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− | [[File: Bajrangi Bhaijaan cover.jpg| [[Salman Khan, film actor]] (bottom right), in his biggest hit, [[Bajrangi Bhaijaan]]. <br/> See also [[Salman Khan: hit-and-run case, 2002]], [[Shah Rukh Khan vs. Salman Khan: the cold war]], [[Sultan (2016)]] and [[Iulia Vantur]], as well as [[Tubelight]] (2017), in which Salman acts opposite [[Zhu Zhu]], the controversial actress from [http://www.indpaedia.com/ind/index.php?title=Category:China&action=edit&redlink=1 China] |frame|500px]] | + | [[File: Bajrangi Bhaijaan cover.jpg| [[Salman Khan, film actor]] (bottom right), in his biggest hit, [[Bajrangi Bhaijaan]]. <br/> See also [[Salman Khan: The Blackbuck Poaching Case, 1998]] , [[Salman Khan: hit-and-run case, 2002]], [[Shah Rukh Khan vs. Salman Khan: the cold war]], [[Sultan (2016)]] and [[Iulia Vantur]], as well as [[Tubelight]] (2017), in which Salman acts opposite [[Zhu Zhu]], the controversial actress from [http://www.indpaedia.com/ind/index.php?title=Category:China&action=edit&redlink=1 China] |frame|500px]] |
[[File: SC talents main.jpg| [[Scheduled caste talents in Indian cinema]]<br/> Readers Ashok Shambharkar, Ravidassia Vicky and Sarin Baboo added to this page by sending information to the Facebook community, [http://www.facebook.com/Indpaedia Indpaedia.com].<br/> Above: Daler Mehndi|frame|left|500px]] | [[File: SC talents main.jpg| [[Scheduled caste talents in Indian cinema]]<br/> Readers Ashok Shambharkar, Ravidassia Vicky and Sarin Baboo added to this page by sending information to the Facebook community, [http://www.facebook.com/Indpaedia Indpaedia.com].<br/> Above: Daler Mehndi|frame|left|500px]] | ||
+ | [[File: Delhi cover.jpg| Of Indpaedia’s 5,250 pages in the category ‘Places,’ Delhi, its monuments, neighbourhoods and economy, and the [[National Capital Region (India): An introduction ]] have been covered in more than 168 pages. See [[Delhi: Home page/ factfile]]. <br/> [[Mysore State: General]], as it stood in 1909, and [[Chennai/ Madras ]] account for several dozen pages each. <br/> Above: [[Delhi: Nizam-ud-din basti and shrine]] |frame|centre|500px]] | ||
[[File: Judiciary cover1.jpg| Almost every day the Hon’ble [[Supreme Court: India]] and the [[Judiciary, superior: India ]] pass orders of interest to all readers. These are archived on the relevant page, e.g. [[Divorce: India]] and [[Television: India ]]. <br/> In addition, there are pages on [[Judicial delays/ pendency: India]], [[Supreme Court, India: Administrative issues]], [[Supreme Court: India: Chief Justices]], [[Supreme Court: India: Sitting judges]], and, on the history of the collegium debate, [[Judicial appointments, senior: India]]… |frame|left|500px]] | [[File: Judiciary cover1.jpg| Almost every day the Hon’ble [[Supreme Court: India]] and the [[Judiciary, superior: India ]] pass orders of interest to all readers. These are archived on the relevant page, e.g. [[Divorce: India]] and [[Television: India ]]. <br/> In addition, there are pages on [[Judicial delays/ pendency: India]], [[Supreme Court, India: Administrative issues]], [[Supreme Court: India: Chief Justices]], [[Supreme Court: India: Sitting judges]], and, on the history of the collegium debate, [[Judicial appointments, senior: India]]… |frame|left|500px]] | ||
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[[File: Monogenea India2.jpg|Most of our articles have been scanned from pre-1947, British Raj records. Therefore, some of them contain scann1ng errcrs. <br/> Divya Grace Dilip edited the page [[Monogenea: India]] and remcved all svch m1stakcs. Divya is an Assistant Professor in Zoology. She sent the corrected page to the Facebook community, [http://www.facebook.com/Indpaedia Indpaedia.com]|frame|left|500px]] | [[File: Monogenea India2.jpg|Most of our articles have been scanned from pre-1947, British Raj records. Therefore, some of them contain scann1ng errcrs. <br/> Divya Grace Dilip edited the page [[Monogenea: India]] and remcved all svch m1stakcs. Divya is an Assistant Professor in Zoology. She sent the corrected page to the Facebook community, [http://www.facebook.com/Indpaedia Indpaedia.com]|frame|left|500px]] | ||
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'''Every day ''', since March 2013, Indpaedia’s volunteers have been browsing selected Indian newspapers and magazines to spot '''articles and statistical graphs''' about ALL things Indian that are Fit to Archive. | '''Every day ''', since March 2013, Indpaedia’s volunteers have been browsing selected Indian newspapers and magazines to spot '''articles and statistical graphs''' about ALL things Indian that are Fit to Archive. | ||
− | We add or update around fifteen contemporary articles a day, normally within a | + | We add or update around fifteen contemporary articles a day, normally within a day of their publication (except when our volunteers, who are mostly students, are preparing for their exams). |
Another Indpaedia team has been uploading articles about the cities, towns and villages, and castes, tribes and communities of the Indian sub-continent, mainly sourced from libraries of the British ‘Raj’ (roughly covering the period 1890- 1930) | Another Indpaedia team has been uploading articles about the cities, towns and villages, and castes, tribes and communities of the Indian sub-continent, mainly sourced from libraries of the British ‘Raj’ (roughly covering the period 1890- 1930) | ||
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If you find anything posted on Indpaedia '''offensive ''' or if your article or photograph has been used without your permission or without due acknowledgement, please report it to the same page. | If you find anything posted on Indpaedia '''offensive ''' or if your article or photograph has been used without your permission or without due acknowledgement, please report it to the same page. | ||
− | '''About: ''' Indpaedia is an unfunded, volunteer-run archive-cum-encyclopædia that hopes to contain information about every Indian (if possible, South Asian) topic of general interest. | + | '''About: ''' Indpaedia is an unfunded, volunteer-run, not- for- profit, archive-cum-encyclopædia that hopes to contain information about every Indian (if possible, South Asian) topic of general interest. |
Our country-wise links (above) are not working too well right now, but we already have a few hundred articles each about [http://132.148.25.124/ind/index.php?title=Category:Bangladesh&action=edit&redlink=1 Bangladesh], [http://132.148.25.124/ind/index.php?title=Category:Myanmar&action=edit&redlink=1 Myanmar], [http://132.148.25.124/ind/index.php?title=Category:Nepal&action=edit&redlink=1 Nepal] and [http://132.148.25.124/ind/index.php?title=Category:Pakistan&action=edit&redlink=1 Pakistan]. We have uploaded roughly 14,100 articles about [http://indpaedia.com/ind/index.php/Category:India India] so far. You can find the information you want through the ‘Search’ box (top right) or through these country-wise indexes. | Our country-wise links (above) are not working too well right now, but we already have a few hundred articles each about [http://132.148.25.124/ind/index.php?title=Category:Bangladesh&action=edit&redlink=1 Bangladesh], [http://132.148.25.124/ind/index.php?title=Category:Myanmar&action=edit&redlink=1 Myanmar], [http://132.148.25.124/ind/index.php?title=Category:Nepal&action=edit&redlink=1 Nepal] and [http://132.148.25.124/ind/index.php?title=Category:Pakistan&action=edit&redlink=1 Pakistan]. We have uploaded roughly 14,100 articles about [http://indpaedia.com/ind/index.php/Category:India India] so far. You can find the information you want through the ‘Search’ box (top right) or through these country-wise indexes. | ||
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[[File: Bohra cover.jpg| Above, a [[Bohra]] mosque. <br/> Many of Indpaedia’s 5,850-odd pages on the communities of the Indian sub-continent contain just one sentence, and await more details from readers. <br/> Others are as detailed as Indpaedia’s [[Bohra]] series, which includes [[Bohra cuisine]], [[Bohras, Dawoodi: and Kufa]], [[Dawoodi Bohra]], [[Syedna (Dr) Mohammed Burhanuddin]]…|frame|left| 500px]] | [[File: Bohra cover.jpg| Above, a [[Bohra]] mosque. <br/> Many of Indpaedia’s 5,850-odd pages on the communities of the Indian sub-continent contain just one sentence, and await more details from readers. <br/> Others are as detailed as Indpaedia’s [[Bohra]] series, which includes [[Bohra cuisine]], [[Bohras, Dawoodi: and Kufa]], [[Dawoodi Bohra]], [[Syedna (Dr) Mohammed Burhanuddin]]…|frame|left| 500px]] | ||
− | [[File: Kaala | + | [[File: Kaala Karikaalan4.jpg| Above: The Thalaiva in ''' Kaala Karikaalan ''' (2018) <br/> In addition to a book- length page on [[Rajinikanth]], Indpaedia has pages about [[Kabali]], [[Kochadaiiyaan]] and [[Lingaa (2014)]]|frame|500px]] |
[[File: Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose After-1945 cover.jpg|[[Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: After-1945]], [[Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: Declassified papers]] and three other pages |frame| centre|500px]] | [[File: Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose After-1945 cover.jpg|[[Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: After-1945]], [[Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: Declassified papers]] and three other pages |frame| centre|500px]] | ||
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<div style="font-size:100%; text-align:left">'''Some of the articles posted/ updated in recent months are:'''</div> | <div style="font-size:100%; text-align:left">'''Some of the articles posted/ updated in recent months are:'''</div> | ||
− | [[File: | + | [[File: St Francis2cover2.png|Above: The mausoleum of [[Saint Francis Xavier]] (1696) at the [[Basilica of Bom Jesus, Old Goa]] (Borea Jezuchi Bajilika). On top of it is the silver casket that holds the saint’s body. Both were gifted by the last of the Medicis, Cosimo III, The Grand Duke of Tuscany. <br/> Also see [[St. Teresa of Calcutta]], [[Saint Joseph Vaz]], [[Saint Alphonsa Muttathupadathu]], [[Saint Kuriakose Elias Chavara]], [[Blessed Rani Maria/ Regina Mariam Vattalil]], [[Sister Euphrasia Eluventhinkal]]...|frame|left|500px]] |
− | [[File: Benazir Bhutto cover.jpg| Readers from Pakistan have helped us create a very detailed page on [[Benazir Bhutto]]. <br/> Indpaedia has fifteen comprehensive pages on the [http://132.148.25.124/ind/index.php/Pakistan_movement:_Freedom_struggle:_Religious_groups_oppose_the_Pakistan_demand Pakistan Movement], more than ten on [[Pakistan History: The Land And Its Early History]] , two on [[Gulgee I]], several on the cities of Pakistan and a very popular biography of [[Waheed Murad]]. <br/> See also [[Abdul Sattar Edhi]] and [[Malala Yousafzai]].|frame|500px]] | + | [[File: Benazir Bhutto cover.jpg| Readers from Pakistan have helped us create a very detailed page on [[Benazir Bhutto]]. <br/> Indpaedia has fifteen comprehensive pages on the [http://132.148.25.124/ind/index.php/Pakistan_movement:_Freedom_struggle:_Religious_groups_oppose_the_Pakistan_demand Pakistan Movement], more than ten on [[Pakistan History: The Land And Its Early History]] , two on [[Gulgee I]], several on the cities of Pakistan and a very popular biography of [[Waheed Murad]]. <br/> See also [[Abdul Sattar Edhi]], [[Asma Jahangir]] and [[Malala Yousafzai]].|frame|500px]] |
[[File: Ganga (Ganges), river cover2.png| [[Ganga (Ganges), river]] |frame|left|500px]] | [[File: Ganga (Ganges), river cover2.png| [[Ganga (Ganges), river]] |frame|left|500px]] | ||
[[File: Raags ragas and Thaats cover1.jpg|[[Raags/ ragas and Thaats: Hindustani]] and [[Taal/ tãl: Hindustani]].<br/> Above: An early 17th century, provincial Mughal miniature depicting Shankara, son of Raag Megh.|frame|500px]] | [[File: Raags ragas and Thaats cover1.jpg|[[Raags/ ragas and Thaats: Hindustani]] and [[Taal/ tãl: Hindustani]].<br/> Above: An early 17th century, provincial Mughal miniature depicting Shankara, son of Raag Megh.|frame|500px]] | ||
− | [[File: Bishop Cotton Boys' School, Bangalore cover.jpg| Lists of the best schools and colleges of India, as ranked by eminent authorities, are regularly uploaded on Indpaedia, e.g. [[The best schools of India: 2017 ]] <br/> See [[South Asian universities: global ranking]], [[Indian universities: national ranking, 2017 ]] and [[Indian universities: global ranking ]] as well as [[Colleges, India: Arts]], [[Colleges, India: Commerce]], [[Colleges, India: Fashion]], [[Colleges, India: Fine Arts]], [[Colleges, India: Hotel Management]], [[Colleges, India: Law]], [[Colleges, India: Medicine]] and [[Colleges, India: Science]].<br/> Above: The chapel of Bishop Cotton Boys' School, Bangalore |frame|left |500px]] | + | [[File: Bishop Cotton Boys' School, Bangalore cover.jpg| Lists of the best schools and colleges of India, as ranked by eminent authorities, are regularly uploaded on Indpaedia, e.g. [[The best schools of India: 2017 ]] <br/> See [[South Asian universities: global ranking]], [[Indian universities: national ranking, 2017 ]] and [[Indian universities: global ranking ]] as well as [[Colleges, India: Arts, 2017]], [[Colleges, India: Commerce, 2017]], [[Colleges, India: Fashion]], [[Colleges, India: Fine Arts]], [[Colleges, India: Hotel Management]], [[Colleges, India: Law]], [[Colleges, India: Medicine]] and [[Colleges, India: Science]].<br/> Above: The chapel of Bishop Cotton Boys' School, Bangalore |frame|left |500px]] |
[[File: Religionwise demographics India, 1765-1805.jpg|From [[ Religion-wise demographics: India, 1765-1805]] to [[Religion-wise demographics: India, after 2001 ]] Four pages |frame|500px]] | [[File: Religionwise demographics India, 1765-1805.jpg|From [[ Religion-wise demographics: India, 1765-1805]] to [[Religion-wise demographics: India, after 2001 ]] Four pages |frame|500px]] | ||
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[[File: Economy india cover.jpg|[[Economy: India]] |frame| centre| 500px]] | [[File: Economy india cover.jpg|[[Economy: India]] |frame| centre| 500px]] | ||
[[File: Employment India cover.jpg|[[Employment: India]] |frame| centre| 500px]] | [[File: Employment India cover.jpg|[[Employment: India]] |frame| centre| 500px]] | ||
− | [[File: Baahubali 2 The Conclusion Main page1.jpg| [[Box office records of Hindi-Urdu films]] | + | |
+ | [[File: Baahubali 2 The Conclusion Main page1.jpg| The pages [[Box office records of Hindi-Urdu films]], [[Box office records of Malayalam films]], [[Tamil cinema: list of all-time hits]] and [[Box office records of Telugu films]] are quite detailed. However, readers are invited to update and enrich these pages by sending statistics and other details to the Facebook community, [http://www.facebook.com/Indpaedia Indpaedia.com]. <br/> Above: [[Anushka Shetty]] in India's biggest ''domestic'' hit, [[Bahubali 2: The Conclusion (2017)]] |frame| centre| 500px]] | ||
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[[File: The Apu Trilogy cover3.jpg|[[The Apu Trilogy]] <br/> See also [[Pather Panchali]] 1955; [[Aparajito (1956)]]; [[Apur Sansar (1959) ]]; [[Satyajit Ray]]|frame|centre|500px]] | [[File: The Apu Trilogy cover3.jpg|[[The Apu Trilogy]] <br/> See also [[Pather Panchali]] 1955; [[Aparajito (1956)]]; [[Apur Sansar (1959) ]]; [[Satyajit Ray]]|frame|centre|500px]] | ||
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'''New articles''' as well as additional information about existing articles may please be sent as '''messages''' to the Facebook community, [http://www.facebook.com/Indpaedia Indpaedia.com]. All information used will be gratefully acknowledged in your name. Once our software is ready you will be able to post articles directly. | '''New articles''' as well as additional information about existing articles may please be sent as '''messages''' to the Facebook community, [http://www.facebook.com/Indpaedia Indpaedia.com]. All information used will be gratefully acknowledged in your name. Once our software is ready you will be able to post articles directly. | ||
[[File: Demonetisation cover.jpg| In addition to a comprehensive page on [[Demonetisation of high value currency- 1946, 1978, 2016: India]], there are pages about [[Currency: India]], [[Foreign currency inflows: India]], [[Sensex]], [[The stock market: India]], [[Mutual Funds: India]], [[Gold in the Indian economy]], and even a page on [[Currency: The Indian dollar]].|frame|left|500px]] | [[File: Demonetisation cover.jpg| In addition to a comprehensive page on [[Demonetisation of high value currency- 1946, 1978, 2016: India]], there are pages about [[Currency: India]], [[Foreign currency inflows: India]], [[Sensex]], [[The stock market: India]], [[Mutual Funds: India]], [[Gold in the Indian economy]], and even a page on [[Currency: The Indian dollar]].|frame|left|500px]] | ||
− | [[File: maring main2.jpg| The Maring Uparup Assembly provided the text and photographs for Indpaedia’s ten pages on [http://132.148.25.124/ind/index.php/The_Maring_tribe:_Culture_and_lifestyle The Maring Community] |frame|500px]] | + | [[File: maring main2.jpg| The Maring Uparup Assembly provided the text and photographs for Indpaedia’s ten pages on [http://132.148.25.124/ind/index.php/The_Maring_tribe:_Culture_and_lifestyle The Maring Community] <br/> See also [[Nagaland: customary law, customary courts]] |frame|500px]] |
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[[File: Assamese Main3.jpg|[[Assamese cinema]]. Reader Gohain contributed. <br/> See also [[Assamese theatre ]]. |frame| centre|500px]] | [[File: Assamese Main3.jpg|[[Assamese cinema]]. Reader Gohain contributed. <br/> See also [[Assamese theatre ]]. |frame| centre|500px]] | ||
− | [[File: Miss Mizoram cover.jpg| [[Miss Mizoram | + | [[File: Miss Mizoram cover.jpg| [[Miss Mizoram 2018]] <br/>Vai volunteers have created pages on aspects as diverse as the series on [[Miss Mizoram: history ]] and [[Mizoram: Football ]] on the one hand, and on the other [[Mizoram: From ancient times to 1946]], [[Mizoram: A brief chronology (1946-1997) ]], [[Mizoram 1870-1926: Christianity and literacy ]], [[Mizo religion, culture, beliefs, songs, oral literature]]…<br/> Why don’t you send materials for even more pages?|frame|left|500px]] |
[[File: Tamil main4.jpg| Reader Sajeeth Naveen Lourdes created the pages [[Colour films in Tamil]] and [[Colour films in Telugu]] by sending photographs and information to the Facebook community, [http://www.facebook.com/Indpaedia Indpaedia.com]. Sajeeth also enhanced the page [[Colour films in Hindi-Urdu]].|frame|500px]] | [[File: Tamil main4.jpg| Reader Sajeeth Naveen Lourdes created the pages [[Colour films in Tamil]] and [[Colour films in Telugu]] by sending photographs and information to the Facebook community, [http://www.facebook.com/Indpaedia Indpaedia.com]. Sajeeth also enhanced the page [[Colour films in Hindi-Urdu]].|frame|500px]] | ||
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