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Inca royal mummy cult
The Inca royal mummy cult kept dead emperors' embalmed bodies, called mallki, as active owners and rulers in Cuzco, served by their panacas until Spanish confiscation by 1572.
Inca tunic
The Inca tunic, called uncu in the Inca language, was the shirtlike primary garment of Inca men in the Andes, woven as one rectangle of tapestry cloth with a neck slit.
Incense
Incense: aromatic resins, woods, herbs, and oils burned as sticks, cones, coils, powders, or loose resins for worship, meditation, and home fragrance; frankincense trade from Arabia, forms compared, and WHO-exceeding emissions.
Independence Day (India)
Independence Day (स्वतंत्रता दिवस), India's national holiday on 15 August, marks independence from British rule in 1947 under the Indian Independence Act; the Prime Minister hoists the flag at the Red Fort and addresses the nation.
Independence Day (Malaysia)
Independence Day (Malaysia), Hari Merdeka or Hari Kebangsaan, is the 31 August national holiday marking Malaya's 1957 independence from Britain, distinct from Malaysia Day on 16 September, which marks the 1963 federation formation.
Independence Day (Philippines)
Independence Day (Araw ng Kalayaan), Philippine national holiday on June 12 commemorating Aguinaldo's 1898 proclamation at Kawit; moved from July 4 by Republic Act 4166 in 1964, which made July 4 Philippine Republic Day.
Independence Day (یومِ آزادی) (Pakistan)
Independence Day (یومِ آزادی, yaum-e-aazaadii) is Pakistan's public holiday on 14 August, marking independence and partition in 1947; celebrated with gun salutes, flag hoisting, and fireworks, though the 1947 legal date was 15 August.
India Hicks
India Hicks, British designer, author, and humanitarian, daughter of David Hicks and Lady Pamela Mountbatten, goddaughter of King Charles III and bridesmaid at his 1981 wedding, Bahamas-based, Global Empowerment Mission board member.
India pale ale
India pale ale (IPA) is a pale, hop-forward British ale style evolved from October stock ales exported to India from the 1700s; named in 1820s ads, dominated by Burton brewers Bass and Allsopp, and reinvented by American craft brewing.
India Royale
India Royale (born India Cox, 1995, Chicago) is an American influencer and entrepreneur, known for beauty and lifestyle content, her India Royale Beauty cosmetics line, and her marriage to rapper Lil Durk.
Indian Chinese cuisine
Indian Chinese (Indo-Chinese, Desi-Chinese) cuisine: an Indianized Chinese cuisine born in Kolkata from late-1700s Hakka immigrants, defined by Schezwan sauce, Hakka noodles, and Nelson Wang's Chicken Manchurian, now India's most popular foreign food.
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 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.
Indienne
Indienne: painted or block-printed cotton textile first made in India (Gujarat, Bengal, Coromandel Coast) and imitated in Europe from the 17th century; mordant-and-resist dyeing, French ban 1686–1759, Mulhouse and Jouy production.
Indomie
Indomie is an Indonesian brand of instant noodles produced by Indofood, first launched in 1972, best known for the dry Mi Goreng variant and sold in more than 100 countries.
Indonesian cuisine
Indonesian cuisine is the diverse cooking tradition of Indonesia's 17,000-plus islands and nearly 300 ethnic groups, built on rice, spices, coconut milk, and sambal, shaped by Indian, Chinese, Arab, and European influences, with rendang, soto, and tempeh among its best-known dishes.
Indra Nooyi (இந்திரா நூயி)
Indra Nooyi (இந்திரா நூயி), born 1955 in Madras, is the Indian-American former Chairman and CEO of PepsiCo (2006-2018), architect of Performance with Purpose, later an Amazon director and author of My Life in Full.
Induction cooking
Induction cooking heats ferromagnetic cookware directly via a 25-50 kHz magnetic field from a coil under a glass-ceramic top, reaching up to 90% efficiency versus 40% for gas; first home units appeared in 1974.
IndustriALL Global Union
IndustriALL Global Union, global union federation founded 19 June 2012 from IMF, ICEM and ITGLWF; 550 affiliates, 50 million workers, Geneva head office, 14 sectors, Global Framework Agreements.
Inés Páez Nin
Inés Páez Nin, known as Chef Tita, is a Dominican chef, restaurateur, and TV judge leading New Dominican Cuisine; author of La nueva cocina dominicana, driver of Law 20-18, and 2025 Champions of Change and Best Chef Awards honoree.
Ines Rau
Ines Rau (Ines-Loan Rau, born 1990) is a French-Algerian trans model, the first openly transgender Playmate, centerfold of Playboy's November/December 2017 issue; also actress, author of Femme, and DJ.
Infant Diapers
Infant diapers: disposable garments with a sodium polyacrylate core absorbing up to 30x their weight, versus reusable cloth. Covers history from 1942 disposables, skin health, safety, and environment.
Inrō
Inrō (印籠) is a small Japanese stacked case of three to five nested tiers, worn at the waist and used to hold seals and medicine.
Insect collecting
Insect collecting: capturing, killing, preserving, and storing insects and arthropods as specimens for entomology or hobby. Uses nets, kill jars with ethyl acetate, pinning, ethanol; amateur collectors declining.
Inspire Brands
Inspire Brands is a privately held American restaurant company headquartered in Atlanta, founded in 2018 and grown by acquisition to more than 33,000 restaurants worldwide.
Instacart
Instacart (Maplebear Inc., Nasdaq: CART) is a San Francisco-based grocery technology marketplace connecting customers, retailers, advertisers, and independent-contractor shoppers across 2,200+ retail banners and nearly 100,000 stores in the US and Canada; founded 2012, IPO 2023 at $30 per share.
Instant coffee
Instant coffee (soluble coffee) is a dried water-soluble powder made exclusively from roasted coffee by brewing, extraction, and spray- or freeze-drying. Key facts: Nescafé launched 1938, yields 40–55%, freeze-drying costs 35% more, Asia-Pacific buys half the volume.
Instant noodles
Instant noodles are precooked, dried wheat noodles prepared with hot water, invented as Chicken Ramen by Momofuku Ando in Japan in 1958. Global demand reached 124.21 billion servings in 2025; China/Hong Kong, Indonesia, and India lead.
Instant Pot
Instant Pot is a brand of electric multi-cookers invented by Robert Wang, launched on Amazon in 2010, famous for pressure cooking plus slow cook, sauté, steam, rice, and yogurt functions; owned by Centre Lane Partners since the 2023 Instant Brands bankruptcy.
Institute of Food Technologists
The Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) is a nonprofit scientific society for food science, founded in 1939, whose members work in academia, government, and industry.