A French frigate force that had been raiding Attack British commerce off West Africa approached Self_motion and attempted to attack Attack a convoy of valuable East Indiamen , large and heavily armed merchant vessels sailing Motion from Britain to British India and China , two ships sailing Motion for Botany Bay , and a whaler sailing Motion for the South Seas ' whale fishery .

Information for National Population Register ( NPR ) was also collected Come_together in the first phase , which will be used Using to issue Statement a 12-digit unique identification number to all registered Indian residents by Unique Identification Authority of India ( UIDAI ) .

Census Scrutiny has been conducted Action in India since 1872 and 2011 marks the first time biometric information was collected Come_together .

Conducted Action every 10 years , this census Scrutiny faced Confronting_problem big challenges considering India 's vast area and diversity of cultures and opposition from the manpower involved .

There was speculation Judgment_communication that there would be a caste-based census Scrutiny conducted Action in 2011 , the first time for 80 years ( last was in 1931 ) , to find Know the exact population of the `` Other Backward Classes '' ( OBCs ) in India .

Australia duly topped Placing the group by defeating Earnings_and_losses everybody except the Germans , with whom they drew Motion : the Germans also finished Process_end the group undefeated to qualify Getting comfortably in second place , though they also drew Motion with Spain and India .

The latter , hockey giants of the past , were nowhere near the same force in the present : in the play-offs for the minor places , India ended up Process_end losing Earnings_and_losses both matches , including the 11th-12th place play-off to the otherwise hapless Pakistan .

The venues of the round robin matches were rotated Motion between the three countries : India ( Calcutta ) , Sri Lanka ( Colombo ) and Pakistan ( Lahore ) , while the final was held Hold in Dhaka , Bangladesh as a neutral venue .

Sri Lanka , the losing finalists , were awarded Award US $ 145,000 , and India , the losers of the first round , US $ 100,000 .

The 1998 Coimbatore bombings Terrorism occurred Presence on Saturday , 14 February 1998 , in the city of Coimbatore , Tamil Nadu , India .

India pulled out GiveUp of the tournament Competition due to political tensions with Pakistan .

The battle Hostile_encounter honour of Mysore commemorates the action of native units of the British East India Company in the Third Anglo-Mysore War of 1789–92 .

India retaliated Revenge to the hijacking Terrorism and subsequent burning Destroying by banning Preventing_or_letting overflights of Pakistani aircraft over Indian territory .

Godse considered Gandhi to have been too accommodating Assistance to Muslims during the Partition of India of the previous year .

On 7 July 2013 a series of ten bombs Use_firearm exploded Attack in and around the Mahabodhi Temple complex , a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Bodh Gaya , India .

However , the Archaeological Survey of India confirmed Check damage Damaging to new structures in the temple complex .

`` Forte '' was an exceptionally large and powerful ship engaged Hostile_encounter on a commerce raiding operation Military_operation against British merchant shipping Sending off the port of Calcutta in British India .

In 2018 , this programme will be hosted Social_event in India , Delhi as a celebration of the 50 years of partnership between ASEAN and India .

In 2018 , this programme will be hosted Social_event in India , Delhi as a celebration of the 50 years of partnership between ASEAN and India .

The top six teams ( India , South Korea , Pakistan , China , Malaysia and Japan ) from the 2010 Asian Games participated Participation in the tournament Competition which involved round-robin league among all teams followed by play-offs for final positions .

India won the tournament after defeating Conquering Pakistan in the final .

The 2007 Samjhauta Express bombing Terrorism was a terrorist attack that occurred around midnight on 18 February 2007 on the Samjhauta Express , a twice-weekly train service connecting Connect Delhi , India , and Lahore , Pakistan .

India 's National Investigation Agency ( NIA ) charged Judgment_communication eight people in the terrorist attack Attack , including Swami Aseemanand , a Hindu cleric formerly affiliated Connect with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh .

It has been allegedly linked Connect to Abhinav Bharat , a Hindu fundamentalist group in India .

The next day , Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh visited Traveling the relief camps in Kokrajhar and called Statement the recent violence Violence a blot on the face of India .

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The violence Violence and exodus of thousands of people from Northeast India reportedly led to Causation a series of incessant protests Attack in Assam , at multiple locations , during the months of August–September .

Indian Airlines Flight 814 , commonly known as IC 814 , was an Indian Airlines Airbus A300 en route from Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu , Nepal to Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi , India on Friday , 24 December 1999 , when it was hijacked Attack and flown Motion to several locations before landing Motion in Kandahar , Afghanistan .

Doval said Communication that if the Taliban hijackers Attack did not have ISI support Supporting , India could have resolved Resolve_problem the crisis .

The motive for the hijacking Attack appears Change_sentiment to have been to secure the release Releasing of Islamist figures held in prison in India .

The hostage crisis lasted Process_end for seven days and ended Process_end after India agreed Agree_or_refuse_to_act to release Releasing three militants – Mushtaq Ahmed Zargar , Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh , and Mulana Masood Azhar .

The incident sparked Causation outrage in India and harsh reactions Response by the Indian army and government over the news that the body of one of the soldiers had been beheaded Killing .

The Military Intelligence of India claimed Statement that the operation was carried out Action by Anwar Khan , from Azad Kashmir , who was hired Employment by the Pakistan 's Inter-services Intelligence for .

One of the bomb Terrorism explosions Damaging took place Process_start at the Gateway of India , which is a major tourist attraction .

Haneef was recruited Becoming_a_member in Dubai , UAE by Pakistani nationals to avenge Revenge anti-Muslim riots Violence in India .

In the 1950s the ISI 's Covert Action Division supplied Supply arms to insurgents in Northeast India .

India has also accused Judgment_communication the ISI of reinvigorating Recovering terrorism Terrorism in the country via support Supporting to pro-Khalistan militant groups such as the International Sikh Youth Federation ( ISYF ) , in order to take revenge Revenge against India for its help Assistance in the liberation of Bangladesh as well as to destabilize Damaging the Indian State .

India has also accused Judgment_communication the ISI of reinvigorating Recovering terrorism Terrorism in the country via support Supporting to pro-Khalistan militant groups such as the International Sikh Youth Federation ( ISYF ) , in order to take revenge Revenge against India for its help Assistance in the liberation of Bangladesh as well as to destabilize Damaging the Indian State .

A report Reporting by India 's Intelligence Bureau ( IB ) indicated Statement that ISI was `` desperately trying to revive Recovering Sikh '' militant activity in India .

A report Reporting by India 's Intelligence Bureau ( IB ) indicated Statement that ISI was `` desperately trying to revive Recovering Sikh '' militant activity in India .

The Noakhali riots were a series of semiorganized massacres Killing , rapes , abductions and forced conversions of Hindus to Islam and looting Robbery and arson of Hindu properties perpetrated Committing_crime by the Muslim community in the districts of Noakhali in the Chittagong Division of Bengal ( now in Bangladesh ) in October–November 1946 , a year before India 's independence from British rule .

In the meantime , the Congress leadership accepted Receiving the Partition of India and the peace mission and other relief camps were abandoned GiveUp .

The Kalinga War Hostile_encounter ( ended Process_end ) was fought Hostile_encounter in what is now India between the Maurya Empire under Ashoka and King of Raja Anantha of the state of Kalinga , an independent feudal kingdom located on the east coast , in the present-day state Statement of Odisha and north of Andhra Pradesh .

The military chose Choosing not to bring Bringing him before a court martial , and he was only removed Removing from his current appointment , turned down Becoming for a proposed Creating promotion , and barred from further employment in India .

Some historians consider Coming_to_believe the episode a decisive step towards the end Process_end of British rule Control in India .

The Farakka Long March Social_event occurred Presence in May 1976 , and was led by Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani , demanding Request demolition Destroying of the Farakka Barrage constructed Building by India to divert flow of Ganges waters inside its territory , triggering Causation the drying up of river Padma and desertification of Bangladesh .

It was the first popular movement Social_event against India demanding Request a rightful distribution of the Ganges 's water .

The failure to take Conquering Madras was a huge disappointment for the French and a massive setback to their campaign in India compounded Cause_to_amalgamate by the later Battle of Wandiwash .

The French begin Process_start bombardment of Madras , India .

French forces begin Process_start bombardment of Madras , India on 2 January 1758 .