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Company rule in India — For usage, see British Empire in India Company rule in India Colony of the East India Company ↓ … Wikipedia
Alexander St. Clair-Abrams — (March 10,1845 ndash;1931) was a writer who owned newspapers and railroads in the Southern United States and also published under the names A.S. Abrams and A. Sinclair Abrams.Civil WarBorn in New Orleans, he was known as a volcanic Creole .During … Wikipedia
Andaman and Nicobar Islands — /nik euh bahr , nik euh bahr / a union territory of India, comprising the Andaman and Nicobar island groups in the E part of the Bay of Bengal, SW of Burma. 188,254; 3143 sq. mi. (8140 sq. km). Cap.: Port Blair. * * * Union territory (pop., 2001… … Universalium
List of Canadian National Railways companies — The following were component companies of the Canadian National Railways in 1962: NOTOC compactTOC2B*Baie des Chaleurs Railway *Barre Granite Railway *Bay City Terminal Railway *Bay of Chaleurs Railway *Bay of Quinte Railway and Navigation… … Wikipedia
Schienenverkehr in Alaska und im Yukon Territory — Zug der TVRR 1916 Alaska und das Yukonterritorium hatten kein zusammenhängendes oder einheitliches Eisenbahnnetz. Dennoch gab es vor allem zur Zeit des Klondike Goldrauschs zahlreiche Minenbahnen, also Eisenbahnstrecken, die Bergwerke mit See… … Deutsch Wikipedia
India — /in dee euh/, n. 1. Hindi, Bharat. a republic in S Asia: a union comprising 25 states and 7 union territories; formerly a British colony; gained independence Aug. 15, 1947; became a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations Jan. 26, 1950.… … Universalium
Malaysia — /meuh lay zheuh, sheuh/, n. 1. a constitutional monarchy in SE Asia: a federation, comprising the former British territories of Malaya, Sabah, and Sarawak: member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 20,376,235; 126,310 sq. mi. (327,143 sq. km). Cap … Universalium
United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… … Universalium
Latin America, history of — Introduction history of the region from the pre Columbian period and including colonization by the Spanish and Portuguese beginning in the 15th century, the 19th century wars of independence, and developments to the end of World War II.… … Universalium
japan — japanner, n. /jeuh pan /, n., adj., v., japanned, japanning. n. 1. any of various hard, durable, black varnishes, originally from Japan, for coating wood, metal, or other surfaces. 2. work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner. 3. Japans,… … Universalium
