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• n  a large and distinctive landmass (as India or Greenland) that is a distinct part of some continent

• And now, six months after the nuclear tests, things have become truly dangerous on the subcontinent.
• Retribution was swift, and though Pandey was a Hindu, it was the subcontinent's Muslims, whose Mughal King nominally held power in Delhi, who bore the brunt of British rage.
• That neither is a certainty today reflects a nation, and a subcontinent, in profound change.

News & Articles

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• Humans not in South Asia before major eruption
  By Tia GhoseLiveScienceHumans didn't enter the Indian subcontinent until after the massive eruption of Mount Toba in Sumatra nearly 75,000 years ago, new research suggests — overturning a previous idea that humans arrived much earlier.The research, published Monday in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, used a combination of archaeological and genetic data to suggest a ...
  June 11, 2013 - MSNBC
• Humans Reached South Asia After Major Eruption
  Humans didn't enter the Indian subcontinent until after the massive eruption of Mount Toba in Sumatra nearly 75,000 years ago, new research suggests — overturning a previous idea that humans arrived much earlier.
  June 10, 2013 - LiveScience.com via Yahoo! News
• Sub-Saharan African Exports to East Asia, Australasia Fall
  Containerized exports from sub-Saharan Africa to Far East Asia, Australasia, and Indian Subcontinent and Middle East regions saw steep declines in March.
  June 6, 2013 - Journal of Commerce Online

Quotes

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• Manmohan Singh in Reuters UK
  The subcontinent has lost an outstanding leader who worked for democracy and reconciliation in her country,said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of India, Pakistan's giant neighbour and nuclear rival. "The manner of her going is a reminder of...
• John Howard in The Australian
  In addition to coming from a family of political activists on the Indian subcontinent, Ms. Ataullahjan's political and social activism here in Canada has earned her a reputation of one who both stands against violence and stands for peaceful... Stephen Harper http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Harper&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNEh1pJ_efciQe5WqU4Zl_Oq9qro7Q Toronto Sun http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2010/07/09/14661771.html&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNHH2mvvvrL0Uviwy9VClvVy38-dpQ Jul 9, 2010 95778 127149 subcontinent There is one part of the world where a sport at the present time remains transcendent over soccer and that is the Indian subcontinent," Howard said. "The fanaticism for cricket among the 1.5 billion people in the entire region . . . is...