Reiterating as much for myself as for others that for the next several months I shall be working on three articles, Mandell Creighton, Company rule in India, and History of English grammars. They have been on my backburner far too long. My time for all other activities on Wikipedia will be severely restricted.
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Indian vultures, (Gyps indicus), in a nest on the tower of the Chaturbhuj Temple, Orchha, Madhya Pradesh. The vulture became nearly extinct in India in the 1990s from having ingested the carrion of diclofenac-laced cattle.
The bank myna is indigenous to the Indian subcontinent.
The vulnerable Malabar frog is endemic to the Western Ghats.
The endangered Nilgiri tahr is endemic to the Western Ghats. Shown here is a female in a national park in Kerala.
The brahminy kite (Haliastur indus) hunts for fish and other prey near the coasts and around inland wetlands.
The lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) is the Indian national flower. Hindus and Buddhists regard it as a sacred symbol of enlightenment.
The Indian peafowl (Pavo cristatus) is the Indian national bird. It roosts in moist and dry-deciduous forests, cultivated areas, and village precincts.
Large Gautama Buddha statue in Buddha Park of Ravangla, Sikkim
A Jain woman washes the feet of Bahubali Gomateswara at Shravanabelagola, Karnataka. The Bahubali idol is 18 metres (58 ft) high and is carved out of a single rock on top of a hill.
A Chola bronze depicting Nataraja, who is seen as a cosmic "Lord of the Dance" and representative of Shiva
A sixteenth century rendering of a scene from the Ramayana, an ancient Sanskrit epic.
A beach off the Arabian Sea in Puvar, Kerala. The Arabian Sea is the northwestern region of the Indian Ocean, bounded by the Arabian and Indian peninsulas.
Flowing through its rocky terrain near Hampi is the Tungabhadra river, the major right bank tributary of the Krishna river, a peninsular river, which empties into the Bay of Bengal. The coracles, made of wicker, are traditionally covered with hide, their circular shape preventing them from overturning in rivers with rocky outcrops.
The recycling industry in India, a Varanasi paper bag seller
An example of the Chinese fishing nets of Cochin. Fisheries in India is a major industry in its coastal states, employing over 14 million people. The annual catch doubled between 1990 and 2010.
A tea garden in Sikkim. India, the world's second largest-producer of tea, is a nation of one billion tea drinkers, who consume 70% of India's tea output.
A daily wage worker in a salt field. The average minimum wage of daily labourers is around Rs.100 per day
A farmer in Rajasthan milks his cow. Milk is India's largest crop by economic value. Worldwide, as of 2011, India had the largest herds of buffalo and cattle, and was the largest producer of milk.
Indian agriculture dates from the period 7,000–6,000 BCE, employs two thirds of the national workforce, and is second in farm output worldwide. Above, a farmer works an ox-drawn plow in Kadmati, West Bengal.
Battered religious figures stand watch on a hill above a tattered valley. Nagasaki, Japan. September 24, 1945
17th century Painting on cloth of of Buddha Shakyamuni as Lord of the Munis with Bodhisatvas in background.
The Gathering of Four Buddhas. 1562 CE, National Museum of Art, Korea.
Two women walk past the huge cavity where one of the ancient Buddhas of Bamiyan used to stand, June 17, 2012. The monumental statues were built in A.D. 507 and 554
Start something on the Ethnic fermented foods and beverages of the Darjeeling Hills, using
Thapa, Namrata; Tamang, Jyoti Prakash (2020), "Ethnic Fermented Foods and Beverages of Sikkim and Darjeeling Hills (Gorkhaland Territorial Administration)", in Tamang, Jyoti Prakash (ed.), Ethnic Fermented Foods and Beverages of India: Science History and Culture, Singapore: Springer Nature, ISBN978-981-15-1485-2 and
Tamang, Jyoti P.; Sarkar, Prabir K; Hesseltine, Clifford W (1988). "Traditional Fermented Foods and Beverages of Darjeeling". Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture. 44 (4): 375–385. doi:10.1002/jsfa.2740440410.
Since you've had extensive editing history on the article is it possible to comment on The Britiah Raj flagSylvester Millner (talk) 22:41, 9 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20241209224100","author":"Sylvester Millner","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Sylvester_Millner-20241209224100-Hi","replies":["c-Fowler&fowler-20241209230700-Sylvester_Millner-20241209224100"]}}-->
The Raj, i.e. the British Indian Empire, did not have a flag. If it had had one, it would have found mention in the Imperial Gazetteer of India, especially volumes 1 and 4. Fowler&fowler«Talk»23:07, 9 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20241209230700","author":"Fowler&fowler","type":"comment","level":2,"id":"c-Fowler&fowler-20241209230700-Sylvester_Millner-20241209224100","replies":["c-Sylvester_Millner-20241210003500-Fowler&fowler-20241209230700"]}}-->
So where should the current flag go?--Sylvester Millner (talk) 00:35, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20241210003500","author":"Sylvester Millner","type":"comment","level":3,"id":"c-Sylvester_Millner-20241210003500-Fowler&fowler-20241209230700","replies":["c-Fowler&fowler-20241210003600-Sylvester_Millner-20241210003500"]}}-->
What current flag? Fowler&fowler«Talk»00:36, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20241210003600","author":"Fowler&fowler","type":"comment","level":4,"id":"c-Fowler&fowler-20241210003600-Sylvester_Millner-20241210003500","replies":[]}}-->
Please take this discussion to the article's talk page. Slapping a big flag on a talk page has no value on Wikipedia. Find scholarly sources that support the notion that the British Raj had a flag. Best regards, Fowler&fowler«Talk»01:15, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20241210011500","author":"Fowler&fowler","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Fowler&fowler-20241210011500-Hi","replies":[]}}-->
Wishing you and yours a Happy Holiday Season, from the horse and bishop person. May the year ahead be productive and distraction-free. Ealdgyth (talk) 15:09, 17 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20241217150900","author":"Ealdgyth","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Ealdgyth-20241217150900-Io_Saturnalia!","replies":[]}}-->
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