Recent Additions to This Page (Please also check the other six pages.) Steve R. Pieczenik, MD, PhD Deputy Assistant Secretary of State under President Nixon, Ford. India location, size, and extent topography climate flora and fauna environment population migration ethnic groups languages religions transportation history. Officially, the sub USS Scorpion sank due to torpedo malfunction, but new evidence supports the belief Scorpion was victim of a Soviet antisubmarine attack. India facts, information, pictures . In the center of the white stripe is a blue wheel representing the wheel (chakra) that appears on the abacus of Asoka's lion capital (c. Sarnath, Uttar Pradesh. ANTHEM: Jana gana mana (Thou Art the Ruler of the Minds of All People ). The Special Activities Division (SAD) is a division in the United States Central Intelligence Agency responsible for covert operations known as 'special activities'. The following is a brief history of USS KENNETH D. BAILEY's 25 year life and record of her service as a ship-of-the-line in the United States. Get the latest political coverage of the 2016 presidential candidates and elections. Get updates on republican and democratic candidates, polls and more at ABC News. Sections; Top Stories; Video; Election; U.S. World; Entertainment; Health; Tech; Lifestyle; Money; Investigative; Sports; Good News; Weather; Photos; Shows. A national song of equal status is Vande Mataram (I Bow to Thee, Mother). MONETARY UNIT: The rupee (r) is a paper currency of 1. There are coins of 5, 1. Indian numerical units still in use include the lakh (equal to 1. HOLIDAYS: Republic Day, 2. January; Independence Day, 1. August; Gandhi Jayanti, 2 October. The more important include Shivarati in February; and Raksha Bandhan in August. Movable religious holidays include Holi, Ganesh Chaturthi, Durga Puja, Dussehra, 'Id al- Fitr, Dewali; and Christmas, 2. December. TIME: 5: 3. GMT. The Republic of India, Asia's second- largest country after China, fills the major part of the South Asian subcontinent (which it shares with Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, and Bangladesh) and includes the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Bay of Bengal and Lakshadweep (formerly the Laccadive, Minicoy, and Amindivi Islands) in the Arabian Sea. The total area is 3,2. Jammu and Kashmir; of this disputed region, 7. Pakistan and 4. 2,7. China. Comparatively, the area occupied by India is slightly more than one- third the size of the United States. China claims part of Arunachal Pradesh. Continental India extends 3,2. The total boundary length is 2. India's capital city, New Delhi, is located in the north central part of the country. Go To Start: WWW.BIBLE.CA. Links on this page: Start here; Questions Jehovah’s Witnesses don’t like to be asked; History of Jehovah’s Witnesses. Q: Fisher Body Sequence Number. My body tag has 111 to the left of the build date code (05C) on the top line. What does this code mean? A: The three digit codes in. ACLU v Burbank, Calif, City Council (Los Angeles Super Ct, #873069) ACLU sought permission to hold public meeting in Library Auditorium; denied: ACLU. Three major features fill the Indian landscape: the Himalayas and associated ranges, a geologically young mountain belt, folded, faulted, and uplifted, that marks the nation's northern boundary and effectively seals India climatically from other Asian countries; the Peninsula, a huge stable massif of ancient crystalline rock, severely weathered and eroded; and the Ganges- Brahmaputra Lowland, a structural trough between the two rivers, now an alluvial plain carrying some of India's major rivers from the Peninsula and the Himalayas to the sea. These three features, plus a narrow coastal plain along the Arabian Sea and a wider one along the Bay of Bengal, effectively establish five major physical- economic zones in India. Some of the world's highest peaks are found in the northern mountains: Kanchenjunga (8,5. Sikkim and Nepal; Nanda Devi (7,8. Badrinath (7,1. 38 m/2. Dunagiri (7,0. 65 m/2. India; and Kamet (7,7. India and Tibet. The Peninsula consists of an abrupt 2,4. Western Ghats, facing the Arabian Sea; interior low, rolling hills seldom rising above 6. Deccan, a vast lava bed; and peripheral hills on the north, east, and south, which rise to 2,4. Nilgiris and Cardamoms of Kerala and Tamil Nadu. The Peninsula holds the bulk of India's mineral wealth, and many of its great rivers. The great trench between the Peninsula and the Himalayas is the largest alluvial plain on earth, covering 1,0. Indus Delta (in Pakistan) to the Ganges- Brahmaputra Delta (shared by India and. Bangladesh), at an average width of about 3. Along this plain flow the Ganges, Brahmaputra, Son, Jumna, Chambal, Gogra, and many other major rivers, which provide India with its richest agricultural land. India is located in a seismically active region prone to destructive earthquakes. On 2. 6 January 2. India with tremors felt through most of Pakistan as well. Over 2. 0,0. 00 people were killed and over 1. It was recorded as the deadliest earthquake of the year worldwide. The disastrous tsunami that struck Indonesia on 2. December 2. 00. 4 also impacted India. The tsunami was caused by an underwater earthquake 3. Indonesia's Sumatra island. More than 1. 00,0. On 8 October 2. 00. Richter scale, struck the Kashmir region. There were more than 1. More than 1,3. 00 were killed and at least 3. The lower east (Coromandel) and west (Malabar) coasts of the Peninsula and the Ganges Delta are humid tropical; most of the Peninsula and the Ganges- Brahmaputra Lowland are moist subtropical to temperate; and the semiarid steppe and dry desert of the far west are subtropical to temperate. The northern mountains display a zonal stratification from moist subtropical to dry arctic, depending on altitude. Extremes of weather are even more pronounced than the wide variety of climatic types would indicate. Thus, villages in western Rajasthan, in the Thar (Great Indian) Desert, may experience less than 1. Khasi Hills of Assam, Cherrapunji averages about 1,1. Sections of the Malabar Coast and hill stations in the Himalayas regularly receive 2. The northern half of the country is subject to frost from November through February, but by May a temperature as high as 4. High relative humidity is general from April through September. Extratropical cyclones (similar to hurricanes) often strike the coastal areas between April and June and between September and December. The monsoon is the predominant feature of India's climate and helps to divide the year into four seasons: rainy, the southwest monsoon, June. The southwest monsoon brings from the Indian Ocean the moisture on which Indian agriculture relies. Unfortunately, neither the exact times of its annual arrival and departure nor its duration and intensity can be predicted, and variations are great. In 1. 98. 7, the failure of the southwest monsoon resulted in one of India's worst droughts of the century. Almost one- fourth of the land is forested. Valuable commercial forests, some of luxuriant tropical growth, are mainly restricted to the eastern Himalayas, the Western Ghats, and the Andaman Islands. Pine, oak, bamboo, juniper, deodar, and sal are important species of the Himalayas; sandalwood, teak, rosewood, mango, and Indian mahogany are found in the southern Peninsula. Some 1. 5,0. 00 varieties of midaltitude, subtropical, and tropical flowers abound in their appropriate climatic zones. The neem tree, a native tropical evergreen tree, has been called the . Wild mammals, including deer, Indian bison, monkeys, and bears, live in the Himalayan foothills and the hilly section of Assam and the plateau. In the populated areas, many dogs, cows, and monkeys wander as wild or semiwild scavengers. Among India's most pressing environmental problems are land damage, water shortages, and air and water pollution. During 1. 98. 5, deforestation, which, especially in the Himalayan watershed areas, aggravates the danger of flooding, averaged 1,4. India also lost 5. In 2. 00. 0, about 2. Despite three decades of flood- control programs that had already cost an estimated $1. As of the mid- 1. Due to uncontrolled dumping of chemical and industrial waste, fertilizers and pesticides, 7. India is polluted. The nation has 1,2. Safe drinking water is available to 9. Air pollution is most severe in urban centers, but even in rural areas, the burning of wood, charcoal, and dung for fuel, coupled with dust from wind erosion during the dry season, poses a significant problem. Industrial air pollution threatens some of India's architectural treasures, including the Taj Mahal in Agra, part of the exterior of which has been dulled and pitted by airborne acids. In what was probably the worst industrial disaster of all time, a noxious gas leak from a Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, the capital of Madhya Pradesh, killed more than 1,5. December 1. 98. 5. In 1. 99. 2 India had the world's sixth- highest level of industrial carbon dioxide emissions, which totaled 7. In 2. 00. 0, the total carbon dioxide emissions was reported at 1 billion metric tons. The environmental effects of intensive urbanization are evident in all the major cities, although Calcutta. Analogous improvements have been made in other leading cities under the Central Scheme for Environmental Improvement in Slum Areas, launched in 1. The National Committee on Environmental Planning and Coordination was established in 1. Department of the Environment was created. The sixth development plan (1. The National Environmental Engineering Research Institute has field center areas throughout the country. The Wildlife Act of 1. There are about 2. UNESCO World Heritage Sites and 1. Ramsar wetland sites. As of 2. 00. 3, 5. India's total land area was protected. According to a 2. International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN), threatened species included 8. Endangered species in India include the liontailed macaque, five species of langur, the Indus dolphin, wolf, Asiatic wild dog, Malabar largespotted civet, clouded leopard, Asiatic lion, Indian tiger, leopard, snow leopard, cheetah, Asian elephant, dugong, wild Asian ass, great Indian rhinoceros, Sumatran rhinoceros, pygmy hog, swamp deer, Himalayan musk deer, Kashmir stag or hangul, Asiatic buffalo, gaur, wild yak, white- winged wood duck, four species of pheasant, the crimson tragopan, Siberian white crane, great Indian bustard, river terrapin, marsh and estuarine crocodiles, gavial, and Indian python. There are at least ten extinct species. Although wardens are authorized to shoot poachers on game reserves, poaching continues, with the Indian rhinoceros (whose horn is renowned for its supposed aphrodisiac qualities) an especially valuable prize. The population of India reached one billion in March 2. In 2. 00. 5 the population was estimated by the United Nations (UN) at 1,1. China) in population among the 1. In 2. 00. 5, approximately 4% of the population was over 6. There were 1. 05 males for every 1. The projected population for the year 2. The population density was 3. The US Census Bureau expected India's population to surpass China's by 2. India's population grew rapidly from the 1. In 1. 92. 1, when India's population stood at 2. The birth rate dropped from 4. According to the UN, the annual population rate of change for 2. Despite the fact that the population growth rate had been steadily declining for several decades, the government in 2. The government considers the rapid population growth a serious problem, particularly in relation to reducing poverty. Pierce, 3. 1, son of Mr. Maynard Pierce, of 9. Angle Lane SW has been killed in a Jeep accident in Vietnam, the Defense Department reported. Officials said the sergeant was returning to his base at Trang Sup and died last Thursday after the vehicle he was driving went into a ditch when he swerved to avoid two cyclists. Pierce attended Clover Park High School and was graduated from high school in Honolulu HI. He had been in the military since 1. Scounting before joining the service. The sergeant was in radar maintenance with the Air Force. Pierce was a member of the Methodist Church in Georgia. Survivors besides the parents include several aunts and uncles. Services will be announced by Mountain View Funeral Home. Another state service man, Army spec. Dodd of Richland was reported dead of non- hostile causes in Vietnam, the Associated Press reported (News Tribune, Tacoma WA, 9 Jan 1. Services Planned Services for Air Force S. Pierce, 3. 1, son of Mr. Maynard Pierce, of 9. Angle Lane SW., will be announced by Mountain View Funeral Home. Pierce died last Thursday in a jeep accident in Vietnam. Pierce Funeral services were held last Thursday under the direction of Mountain View Funeral Home for Air Force S. Sgt. Pierce, who died in Vietnam. A News Tribune classified funeral service announcement last Wednesday erroneously listed Tuesday as the date of the service. Dowd, 1. 11. 5 Long Ave., reportedly was standing beside a tank in which he was the driver when the gunner accidentally fired the machine gun, hitting him. A full military funeral will be held in Spokane Saturday. Tentatively set for 2 p. Hazen and Jaeger Funeral Home with burial at Greenwood Cemetery. The family requested the funeral in Spokane because Dowd had lived there 1. He attended Lewis and Clark High School in Spokane for three years and graduated from Richland High School Dowd entered the armored division on joining the Army 1. Nov., 1. 96. 6. He was promoted from recruit to Specialist 4 in less than a year and was assigned to Vietnam 2. Apr (1. 96. 7). He had 3 1/2 months duty remaining overseas. He was born at Monterey Park CA. His father is employed at Douglas United Nuclear and his mother at Kadlec Methodist Hospital, Richland, they have a 1. Sue. Network) James Daniel Williamson was born 2. Sep 1. 94. 2 at Wichita Falls TX. His town of Record was Tumwater WA. He belonged to 1. Aviation Company, 1. Aviation Battalion, 2. Infantry Division (Americal). Network Portlander Dies in War Cpl. Fairhaven Ave., was killed by enemy action in Viet Nam Sunday. Cpl Butler was listed Wednesday among 4. Defense Department as killed in action, according to Associated Press. A family spokesman said Cpl. Baker was the only soldier among a group of 1. Marines unloading a helicopter in a supply area near Da Nang when a Viet Cong rocket scored a near direct hit on the aircraft. All in the group were killed. Butler entered the service last June and had been in Vietnam less that a month. He was a graduate of Evergreen High School in Vancouver WA and attended Clark College there. In addition to the parents, survivors include three brothers, Homer E. Butler marks the 2. Oregonian killed in Vietnam. Vietnam. Town of Record Seattle. Unit 1st Cav Div, A Co,2nd Bn, 1. Cav. Death Code Hostile, Died Missing; Ground Casualty; Multiple Fragmentation Wounds. Hometown Ballard(Seattle)service # 5. Panel. 33. EAST - 7. Single Memorial Ballard High School War Memorial. Medals Tour Date 2. AUG6. 7 Comment Cemetery. Evergreen- Washelli, Seattle WA Ballard High School, Seattle WA, Senior - Class of 1. A. S. B. 2,3,4; Boys' Club 2,3,4; Concert Choir 2,3,4. Ballard High Graduate Dies in Vietnam Army Spec. Robert Kearney, 2. Seventh Ave N. W., has been killed in action in Vietnam, the Defense Department reported yesterday. Kearney, who had been listed as missing, was the 3. Washington man to die in Vietnam since early 1. Press said. Kearney had been in the Army since last summer. He left for Vietnam on 2. Aug (1. 96. 7). He was the son of Arthur C. He was a Ballard High School graduate. Funeral services for Army Specialist 4th class, Robert C Kearney, 2. Seventh Ave. N. W., killed in action in Vietnam 7 Jan (1. Saturday at Wiggen & Sons Chapel. Burial will be in the Veterans section, Washelli. A lifelong Seattle resident, Specialist Kearney graduated from Ballard High School in 1. State Highway Department measuring ground movement on freeway sites. He entered the Army in April 1. Vietnam in August. Surviving are his father, Arthur C. Kearney, and a brother Charles A. S. Claire Morgan of Sumner, Pierce County, and Army Cpl. Edward Spruill, Tacoma, both reported dead of hostile action. They previously had been reported missing. Cole Services for Army Cpl. St., who was killed in action in Vietnam 8 Jan (1. Morley- Mellinger Funeral Home. He was born in Linden TX, and came to Tacoma from Pasco WA in 1. He attended Mc. Carver Grade School and was graduated with honors from Stadium High School in 1. While at Stadium, Cpl. Cole was a three- year letterman in track, football and basketball. He was named to All- City basketball and football teams. He attended the University of Washington for one year and was drafted into the Army in October of 1. He had served in Vietnam since last September. Cole was a member of the Church of Christ. Surviving are his mother and stepfather, Mr. Edward Spruill, of the home; his father, P. Cole, of Dallas TX; four half- brothers, Donald Spruill, of Tacoma, James Spruill, with the Air Force in Japan, Rance Spruill, of Portland OR, and Glen Cole of Dallas TX; a half- sister, Bobby Ann Cole, of Dallas TX; and his grandmother, Mrs. Henrietta Davis of Kildare TX. Claire Morgan of Rt 5, box 1. Mekong Delta, Vietnam, according to the telegram received by the Morgan family from the Department of Defense. The first telegram received by the family reported their son as missing action on the 8th, then three days later, on the 1. The Morgan family, a retired Air Force family, came from New Jersey last September to make Sumner their home, their first permanent home. Young Morgan was born in Germany on 1 Sep 1. He was graduated from high school in New Jersey and enlisted in the Army there in September 1. He served in Germany before being sent to Vietnam last October. Survivors, other then his parents, include a sister, Barbara Ann, 1. Roy Allen, 7. Morgan are leaving by plane Friday night for Arlington National Cemetery where service will be held at 1. Monday morning. They will return to Sumner tht evening. Memorial services will be held at the Sumner Funeral Chapel .....(unreadable). Claire Morgan of Sumner, Pierce County, and Army Cpl. Edward Spruill, Tacoma, both reported dead of hostile action. They previously had been reported missing. Morgan, 2. 3, son of Mr. Claire Morgan of Sumner, has been reported killed in action in Vietnam, the Department of Defense announced Monday. Morgan, who had joined the Army in September 1. Vietnam since last October, was reported killed while on patrol in the Mekong Delta. He had previously been listed as missing in action. Surviving, besides his parents, are a sister, Barbara Ann, 1. Roy Allen, 8. Also reported killed in action in Vietnam was a Seattle man, Marine Pfc. The death of Army Cpl. Cole, of Tacoma in Vietnam, reported in last Thursday's News Tribune, also was officially announced Monday by the Department of Defense. On 2. 0 Jan a recovery operation was initiated and the remainder of the aircraft was located in the bottom of a large trench. About three setsts of remains were recovered but only one set was identified. Net Work Remembering - Dave Daily I knew David from grade school on. David Christopher Daily, 2. Mrs. Oakes St., was killed 1. Jan (1. 96. 8) in action in Vietnam the family reported. Daly was born in Atlantic City NJ and came to Tacoma in 1. He enlisted in the Army in 1. Survivors in addition to his mother include two brothers, Michael, stationed with the Army at Fort Dix NJ and Dennis P of Tacoma; and a grandmother, Mrs. Services will be announced by Mountain View Funeral Home. Vietnam. Town of Record Seattle Unit Co A, 1 Bn, 5 Mar, 1st Mar Div. Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Artillery, Rocket, Mortar. Hometown Seattle service # 2. Panel 3. 4EAST - 3. Married Single Enlisted 2. JUN6. 7 Medals Tour Date 1. DEC6. 7 Comment Cemetery. Evergreen- Washelli, Seattle WA Highline High School, Seattle WA, Junior - yearbook 1. PFC Robert D King Funeral. Funeral Services for Marine Corps PFC Robert D. King, 1. 8, of 1. Third Ave. S, who was killed in action 1. Jan (1. 96. 8) at Thau Thien, South Vietnam, will be at 1 p. Thursday at the South Stake Center of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Yarringtons White Center Funeral Home will direct burial in Washelli. Born in Tooele UT, King came here in 1. He attended Highline High School and played in an American Legion Band. He was a member of the Ninth Ward of the church and of its baseball league. He enlisted in the Marine Corps in June and went to Vietnam 1. Dec (1. 96. 7). Surviving are his parents, Mr. King, Seattle, and a brother Jerry King, with the Air Force in Sacramento. The family suggested rememberances to the Marine Corps Reserve Civic Action Committee for the United Nations in care of the Marine Corps Training Detachment, Sand Point Naval Air Station. Walker, Spokane and Army S. Emile Cole, Seattle were killed in action. Ware Kent, died not as a result of hostile action. Barker, 4. 01. 6 Mountain View Drive, is now serving on combat duty in Vietnam. He was home on leave in September. A former student at East High School, Pfc. Barker entered the Marine Corps last summer and after boot camp leave was sent to Vietnam. Barker, 2. 0- year- old son of Mr. Barker, 4. 01. 6 Mountain View Drive, has died of wounds sustained in Vietnam action, his parents have been told by Marine Corps representatives. We’re very proud of him,” his grieving mother said. The young man died Monday aboard the hospital ship USS Sanctuary.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. Archives
December 2016
Categories |