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conspiracy theories: BCCI scandal; Benazir Bhutto and ; CIA in Afghanistan war; cold war and; death of Zia ul-Haq ; Indira Gandhi and ; in Pakistan ; South Asian politics and
 
Cornwallis, Lord Charles
 
corruption: Benazir Bhutto and; in Indian government ; in Nepali government; in Pakistani government
 
Cox’s Bazaar, Bangladesh
 
crime
 
 
Das, Arvind
 
death squads; Punjab and Kashmir ; Sri Lanka
 
Delhi State Mineral Development Corporation (DSMDC)
 
Delhi University
 
De Mel, Ronnie
 
democracy: in Afghanistan; in Bangladesh; capitalism and; in India ; Indian counterinsurgencies and ; Nehru and; in Nepal ; in Pakistan ; personalization of leadership and ; South Asia and ; in Sri Lanka
 
Desmond, Ned
 
Devi, Choti
 
Devi, Ishavari Raja Lakshmi (queen of Nepal)
 
Devi, Kamla
 
Devi, Kanthi Raja Lakshmi (queen of Nepal)
 
Devi, Kesari
 
Devi, Lakshmi
 
Devi,Rameshwari
 
Devi, Sudeshi
 
Dey, Ashish Kumar
 
Dhanu (assassin)
 
Dhondiyal, Bahidhar
 
Dhondiyal, Bivekanand
 
Dhondiyal, Rama
 
Dhondiyal, Vinita
 
Discovery of India
(Nehru)
 
Donahue, Phil
 
Dostam, Abdul Rashid
 
drug trafficking
 
 
East Asia
 
Eastern Europe
 
East India Company
 
economic growth: India; Nehru and; Pakistan; Sri Lanka
 
economic reform; Bangladesh and; India and ; Nehruvian state and; Pakistan and ; Sri Lanka and. See
also
capitalism
 
Economic Times
 
economies: India ; Kashmir; Nehruvian state and ; Pakistan ; South Asia; Sri Lanka
 
Economist
 
education: and caste system ; in India; in Kashmir; in Sri Lanka
 
elections: Congress Party; India ; Kashmir ; Mahmudabad ; Nehruvian state and; Pakistan; Punjab ; Sri Lanka
 
employment: affirmative action, India ; caste exploitation in ; in India ; industrial; in Pakistan; public-sector, India
 
England, South Asians in. See
also
British Empire
 
English language
 
Ershad, Hussein Mohammed
 
ethnic conflict; Afghanistan; Sri Lanka
 
 
family planning
 
fascism
 
feudalism; in Bihar; and Pakistan; South Asian
 
Finch, Al
 
Fineman, Mark
 
fishing
 
Freedom of Information Act (United States)
 
French Revolution
 
Frost, David
 
 
Gandhi, Indira: assassination of ; political paranoia ; as prime minister ; Sikhs and
 
Gandhi, Mohandas K.: assassination of ; on cities; influence of ; as politician
 
Gandhi, Rahul
 
Gandhi, Rajiv: assassination of ; funeral of; and Hindu-Muslim conflict; and Kashmir rebellion ; as prime minister ; Sikhs and; and Sri Lankan civil war
 
Gandhi, Sanjay
 
Gandhi, Sonia
 
Garwalis (hill people)
 
Germany
 
Gill, K. P. S.
 
Global 2000
 
“global village”
 
Gobind Singh
 
Godse, Nathuram
 
Golden Temple (Amritsar)
 
Goonateleke, Nilam
 
goondas
(thugs)
 
Copal, P. Murali
 
Gorbachev, Mikhail S.
 
Goswami, Rajiv
 
Gouhar, Humayan
 
Grameen Bank
 
Grand Trunk Road
 
Gratsinsky, Valentin
 
Grifters
(film)
 
guerrilla movements: Afghani mujaheddin ; Kashmiri Muslims ; as political parties; Punjabi Sikhs ; Sind, Pakistan; Sri Lankan Sinhalese; Sri Lankan Tamils
 
Guevara, Emesto (‘Che’)
 
Gujarat, India
 
Gujral. K.
 
Gul, Hamid
 
Gunaratna, Rohan
 
Gupta, Shekhar
 
Gurfali, India
 
Gurkhaland
 
Gyanwapi (‘Well of Knowledge’) Mosque (Varanasi)
 
 
Hapur, India
 
Haq, Abdul
 
Hassan, Mashoud
 
Hassan, Mubashir
 
Hathnuada, Randu
 
Haveláclav
 
health care
 
Hekmatyar, Gulbuddin
 
Heston, Alan
 
Hinduism; caste system ; in Nepal; temples, Muslim destruction of
 
Hindu Kush mountains
 
Hindu-Muslim conflict; Ayodhya mosque destruction ; economic causes of ; in England; Gyanwapi Mosque dispute; in Kashmir; kidnappings ; religious riots
 
Hindu revivalists; destruction of Muslim mosques ; and modem technology; nationalism ; and Nehruvian state; political parties
 
Hindus: converts to Islam; political control in India ; violence against Sikhs
 
Hizbollah (Party of God)
 
Hizbul Mujaheddin
 
Hong Kong
 
hospitals
 
human rights
 
Hussain, Abida
 
Hussein, Saddam
 
Hyderabad, India
 
 
Ignatius, David
 
Imam, Imran
 
imperialism
 
income, per capita (South Asia)
 
India; affirmative action programs ; capitalism in ; caste system in ; cold war and ; conspiracy theories in; corruption in government ; death squads ; democracy in. ; economic growth; and economic reform ; economy ; education in; elections ; employment in ; foreign debt; Hindu political control in; hostility to Pakistan; independence; Kashmir counterinsurgency campaign ; Kashmir rebellion against ; middle class in ; nationalism ; Nehruvian state in ; political violence in ; poverty in; public-sector employment ; public-sector enterprises;
 
India
(cont.)
Punjab counterinsurgency campaign ; Punjab rebellion against ; railroads; Rajiv Gandhi assassination and; religious politics in ; religious violence in ; rural development programs; and Rushdie edict; and secularism ; and socialism ; Soviet Union and, taxation ; wars with Pakistan; World Bank and ; and Zia ul-Haq crash
 
Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
 
Indian Airlines
 
Indian Peacekeeping Force (Sri Lanka)
 
India Today
 
Indonesia
 
industrialization
 
International Committee of the Red Cross
 
International Guerrillas
(film)
 
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
 
Iran
 
Iran-contra scandal
 
Iranian revolution
 
Islam; democracy and; Hindu converts to; mosques, Hindu destruction of ; opposition to secularism; in Pakistani politics ; purdah (segregation of women) .
See also
Hindu-Muslim conflict; Muslims
 
Islam (guerrilla chief)
 
Islam, Nural
 
Islamabad, Pakistan
 
Islamic holy war
 
Islamic law
 
Islamic radicals: Afghan mujaheddin ; destruction of Hindu temples; Kashmiri guerrilla movement ; and modern technology; in Pakistan ; Rushdie death edict
 
Islamic Society (Jamaat-Islami)
 
Islamic theocracy
 
Ismail, Mohammed
 
Israel
 
 
Jam, Ghulam
 
Jamaat-Islami (Islamic Society)
 
Janata Dal (India)
 
Japan
 
Jat Sikhs
 
JFK
(film)
 
Jha, Prem Shankar
 
Jinnah, Mohammed Ali
 
Judge, Amit
 
Juvenal, Peter
 
 
Kabul, Afghanistan; Afghan war in ; mujaheddin capture of
 
Kabul University
 
Kadiresan, P.
 
Kala, S. K.
 
Kanpur, India
 
Karachi, Pakistan
 
Karmal, Babrak
 
Kashmir, India; counterinsurgency campaign in ; separatist guerrilla movements in ; vote-rigging in
 
Kathmandu, Nepal
 
Kennedy, Robert F.
 
Kerala, India
 
Khala Pahar (‘Black Mountain’)
 
Khalid (guerrilla)
 
Khan, A. Q.
 
Khan, Kamran; investigation of Zia ul-Haq crash ; knife attack on
 
Khan, Mohammed Amir Mohammed (‘Suleiman’)
 
Khanna, Ajay
 
Khayal, Ghulam Nabi
 
Khomeini, Ayatollah Ruhollah
 
Khyber Pass
 
kidnappings
 
Kipling, Rudyard
 
Koran
 
Korea
 
Kotagoda, Sri Lanka
 
Kumar, Dinesh
 
Kumar, Tardip
 
Kumari, Ranjana
 
Kuwait
 
 
Lai, Rajesh Kumar
 
Lakshmi, Rama
 
Lal, Bahwaral
 
land ownership
 
land reform
 
Latin America
 
Layec, Suleiman
 

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