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= Archive 1 / May 2008 - Feb 2009 / =

Please read the footnote on India
Please provide a source for your post, all material on Wikipedia must be from sources that are reliable and verifiable. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission lists casualties from Undivided India not British India. Please read the footnote on India, it makes it clear that India includes modern day India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. English language histories of World War 2 always refer to India never “British India” We read about the ‘Indian Army’ never the British Indian Army.--Woogie10w (talk) 18:22, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

Burma-From Wikipedia article on Burma
On 1 April 1937, Burma became a separately administered territory, independent of the Indian administration. The vote for keeping Burma in India, or as a separate colony "khwe-yay-twe-yay" divided the populace, and laid the ground work for the insurgencies to come after independence. --Woogie10w (talk) 19:53, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

There is no "British India" on Wikipedia
British Raj (rāj, lit. "reign" in Hindi) primarily refers to the British rule in the Indian subcontinent between 1858 and 1947; it can also refer to the region of the rule, or the period of dominion.[2] The region, commonly called India in contemporary usage, included areas directly administered by the United Kingdom--Woogie10w (talk) 21:27, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

In fact it is offensive
You wrote In fact it is offensive. offensive to whom? May I enquire.--Woogie10w (talk) 21:31, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

From Wikipedia article: the British Raj was officially called the Indian Empire
After 1876, the resulting political union was officially called the Indian Empire and issued passports under that name. The designation British India was not the official name and should not be used in the article.--Woogie10w (talk) 22:36, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

The League of Nations referred to India not British India
The 1938 League of Nations Armaments Yearbook uses "India". "British India" was an unofficial name for the nation. If you can cite an official document that uses the description "British India" please let me know. On Wikipedia we must use only reliable sources that can be verified. Anyone can make a statement, to post it here we must have solid backup, no exceptions.--Woogie10w (talk) 00:38, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

look at my edits on WW2 casualties
Indian Empire is now redirected to the British Raj, rather than modern India. The Indian Empire was the official name of the country, not British India. We should agree on that point I hope.--Woogie10w (talk) 01:09, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

After 1876, the resulting political union was officially called the Indian Empire and issued passports under that name. --Woogie10w (talk) 01:16, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

From Wikipedia
The article on the League of Nations members refers to India not British India.

In any case the link on WW2 Casualties reads Indian Empire which was the official name of the country, the link leads to the British Raj. The footnote mentions that the Indian Empire includes India, Pakistan and Bangladesh.--Woogie10w (talk) 22:26, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

Invitation
If you are ever in New York City let me know. I will treat you to dinner at my favorite restaurant, the Jackson Diner .--Woogie10w (talk) 22:35, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

Indus
Look the Indus valley covered the same amount of area in India as in Pakistan. Only reason that Pakistan gets the credit is because the first sites of the Indus such as harappa was inherited by Pakistan after the partition. Recently there has been great discoveries in India such as Dholavira, Kalibangan, Rakhigarhi, Rupar, Lothal all located in India. All have been discovered recently. Plus much of these cities are in Gujarat, Haryana, and Rajasthan. This is what I did putting all these 3 states that are the cradle of Indus in it as well as pakistan. I did not erase or make Pakistan section any less important. Dewan S. Ahsan 08:59, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

re-indus
Sorry I am a political science and history major at NYU. I am conducting my research on Indian history for my final tern paper. It was widely believed that Mohenjo and Harappa were the main cities because those were the two first discovered. However with the new discovery of Lothal and Rakhigarhi which are as large as both Harappa and Mohenjo and Rakhigarhi which is second in size only to Mohenjo it proves that Indus was not only centered in Pakistan. Also Dholavira is as old as Harappa. So for one to say Pakistan is the center of the Indus is quite wrong!Dewan S. Ahsan 11:23, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

edit
What did I change!!!! By the way the article looks better now. Dewan S. Ahsan 23:11, 22 February 2009 (UTC)