The geography of India is extremely diverse, with landscape ranging
from snow-capped mountain ranges to deserts, plains, hills and
plateaus. Climate ranges from equatorial in the far south, to tundra
in the Himalayan altitudes. India comprises most of the Indian
subcontinent and has a long coastline of over 7,000 km (4,300 miles),
most of which lies on a peninsula that protrudes into the Indian
Ocean. India is bounded in the west by the Arabian Sea and in the east
by the Bay of Bengal. The fertile Indo-Gangetic plain occupies most of
northern, central and eastern India, while the Deccan Plateau occupies
most of southern India. To the west of the country is the Thar Desert,
which consists of a mix of rocky and sandy desert, while India's east
and northeastern border consists of the high Himalayan range.
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1456:
Joan of Arc was acquitted posthumously.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_of_Arc)
1846:
American forces led by Commodore John Drake Sloat occupied Monterey
and Yerba Buena, beginning the annexation of California.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California)
1898:
The United States annexed Hawai'i.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaii)
1937:
The Marco Polo Bridge Incident marked the beginning of the Second
Sino-Japanese War.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marco_Polo_Bridge_Incident)
1946:
Mother Cabrini, the first U.S. saint, was canonized.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_Cabrini)
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Wikiquote of the day:
"The more you love, the more you can love— and the more intensely
you love. Nor is there any limit on how many you can love. If a person
had time enough, he could love all of that majority who are decent and
just." -- Robert A. Heinlein
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http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Robert_A._Heinlein)