: Kyōdo Bōei Giyūgun; Indonesian: (Tentara Sukarela) Pembela Tanah Air, PETA) was a volunteer army established on 3 October 1943 in the Dutch East Indies (present-day Indonesia) by the occupying Japanese.
Kolhapur Airport [4] (IATA: KLH, ICAO: VAKP), officially named as Chhatrapati Rajaram Maharaj Airport, [5] is a domestic airport serving the city of Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India. It is situated at Ujlaiwadi, 9 km (5.6 mi) southeast from the city. It is operated by the Airports Authority of India (AAI).
Pada (transl. Army) is a 2022 Indian Malayalam-language political thriller film directed by Kamal K. M. starring Kunchacko Boban, Joju George, Vinayakan, and Dileesh Pothan. [1] The film is based on a true incident that occurred in 1996 when the then Palakkad collector was held hostage.
The line between Tanah Abang and Rangkasbitung was formally opened on 1 October 1899. The track between Tanah Abang and Serpong was electrified in 1991 and completed in 1992. [ 2 ] In 2009, railway track between Serpong and Parungpanjang has been fully electrified. [ 3 ]
The Janapada were highest political unit in Northern India during this period; these polities were usually monarchical (though some followed a form of republicanism) and succession was hereditary. The head of a kingdom was a king ( raja ).
India and Australia also have strong ties to field hockey which came to both countries with the British military. In India from the mid-19th century, British army regiments played the game which was subsequently picked up by their India regimental counterparts. The country's first hockey club was formed in Calcutta in 1885–86. [71]