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Indian Union Muslim League
Indian Union Muslim League (IUML), founded 10 March 1948 at Madras by Quaid-e-Millath Muhammad Ismail, is a Kerala-based, Congress-allied secular Muslim party in the UDF, symbol the ladder, distinct from Jinnah's League.
Indian Veterinary Research Institute (भारतीय पशु चिकित्सा अनुसंधान संस्थान)
Indian Veterinary Research Institute (भारतीय पशु चिकित्सा अनुसंधान संस्थान), IVRI, Izatnagar, Bareilly: ICAR deemed university founded 1889 as Imperial Bacteriological Laboratory; veterinary research, vaccines, rinderpest eradication, QS 2026 top-100 veterinary science.
Indian vulture crisis
Indian vulture crisis: mid-1990s collapse of Gyps bengalensis, G. indicus, and G. tenuirostris, caused by the veterinary NSAID diclofenac in livestock carcasses; banned in India, Nepal, and Pakistan in 2006, with meloxicam as the safe alternative.
Indian Warner
Indian Warner, also called Thomas "Indian" Warner, was a seventeenth-century Kalinago chief who also served as English governor of Dominica and was killed in 1674 or 1675, reportedly by his half-brother Philip Warner.
Indian Wells Open
Indian Wells Open (BNP Paribas Open), "Tennis Paradise" and the "Fifth Slam": combined ATP Masters 1000 and WTA 1000 hard-court event in Indian Wells, California, founded 1974; 2026 champions Jannik Sinner and Aryna Sabalenka, record 527,626 attendance.
Indian Wells, California
Indian Wells, California: affluent Coachella Valley city in Riverside County, incorporated July 14, 1967 as California's 400th city; named for a Cahuilla well; home of the BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament.
Indian wolf
Indian wolf (Canis lupus pallipes), a grey wolf subspecies of Southwest Asia and peninsular India; ancient divergent lineage, IUCN Vulnerable since 2025, about 2,900-3,300 mature individuals, mostly outside protected grasslands.
Indian Women's League
Indian Women's League (IWL), India's top-tier women's club football league run by the AIFF; launched January 2017 with six teams; eight clubs, East Bengal champions, IWL 2 second tier.
Indian Youth Congress
Indian Youth Congress (भारतीय युवा कांग्रेस, IYC), youth wing of the Indian National Congress, headquartered in New Delhi; claims about 50 million members and 174,000 booth committees; president Uday Bhanu Chib; active in Vote Chori and cockroach-era protests.
Indian-head test pattern
The Indian-head test pattern, also known as the Indian Head test card, is a black-and-white TV test card RCA introduced in 1939, showing a Native American chief in a feathered bonnet.
Indiana
Indiana, the Hoosier State, is a Midwestern U.S. state admitted December 11, 1816 as the 19th state. Known for manufacturing, agriculture, low taxes, and 2026 No. 1 housing affordability ranking; population about 6.97 million.
Indiana Democratic Party
Indiana Democratic Party (IDP), state affiliate of the national Democratic Party since 1816, chaired by Karen Tallian since March 2025; distinguished by rooster symbol, biennial conventions that nominate lieutenant governor and attorney general, and current minority status in Indiana state government.
Indiana Department of Transportation
The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) is Indiana's state agency for interstate highways, U.S. routes, and state roads, descended from the Indiana State Highway Commission created in 1919.
Indiana Dunes National Park
Indiana Dunes National Park, formerly Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, is a 16,000-acre U.S. national park on 15 miles of southern Lake Michigan shore in Indiana, the 61st national park (2019), noted for dune plant succession and fourth-ranked biodiversity.
Indiana Dunes State Park
Indiana Dunes State Park is a 2,182-acre Indiana state park in Porter County on Lake Michigan, established 1925 and opened 1926, with three miles of beach, nearly 200-foot dunes, the 3 Dune Challenge, and separate fees from Indiana Dunes National Park.
Indiana elections
Indiana elections are held in even-numbered years on November Election Day, with the governor elected in presidential years and half the State Senate up every two years.
Indiana Evans
Indiana Rose Evans, Australian actress and singer-songwriter born 1990 in Sydney; known as Matilda Hunter in Home and Away, Bella Hartley in H2O: Just Add Water, and Emmaline Robinson in Blue Lagoon: The Awakening, returning in A Remarkable Place to Die (2024).
Indiana Fever
Indiana Fever, WNBA Eastern Conference team in Indianapolis (Gainbridge Fieldhouse), founded 2000, owned by Herbert Simon. Won 2012 WNBA title and 2025 Commissioner's Cup; record 2024 attendance surge driven by Caitlin Clark.
Indiana Hoosiers football
Indiana Hoosiers football: University of Indiana Bloomington's Big Ten team (joined 1899). Long the losingest program in college football (713 losses), it won its first national championship in 2025, going 16-0 under Curt Cignetti with Heisman QB Fernando Mendoza.
Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball: IU Bloomington's Big Ten program since 1900-01, five NCAA titles (1940, 1953, 1976, 1981, 1987), Bob Knight's 32-0 1976 team, Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall, and the candy-striped Hoosier brand.
Indiana Jones
Indiana Jones: fictional archaeologist-adventurer created by George Lucas, played by Harrison Ford in five Spielberg/Mangold films from Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) to Dial of Destiny (2023), named after Lucas's dog.
Indiana Jones (character)
Indiana Jones, Dr. Henry Walton "Indiana" Jones Jr., is a fictional archaeology professor created by George Lucas for Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), played by Harrison Ford across five films; known for his fedora, whip, snake phobia, and dog-derived nickname.
Indiana Jones Adventure
Indiana Jones Adventure is a 1995 EMV dark ride at Disneyland (Temple of the Forbidden Eye), with a Tokyo DisneySea counterpart, Temple of the Crystal Skull, in Lost River Delta; both use motion-simulator vehicles on a track.
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny is a 2023 American action-adventure film, the fifth and final Indiana Jones film, directed by James Mangold and starring Harrison Ford.
Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb
Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb is a 2003 LucasArts action-adventure by The Collective for Xbox, Windows, and PS2, set in 1935 before Temple of Doom, following Indy's hunt for the Heart of the Dragon pearl.
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis: 1992 LucasArts point-and-click adventure by Hal Barwood and Noah Falstein, set in 1939, with wits, team, and fists paths; ranked among the best adventure games ever.
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is a 2024 first-person action-adventure game by MachineGames and Lucasfilm Games, executive produced by Todd Howard, set in 1937 between Raiders of the Lost Ark and The Last Crusade, released December 9, 2024 on Xbox, PC, and Game Pass.
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) is the fourth Indiana Jones film, directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Harrison Ford, Cate Blanchett, Karen Allen, and Shia LaBeouf; set in 1957, it follows Indy racing Soviet agent Irina Spalko for the crystal skull of Akator.
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade is a 1989 American action-adventure film, the third in the series, directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Harrison Ford.
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) is Spielberg's prequel to Raiders of the Lost Ark, set in 1935, starring Harrison Ford, Kate Capshaw, and Ke Huy Quan; its violence spurred the PG-13 rating.