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Indian locomotive class WAG-12
The WAG-12 is a 12,000 hp twin-section electric freight locomotive operated by Indian Railways, built by Alstom's joint venture at Madhepura, Bihar, and in service since 2020.
Indian locomotive class WAG-9
The Indian locomotive class WAG-9 is a 6,000 hp three-phase AC electric freight locomotive of Indian Railways, first imported from ABB of Switzerland in the mid-1990s.
Indian locomotive class WAP-5
The Indian locomotive class WAP-5 is a three-phase AC electric passenger locomotive of Indian Railways, built by ABB and delivered from 1995, rated for 160 km/h.
Indian locomotive class WAP-7
The Indian locomotive class WAP-7 is a 6,350 hp AC electric passenger locomotive built for Indian Railways from 2000, adapted from the WAG-9 freight design.
Indian locomotive class WDG-3A
The Indian locomotive class WDG-3A is a 3,100 hp diesel-electric freight locomotive built for Indian Railways by DLW at Varanasi from 1995, India's first dedicated broad-gauge diesel freight class.
Indian locomotive class WDM-2
The Indian locomotive class WDM-2 is a broad-gauge diesel-electric locomotive designed by ALCO in 1962 and built in Varanasi, becoming Indian Railways' standard mainline diesel.
Indian locomotive class WDM-3A
The Indian locomotive class WDM-3A is a 3,100 hp broad-gauge mixed-traffic diesel-electric locomotive built by DLW Varanasi from 1994, with many rebuilt from WDM-2 units at Patiala.
Indian locomotive class WDM-3D
The Indian locomotive class WDM-3D, also written WDM3D, is a 3,300 hp Co-Co diesel-electric mixed-traffic locomotive developed at Varanasi in 2003 for Indian Railways, the last ALCO-based class built there.
Indian locomotive class WP
The Indian locomotive class WP, or WP pacific, was a 4-6-2 Pacific broad gauge passenger steam locomotive introduced in 1947, designed to burn high-ash Indian coal.
Indian manuscript illumination
Indian manuscript illumination is the decoration and illustration of handwritten books on the Indian subcontinent, practiced from at least the tenth century on palm leaf and paper.
Indian martial arts
Indian martial arts: Kalaripayattu of Kerala (oldest living martial art, over 1,500 years), Silambam of Tamil Nadu, Gatka, Thang-Ta, and wrestling traditions, from Dhanurveda through colonial suppression to modern Khelo India recognition.
Indian massacre of 1622
Indian massacre of 1622, also the Powhatan Uprising or Jamestown Massacre: coordinated March 22, 1622 attack by Opechancanough's Powhatan warriors killed 347 of about 1,250 Virginia colonists, sparing Jamestown after a warning, and opened the Second Anglo-Powhatan War.
Indian Matchmaking
Indian Matchmaking is a Netflix reality series (2020-2023, three seasons) created by Smriti Mundhra, following Mumbai matchmaker Sima Taparia arranging marriages for South Asian singles in India and the US; Emmy-nominated and widely debated for depicting casteism, colorism, and sexism.
Indian mathematics
Indian mathematics is the body of mathematical work developed on the Indian subcontinent from antiquity to today, best known for giving the world the decimal place-value system with zero.
Indian Military Academy (भारतीय सैन्य अकादमी)
Indian Military Academy (भारतीय सैन्य अकादमी), the Indian Army's officer training academy at Dehradun, opened 1 October 1932 with 40 Gentlemen Cadets as the "Indian Sandhurst"; grants Permanent Commission via about 18 months of CDS training.
Indian miniature painting
Indian miniature painting is a tradition of small, detailed paintings on paper and palm leaf that flourished across the Indian subcontinent from the 9th-10th century to the 19th.
Indian Motorcycle
Indian Motorcycle is an American motorcycle brand founded in 1901 in Springfield, Massachusetts by George M. Hendee and Oscar Hedstrom, billed as America's First Motorcycle Company.
Indian MRCA competition
The Indian MRCA competition, formally the MMRCA tender, was an Indian procurement contest for 126 multi-role combat aircraft, launched in 2007, won by the Dassault Rafale in 2012.
Indian Mujahideen
Indian Mujahideen: indigenous Islamist terrorist group in India, offshoot of SIMI, announced 2007, responsible for 2008 Delhi and Ahmedabad blasts, 2010 Pune German Bakery bombing; banned under UAPA.
Indian mural painting
Indian mural painting is the tradition of painting directly on walls, ceilings, and temple surfaces in India, attested from the 2nd century BCE at the Ajanta caves.
Indian Museum
The Indian Museum, earlier known as the Asiatic Museum and then the Imperial Museum, is a multipurpose museum in Kolkata founded in 1814 under botanist Nathaniel Wallich.
Indian Music Industry
The Indian Music Industry (IMI), founded in 1936 as the Indian Phonographic Industry, is the trade association representing record labels in India and leading its fight against music piracy.
Indian name
Indian name: the diverse personal naming systems of India, with no single national format; North Indian given-name-plus-surname order, South Indian patronymic and village-name structures, Muslim bin/binti patronymics, Sikh Singh, caste-linked renaming, and the 2023 first-middle-last registration rules.
Indian National Army (आज़ाद हिन्द फ़ौज)
Indian National Army (Azad Hind Fauj), INA: Japanese-sponsored force of 1942–45 raised from Indian POWs under Mohan Singh and Subhas Chandra Bose; known for the Rani of Jhansi Regiment and the 1945 Red Fort treason trials.
Indian National Army trials
Indian National Army trials (Red Fort trials, Azad Hind Fauj): British courts-martial at Delhi's Red Fort, November 1945 to May 1946, of Shah Nawaz Khan, Prem Kumar Sahgal, and Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon for waging war against the Empire; sentences remitted, triggering mutiny and hastening British withdrawal from India.
Indian National Badminton Championships
The Indian National Badminton Championships are annual badminton championships in India run by the Badminton Association of India, first held in 1934, and restricted to Indian players.
Indian national calendar
The Indian national calendar, also called the Saka calendar, is the solar civil calendar India adopted in 1957, used alongside the Gregorian calendar for official purposes.
Indian National Congress (Organisation)
Indian National Congress (Organisation), or Congress (O), the Old Congress formed by the Syndicate in the 1969 split of the Indian National Congress against Indira Gandhi's Congress (R); 90 legislators under C.B. Gupta, later absorbed into the national opposition coalition.
Indian National Congress (भारतीय राष्ट्रीय कांग्रेस)
Indian National Congress (भारतीय राष्ट्रीय कांग्रेस), or Congress, India's oldest political party, founded 1885 in Bombay; led the independence movement, dominated post-1947 politics, and is now the main opposition with 99 Lok Sabha seats.
Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance
The Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA bloc) is an opposition coalition formed 18 July 2023 in Bengaluru by 26 parties, led by Congress under Mallikarjun Kharge, to defeat the BJP; it won 234 Lok Sabha seats in 2024 and has since faced defections and the DMK's 2026 exit.