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Indian classical music
Indian classical music is the subcontinent's art-music tradition based on raga and tala, in two streams: North Indian Hindustani and South Indian Carnatic, which diverged from about the 13th century and differ in taxonomy, improvisation, and aesthetics.
Indian Coast Guard (भारतीय तटरक्षक बल)
Indian Coast Guard (भारतीय तटरक्षक बल, Bharatiya Tatrakshak), India's fourth armed force under the Ministry of Defence, constituted by the Coast Guard Act 1978; motto Vayam Rakshamah; 151 ships, 76 aircraft, 4.6 million sq km SAR region.
Indian cobra
The Indian cobra (Naja naja), also called the spectacled cobra, is a highly venomous snake native to the Indian subcontinent, one of the four species causing most snakebites in India.
Indian Coffee House
Indian Coffee House, a worker-owned cooperative cafe chain in India (about 400-500 outlets, 13 societies). Founded 1936 as a colonial Coffee Board chain, taken over by workers under A. K. Gopalan in 1957; known for cheap filter coffee, turbaned waiters, and its role in the Emergency and Kolkata adda culture.
Indian Computer Emergency Response Team
The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team, known as CERT-In, is India's national cybersecurity incident response agency, operating under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology since 2004.
Indian Contract Act, 1872
The Indian Contract Act, 1872 (भारतीय संविदा अधिनियम, 1872), Act No. 9 of 1872, is India's principal contract statute, in force 1 September 1872, covering general contract law and special contracts.
Indian Council of Agricultural Research (भारतीय कृषि अनुसंधान परिषद)
The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (भारतीय कृषि अनुसंधान परिषद), formerly the Imperial Council of Agricultural Research, coordinates agricultural research, extension, and education across India.
Indian Council of Medical Research (भारतीय आयुर्विज्ञान अनुसंधान परिषद)
Indian Council of Medical Research (भारतीय आयुर्विज्ञान अनुसंधान परिषद), India's apex biomedical research body, founded 1911 as Indian Research Fund Association; runs 28 institutes, tiered extramural grants, and DHR-funded health research.
Indian Councils Act 1892
The Indian Councils Act 1892 (भारत परिषद अधिनियम १८९२) was a UK Parliament act, given royal assent on 20 June 1892, that enlarged the legislative councils of British India.
Indian Councils Act 1909
Indian Councils Act 1909, the Morley-Minto Reforms: British Act enlarging India's legislative councils (central council to 60), introducing indirect elections, separate Muslim electorates, and Satyendra Prasanno Sinha as first Indian Viceroy's Executive Council member.
Indian Creek, Florida
Indian Creek Village, Florida, the "Billionaire Bunker": a 300-acre man-made island in Biscayne Bay, incorporated 1939, with 41 home sites, its own police force, one guarded bridge, and billionaire residents.
Indian Cricket League
Indian Cricket League (ICL), 2007-2009 Zee Group-backed private Twenty20 league in India, launched without BCCI or ICC recognition; ran three international editions and prompted the BCCI's IPL response before folding.
Indian cricket team against Afghanistan in India in 2026
India played Afghanistan seven times at home in 2026, winning a one-off Test by an innings, the ODI series 3-0, and the Delhi T20I Friendship Cup 3-0.
Indian cricket team in Australia in 2018–19
India's 2018–19 tour of Australia: 3 T20Is, 4 Tests, 3 ODIs, 21 Nov 2018 to 18 Jan 2019. India won Tests 2-1, its first Test series win in Australia and Border-Gavaskar retention, and ODIs 2-1; T20Is drawn 1-1; Pujara 521 runs.
Indian cricket team in Australia in 2020–21
Indian cricket team in Australia 2020-21: full tour of 3 T20Is, 3 ODIs, and 4 Tests for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, won 2-1 by India after the Gabba Test ended Australia's 32-year unbeaten run, with Pant's 89 not out sealing a 328 chase.
Indian cricket team in Australia in 2024–25
India's 2024-25 tour of Australia, a five-Test Border-Gavaskar Trophy series (first since 1991-92) won 3-1 by Australia; Bumrah took 32 wickets, Australia reached the WTC final.
Indian cricket team in Australia in 2025–26
The Indian cricket team's 2025–26 tour of Australia was a men's white-ball tour of 3 ODIs and 5 T20Is from 19 October to 8 November 2025, the first five-match T20I series there.
Indian cricket team in Bangladesh in 2026
India's proposed white-ball tour of Bangladesh, three ODIs and three T20Is in September 2026, deferred from August 2025 and left uncertain by the Mustafizur Rahman IPL release, Bangladesh's T20 World Cup withdrawal, and pending Indian government clearance.
Indian cricket team in England in 2018
India's 2018 tour of England (3 July to 11 September): England won the five-Test series 4-1 and ODIs 2-1; India won T20Is 2-1. Kohli was top run-scorer despite India's batting collapses and pitch misreadings.
Indian cricket team in England in 2025
India's 2025 tour of England: a five-Test Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy series, 20 June to 4 August 2025, ending 2-2 after India's six-run Oval win; Gill 754 runs, Siraj 23 wickets, 7,187 series runs.
Indian cricket team in England in 2026
India tour of England 2026: men's white-ball tour, July 1-19, five T20Is and three ODIs. England won the T20I series 4-0 and the ODI series 2-1; India's women also toured for three T20Is and the first women's Test at Lord's.
Indian cricket team in Pakistan in 2005–06
India in Pakistan 2005–06: bilateral cricket tour, January–February 2006, three Tests and five ODIs. Pakistan won the Tests 1–0; India won the ODIs 4–1, setting a 17-match chasing record.
Indian cricket team in South Africa in 2017–18
India cricket team in South Africa, 2017-18 tour: 3 Tests, 6 ODIs, 3 T20Is (Jan-Feb 2018). South Africa won Tests 2-1; India won ODIs 5-1 (first ODI series win there) and T20Is 2-1.
Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2026
India's 2026 tour of Sri Lanka: two-Test World Test Championship series, Galle 15-19 August and SSC Colombo 23-27 August, won 1-0 by India under Shubman Gill; Sarfaraz Khan replaced Sai Sudharsan.
Indian cuisine
Indian cuisine: the regional cooking traditions of the Indian subcontinent, also called the cuisines of India. Defined by religious dietary systems, Mughal and Portuguese influences (chilli, potato, tomato via Goa 1510), rice and wheat staples, and a distinctive negative food-pairing flavor signature.
Indian Defence
Indian Defence (chess): family of 1.d4 Nf6 openings where Black avoids an early ...d5, including the Nimzo-Indian, King's Indian, Queen's Indian, Grünfeld, and Bogo-Indian; named for Moheschunder Bannerjee's 1855 games versus Cochrane.
Indian Derby
Indian Derby: India's premier Grade 1 horse race, first run 30 January 1943, run over 2400 m at Mahalaxmi Racecourse, Mumbai, on the first Sunday of February; 2026 winner Fynbos.
Indian diaspora
Indian diaspora: persons of Indian origin and non-resident Indians living outside India; the world's largest diaspora, over 32 million people, largest emigrant stock, top remittance recipient (USD 125 billion in 2023), shaped by indenture, kangani, and post-1965 skilled migration waves.
Indian diaspora literature
Indian diaspora literature is writing by authors of Indian origin living outside India whose work deals with migration, displacement, and hybrid identity, mostly in English since the 1830s.
Indian economic thought
Indian economic thought is the body of economic ideas produced by and about India, spanning the Arthashastra, the nationalist critique of British rule, Gandhian economics, and planning theory.