INDIA

Mera Bharath
Mahaan
 The subcontinent of India lies in south Asia, between Pakistan,
China and Nepal. To the north it is bordered by the world's highest
mountain chain, where foothill valleys cover the northernmost of
the country's 26 states. Further south, plateaus, tropical rain forests
and sandy deserts are bordered by palm fringed beaches .
 5,000 year old civilization
 325 languages spoken – 1,652 dialects
 18 official languages
 29 states, 5 union territories
 3.28 million sq. kilometers - Area
 7,516 kilometers - Coastline
 1,000,000,000 people in 2000
 Parliamentary form of Government
 Secular democratic constitution
 Worlds largest democracy since 55 years
 4 th largest economy
 Fastest growing IT super power
 Indian Railways ,the biggest employer in
the world.
HISTORY
• India's history goes back to 3,200
BC when Hinduism was first
founded. Buddhism, Jainism,
Sikhism. Judaism. Zoroashtrianism,
Christianity and Islam all exist
within the country today .
 THE TRINITY

Generates-
Brahma
Observes-Vishnu
Destroys-Shiva
 The Great Indian Epics

Ramayana Mahabharata
Longest Epic in
The first Indian world literature
epic with 100,000 two-
Indus Valley Civilization- one of the
world’s first great urban
civilizations.
Harappa Civilization- 2700BC
 World’s first university in Takshila –700
B.C

Ayurveda- earliest school of medicine known

to humans

Sanskrit Language –most suitable for

computer software
 Yoga - Made in India

• Origin –5000 BC
Documented by

200 BC – 300 AD
Origin of Martial arts – 200 BC

Kalarippayat
• 1700’s BRITISH INVASION
 15 th August , 1947
Indian Independence

26 th January , 1950
Republic- India
National Emblem

“Truth alone triumphs”

NATIONAL ANIMAL
 National Bird -
Peacock

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National Flower - Lotus
Great Indian Personalities
 Aryabhatta

Invented the Zero

 Mahatma Gandhi

Father of the nation

Embodiment of Non- Violence
 Swami Vivekananda

Champion of humanitarianism
 Ramanujam

Great Indian Mathematician

Postulated and proved 3,542 theorems
 Rabindranath Tagore

1913 – Nobel Prize in Literature

 C.V Raman

1930 - Nobel Laureate in Physics

Work on scattering of light and Raman effect
 Mother Teresa

1979 – Nobel Prize in Peace

 Har Gobind Khorana

1968 - Nobel Laureate in Medicine

Work on interpretation of the genetic code
 Subramanyan Chandrasekhar

1983 - Nobel Laureate in Physics

Work on structure and evolution of stars
DANCE FORMS
45 folk dances
7 Classical Dance forms
7 Classical Dance forms
Bharata Natyam
Kathak
Kathakali
Kuchipudi
Manipuri
Mohini Attam
Odissi
 More than 15 vocal forms

More than 60 music instruments

 India - God’s own country
Celebrates more than 65 festivals
Places of historic importance
 Tirumala - Tirupati
World’s richest temple
 Saint Thomas Cathedral
Statue of Virgin Mary brought from Portugal in
1543
The Golden Temple
 Jamma Masjid
The biggest mosque in India
Thousand pillar temple
Gateway of India
 Jantar Mantar – 1716
Modernistic structures to observe the movement of
stars
 Mysore Palace
Illuminated by 97,000 light bulbs
 Buddha Statue
Largest monolithic statue in Asia
 Dal Lake
Jewel in the crown of Kashmir
The Taj Mahal
Calcutta – City of joy
 Cherrapunji
Wettest place on earth
India is,the cradle of the human race,the birthplace of human
speech, the mother of history,the grandmother of legend, and
the great grand mother of tradition.Our most valuable and
most instructive materials in the history of man are treasured
up in India only.
-Mark Twain

We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count,

without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have
been made.
-Albert Einstein
Jai Hind
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