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Hindustan (other)
Hindustan is a term currently used as an endonym for the modern day Republic of India, and historically used for parts of the subcontinent. Hindustan or Hindostan may also refer to: Newspapers * ''Hindustan'' (newspaper), also known as ''Dainik Hindustan'', a Hindi-language daily newspaper * ''Hindustan Times'', an Indian English language daily newspaper, with focus on North India Places * Republic of India, a South Asian country * Hindustan, Indiana, United States, a town south of Martinsville, Indiana * Hindostan, Indiana Other uses * Hindostan (ship), several ships named ''Hindostan'' or ''Hindustan'' * Hindoostan (Battle honour), a battle honour awarded to regiments of the British Army for their service during the conquest of British India between 1780 and 1823 See also * * * Hindustani (other) * Hind (other) * Hindi (other) Hindi, or Modern Standard Hindi, is a standardised register of the Hindustani language that serves as one o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hindustan
''Hindūstān'' ( , from '' Hindū'' and ''-stān''), also sometimes spelt as Hindōstān ( ''Indo-land''), along with its shortened form ''Hind'' (), is the Persian-language name for the Indian subcontinent that later became commonly used by its inhabitants in the Hindi–Urdu language. Hindustan was the Persian word for ''India'', but when introduced to the subjects under Persianate rule, the subsequent culture which resulted from these events gave it another specific meaning that of the cultural region between the river Sutlej (end of Northwestern India) and the city Varanasi (start of Eastern India). As the area where Ganga-Jamuni Tehzeeb and the Hindustani language traces its origins, it corresponds to the plains where the river Yamuna flows or the regions/states encompassing Haryana, Delhi, Harit Pradesh, and Awadh. Other toponyms for the subcontinent include ''Jambudvīpa'' and '' Bharata Khanda''. Since the Partition of India in 1947, although limitedly, ''Hindusta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hindustan (newspaper)
''Hindustan'' or ''Hindustan Dainik'' is an Indian Hindi-language daily newspaper. According to Audit Bureau of Circulations, it is ranked 13th in the world by circulation and 6th in India. Madan Mohan Malaviya launched it in 1936. It is published by Hindustan Media Ventures Limited. Earlier it was part of HT Media Ltd group, which spun off its Hindi business into a separate company named Hindustan Media Ventures Limited in December 2009. It ranks as the second largest-read daily in the country. ''Hindustan'' has 21 editions across the Hindi belt. They are spread across Delhi, Haryana (Faridabad), Bihar (Patna, Muzaffarpur, Gaya, Bhagalpur and Purnea), Jharkhand (Ranchi, Jamshedpur and Dhanbad), Uttar Pradesh (Lucknow, Varanasi, Meerut, Agra, Allahabad, Gorakhpur, Bareilly, Moradabad, Aligarh, and Kanpur) and Uttarakhand (Dehradun, Haridwar, Haldwani). Apart from these, the paper is also available in key towns like Mathura, Saharanpur, Faizabad. The major editions of ''H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hindustan Times
''Hindustan Times'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper based in Delhi. It is the flagship publication of HT Media, an entity controlled by the KK Birla family, and is owned by Shobhana Bhartia. It was founded by Sunder Singh Lyallpuri, founder-father of the Akali movement and the Shiromani Akali Dal, in Delhi and played integral roles in the Indian independence movement as a nationalist daily. ''Hindustan Times'' is one of the largest newspapers in India by circulation. According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, it has a circulation of 993,645 copies as of November 2017. The Indian Readership Survey 2014 revealed that ''HT'' is the second-most widely read English newspaper in India after ''The Times of India''. It is popular in North India, with simultaneous editions from New Delhi, Mumbai, Lucknow, Patna, Ranchi and Chandigarh. The print location of Nagpur was discontinued from September 1997, and that of Jaipur from June 2006. ''HT'' launched a youth daily ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Republic Of India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives; its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand, Myanmar, and Indonesia. Modern humans arrived on the Indian subcontinent from Africa no later than 55,000 years ago., "Y-Chromosome and Mt-DNA data support the colonization of South Asia by modern humans originating in Africa. ... Coalescence dates for most non-European populations average to between 73–55 ka.", "Modern human beings—''Homo sapiens''—originated in Africa. Then, interm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hindustan, Indiana
Hindustan is an unincorporated community in Washington Township, Monroe County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. History Hindustan was platted on August 18, 1853, by Charles G. Carr. The community took its name after India (Hindustan ''Hindūstān'' ( , from '' Hindū'' and ''-stān''), also sometimes spelt as Hindōstān ( ''Indo-land''), along with its shortened form ''Hind'' (), is the Persian-language name for the Indian subcontinent that later became commonly used by ...) "...or a region of it." Documents dating from the 1870s spell the town's name as 'Hindostan'. Geography Hindustan is located at at an altitude of 271 metres (892 feet) along Old State Road 37 between Chambers Pike and Farr Road. It is within the Morgan Monroe State Forest. References Unincorporated communities in Monroe County, Indiana Unincorporated communities in Indiana Bloomington metropolitan area, Indiana {{MonroeCountyIN-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hindostan, Indiana
Hindostan is an unincorporated community in Northwest Township, Orange County, in the U.S. state of Indiana Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th s .... References Unincorporated communities in Orange County, Indiana Unincorporated communities in Indiana {{OrangeCountyIN-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hindostan (ship)
A number of ships have been named ''Hindostan'' or ''Hindustan'', after the old name for the Indian subcontinent: * was launched at Liverpool in 1817. initially, she traded with India under a licence from the British East India Company (EIC). She also traded with the United States, Singapore, Africa, and Central America. She was wrecked on 24 December 1838 near Omoa, Honduras. * was launched at Whitby in 1819. She made one voyage, in 1821, transporting convicts to New South Wales. Later, she made two voyages transporting convicts to Van Diemen's Land Van Diemen's Land was the colonial name of the island of Tasmania used by the British during the European exploration of Australia in the 19th century. A British settlement was established in Van Diemen's Land in 1803 before it became a sepa ..., one with female convicts (1839), and one with male convicts (1840–1841). When not transporting convicts ''Hindostan'' was a general trader, sailing across the Atlantic, to India, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hindoostan (Battle Honour)
{{short description, Battle honor celebrating the conquest of British India Hindoostan was a battle honour awarded to the following regiments of the British Army for their service during the conquest of British India between 1780 and 1823: *8th King's Royal Irish Hussars * 17th (Leicestershire) Regiment of Foot, later the Royal Leicestershire Regiment *36th (Herefordshire) Regiment of Foot, later 2nd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment *52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot, later 2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry * 71st (Highland) Regiment of Foot, later 1st Battalion, Highland Light Infantry * 72nd (Highland) Regiment of Foot, later 1st Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders * 76th (Hindoostan) Regiment of Foot, later 2nd Battalion, The Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding) The Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding) was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, forming part of the King's Division. In 1702, Colonel George Hastings, 8th Earl of H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hindustani (other)
Hindustani may refer to: * something of, from, or related to Hindustan (another name of India) * Hindustani language, an Indo-Aryan language, whose two official norms are Hindi and Urdu * Fiji Hindi, a variety of Eastern Hindi spoken in Fiji, and is known locally as Hindustani * Caribbean Hindustani, a variety of Eastern Hindi spoken in the Caribbean * Hindustani classical music, a major style of Indian classical music * ''Hindustani'' (film) or ''Indian'', a 1996 film starring Kamal Haasan and Manisha Koirala * Muhammadjan Hindustani, Islamist teacher of Uzbekistan See also * South Asian ethnic groups * Hindustani Lal Sena or Indian Red Army, formed 1939 * Communist Ghadar Party of India The Communist Ghadar Party of India is a far-left political party that is committed to a communist revolution in India based on Marxism–Leninism. History The party was founded on 25 December 1980, as a continuation of the Hindustani Ghadar ..., a political group founded in 1970 * '' R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hind (other)
A hind is a female deer, especially a red deer. Places * Hind (Sasanian province, 262-484) * Hind and al-Hind, a Persian and Arabic name for the Indian subcontinent * Hind (crater), a lunar impact crater * 1897 Hind, an asteroid Military * , numerous Royal Navy ships * Mil Mi-24, a helicopter, codenamed "Hind" by NATO * Hawker Hind, a Royal Air Force light bomber People * Hind (name) * Hind (singer), Bahraini singer * Hind (singer), Dutch singer also known as Hind Laroussi * Henry Youle Hind, British geologist and explorer Other uses * ''Hind'' (video game), a helicopter game simulation by Digital Integration * ''Epinephelus'', a genus of groupers (fish) sometimes referred to as hinds * Ceryneian Hind, a hind in Greek mythology See also * * Hinds (other) * Hinde (surname) * Hindi Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
