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Genre/Form: | Electronic books Dictionaries History |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Mansingh, Surjit, 1937- Historical dictionary of India. Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2006 (DLC) 2005030343 (OCoLC)62110001 |
Material Type: | Biography, Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Surjit Mansingh |
ISBN: | 9780810865020 0810865025 9780810847705 0810847701 |
OCLC Number: | 265011255 |
Description: | 1 online resource (xliii, 833 pages) : maps |
Contents: | HISTORICAL DICTIONARY OF INDIA; Contents; Editor's Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations and Acronyms; Maps; Chronology; Introduction; THE DICTIONARY; Appendix A Chief Executives of British India; Appendix B Heads of State of Independent India; Appendix C Prime Ministers of India; Appendix D Chief Justices of India; Appendix E Chief Election Commissioners of India; Appendix F Population of India by State, Gender, and Location, 2001; Appendix G Population of India by State and Religious Affiliation, 2001; Appendix H India's Political Parties. Appendix I India's Major Economic Reforms 1991-2004Appendix J India's Foreign Trade; Glossary; Bibliography; About the Author. |
Series Title: | Historical dictionaries of Asia, Oceania, and the Middle East, 58. |
Responsibility: | Surjit Mansingh. |
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...a powerful addition to the series of historical dictionaries of Asia and the Mid-East....Listings do more than provide a paragraph of detail: history and biography embrace pages of detail, at times, and are packed with in-depth coverage suitable for reports. * California Bookwatch, Vol. 1, No. 10 (December 2006) * ...has brief entries describing people; places; events; institutions; political parties; and social, cultural, and religious issues. * Booklist, 1/1/2007 * ...will be of great assistance to the reader seeking to understand this great country....much valuable background reading presented in a friendly and helpful manner in this book. * s, Vol. 21, No. 6 (2007) * This is certainly an excellent reference book and is recommended highly for all collections. * American Reference Books Annual, vol. 38 (2007) * In this update of the 1996 edition, Mansingh (retired, international politics, Jawaharlal Nehru U., New Delhi), who now teaches part-time at the American U. in Washington, DC, provides a substantial introduction to this ancient country. She emphasizes modern India's democratic nature, rising stature as a global economic power, and the diversity of its huge but slowing in growth rate population. Entries feature geographical, cultural, religious, historical, and political facets and figures of this fascinating land. E.g., there are entries on its film industry, HIV/AIDS problem, and Bene Israel community. * Reference and Research Book News, August 2006 * Read more...

