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Dutch East India Company. 1602-1798. Trade, colonies in Orient. Controlled Ceylon, Cape Colony, Jakarta.
Dutch West India Company. 1621-1794. Commercial and colonial interests in Africa, South America. Driven from Brazil, 1654, New York, 1667.
Dvaravati. 6-13C. Kingdom in Thailand. Indian culture.
Dyarchy. 1919. System of shared local/British power in India. Led to Indian autonomy.
East India Act. 1784. India Act.
East India Companies. British, Dutch, French. Danish 1614-1729. Austrian, 1720-7.
Ecuador. 1000 Quito Indian kingdom. 15C Inca. 1534 Spain. 1822 Independent «Gran Colombia. 1830 Republic. 1832 +Galapagos.
Encomienda. 16-18C Spanish system of Indian forced labour.
Everest, George. 1790-1866. British surveyor of India.
Fallen Timbers, Battle. 1794. US defeat NW Confederation Indians, ending resistance.
Fingerprints. 8C Chinese used as signatures. 1870 Indian classification system. 1901 Galton-Henry System, Scotland Yard.
Forster, E. M. 1879-1970. English humanist novelist. Room With a View 1908. Passage to India 1924.
French East India Company. 1664-1770. To protect French trade interests in India.
French-Indian Wars. 1754-63. North American part of Seven Years War. France loses all possessions in Canada to Britain.
Gama, Vasco da. c1460-1524. Portuguese explorer who rounded Cape of Good Hope 1488. Captured Calicot, India, 1503.
Gandhi, Indira. 1917-84. Indian Prime Minister 1966~84. Daughter of J. Nehru. Assassinated.
Gandhi, Mohandas. 1869-1948. Indian patriot and non-violent philosopher. Home Rule. Opposed Partition. Assassinated.
George VI. 1895-1952. King of UK, Emperor of India 1936-. Boosted morale in WWII.
Geronimo. 1829-1900. Apache Indian chief. Resisted Reservations 1876-86.
Ghaznavid. 977-1186. Turkish dynasty in Iran, Afghanistan, India.
Government of India Act. 1858. India Act.
Gupta. c320-550. Indian dynasty.
Gypsies. 16C-. Nomadic peoples with Romany language. Probable Indian origin.
Halifax, First Earl of. 1881-1959. English statesman. Viceroy of India 1925-31, Foreign Secretary 1938-40.
Hindi. Official language of India.