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In 2008, India and Pakistan opened trade across the "Line of Control (LoC)," 

LOC is a heavily militarized de-facto border dividing Kashmir between India and Pakistan

 the Radcliffe line is the name of the LoC between India and Pakistan

the border line was drawn by a British officer Cyrill Radcliffe in 1947 

Formally named LOC after Shimla agreement 1972.

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The Constitution of India is the longest written constitution in the world. It has 448 articles divided into 22 parts and 12 schedules.

while the Constitution of Monaco is the shortest written constitution with 3,814 words.

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Palk strait separates India from Sri Lanka, a neighboring island nation. 

The Palk Strait is a strait that is located and starts from the state of Tamil Nadu, India.

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1. Afghanistan

2. Pakistan

3. Bangladesh

4. China

5. Nepal

6. Myanmar

7. Bhutan

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Seychelles is an archipelago  in the Indian Ocean located 480 to 1,600 km from the east coast of Africa. Despite this distance to the continent's mainland, the country politically belongs to Africa.

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• In the year 1873  Persian was recognized as the language of the civil court of the British government of India.
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• The British landed in India in Surat on August 24, 1608.
  
• As the British East India Company rose to power, Persian remained the official language of administration well into the nineteenth century.
• The Persian language was replaced by the English Language in India in 1832.
• The Ghaznavid conquests of the 11th century introduced Persian to the Indian subcontinent.
  

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China has a claim on part of the Indian province of Arunachal Pradesh.

It refers to the region as "South Tibet" and disputes the international border.

It leading to ongoing tensions between India and China.

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Mahatma Gandhi

Born: 1869

Died: 1948

Known for: campaign for India's independence

India got indolence on 15 August 1947 from the Britain

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Kautilya also known: Chanakya

Chandragupta Maurya: founder of the Maurya Empire

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Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan, also known by the pen names of Ghalib and Asad, was an Indian poet.

His honorific was Dabir-ul-Mulk, Najm-ud-Daula.

Born: December 27, 1797, Agra, India

Died: February 15, 1869, Delhi, India