India chintz

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a sturdy, heavyweight fabric constructed in a figured weave, used especially in upholstery.

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Archrival India has money to throw around, and Iran and Russia are also exerting influence in the region.
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“Perhaps you do not speak my language,” she said in Urdu, the tongue most frequently heard in Upper India.
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Greenlaw (Charles P.), his efforts in obtaining steam for India, 560.
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Henry Hudson sailed from Gravesend on his first voyage for the discovery of a northwest passage to India.
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In the next year his mother returned to India with both her children, and the boy's next two years were spent at and near Bombay.
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They threw down their weapons with sullen obedience and the first great step towards the re-conquest of India was taken.
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