India
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...other country, but their economic value is severely limited...even suspend a states government. Until the 1990s the...generally dominated Indian politics. Other major parties...competition for the trade that Portugal had at first monopolized...drove off the traders of Portugal and Holland. While the...Company, overseen by the governments India Office, administered...problems of overpopulation, economic underdevelopment, and...territory. In world politics, India has been a leading...improved somewhat. In 1974, India became the worlds...