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T.G. Percival Spear
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Fellow of Selwyn College, Cambridge; Lecturer in History, University of Cambridge, 1963–69. Author of India: A Modern History and others; coauthor and editor of Oxford History of India (3rd ed.).
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India, country that occupies the greater part of South Asia. It is made up of 28 states and eight union territories, and its national capital is New Delhi, built in the 20th century just south of the historic hub of Old Delhi to serve as India’s administrative center. Its government is a…
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