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3 REPUBLIC OF OF INDIA INDIA CAPITAL CAPITAL NEW DELHI NEW DELHI LARGEST LARGEST CITY CITY MUMBAI MUMBAI (BOMBAY) (BOMBAY) DIVISIONS STATES 30 STATES & 7 UNION & 5 UNION TERRITORIES TERRITORIES OFFICIAL LANGUAGE HINDI AND ENGLISH OFFICIAL LANGUAGE GOVERNMENT TYPE HINDI AND ENGLISH FEDERAL REPUBLIC President GOVERNMENT TYPE A.P.J.Abdul FEDERAL Kalam REPUBLIC Prime Minister AREA Manmohan Singh ,166,414 Sq.Km(7 th in the world) AREA POPULATION ,166,414 Sq.Km(7 th in the world) Billion(2 nd in the world) POPULATION Billion(2 nd in the world) GDP(Gross Domestic Product) $4.711 trillion(4 th in world) GDP(Gross growth Domestic Product) $ % trillion(4 th in world) GDP growth CURRENCY % INDIAN RUPEE CURRENCY INDIAN RUPEE

4 COASTLINE COASTLINE Km Km LANGUAGES LANGUAGES (officially recognized) (officially recognized) LOWEST POINT LOWEST POINT m(indian Ocean) m(indian Ocean) HIGHEST POINT HIGHEST POINT ,598 (Mt Kanchenjunga) ,586 m (Mt Kanchenjunga) ETHNIC GROUPS ETHNIC GROUPS Indo-Aryan % Indo-Aryan % Dravidian % Dravidian % Mongoloid and other % Mongoloid and other % RELIGION RELIGION Hindus % Hindus % Muslim % Muslim % Christian % Christian % Sikh % Sikh % other % other % unspecified % (2001 census) unspecified % (2009 census)

5 Languages of India Kashmiri Urdu Dogri Hindi Punjabi Haryanvi Sindhi Gadgwali Bengali Rajasthani Manipuri Gujarati Sanskrit Assamese Bhojpuri Mizo Marathi Oriya Konkani Telugu Kannada Tulu Tamil Malayalam Sinhala

6 Hindi Script (Devnagri)

7 Telugu Script

8 Common Words HI: पत थर [patthara] RO: piatră EN meaning: rock (subst) HI: पर द [pardaa] RO: perdea EN meaning: curtain (subst) HI: म सदफ र [musaafir] musafir EN meaning: traveler/guest (subst) ->. HI: चदय [caay] RO: ceai EN meaning: tea (subst) HI: त म/त [tum/tuu] RO: tu/voi EN meaning: you (pron. 2nd pers singular and plural) HI: र श मन [dushman] RO: duşman EN meaning: enemy (subst) HI: व ध द [vidhvaa] RO: vaduva EN meaning: widow (subst) HI: खच चर [khacca] RO: catâr EN meaning: mule (subst) HI: फ रदयद [kiraayaa] RO: chirie EN meaning: rent (subst) HI: चर दहद [carvaahaa] RO: cioban EN meaning: shepherd (subst) HI: मरद [kamraa] RO: camera EN meaning: room (subst) HI: तब यत [tabiyat] RO: tabiet EN meaning: health (Hindi) /habit (Romanian) (subst) HI: तरलद [tarla] RO: tarla EN meaning: a field area (subst) HI: सद न [saabun] RO: săpun - EN meaning: soap (subst) HI: आ ख [aankh] RO: ochi EN meaning: eye (subst) HI: नद [naak] RO: nas EN meaning: nose (subst) HI: ख र [khabar] RO: habar EN meaning: news, knowledge, information (subst). FUNNY CONNECTION: HI: रदहत [raahat] RO: rahat EN meaning: relief/shit (subst) yes, the Hindi word for relief is the most common Romanian word for shit.

9 The Land of Spices

10 The Land of Spices

11 Manipuri Mohini Attam Odissi Bharata Natyam Kuchipudi Kathakali Kathak

12 A Brief History of Time Mehrgarh Culture BCE Indus Valley Civilization B.C Late Harappan Culture B.C Vedic Kingdoms B.C Maha Janapadas B.C Magadha Empire 684 BC 320 B.C Greek Invasion B.C-10A.D Conquests of Alexander B.C Seleucids Invasion 304 B.C Indo Greek Rule 180 B.C-10A.D

13 Middle Kingdoms 230 B.C 1279 A.D Maurya Empire Stavahana Empire B.C 230 B.C 199 A.D Middle Kingdoms Kushan Empire B.C 1279 A.D A.D Delhi Sultanate Gupta Empire A.D A.D Mughal Empire Chola Empire A.D 250 B.C 1279 A.D Sikh Empire Delhi Sultanate A.D Maratha Empire A.D Colonial Era Deccan Sultanates A.D The British East India Company Hoysala Empire A.D Queens Rule Kakatiya Empire A.D Modern States 1947 onwards Vijayanagara Empire

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15 HINDUISM Rig Veda - Knowledge of Hymns, 10,859 verses There is only one truth, only men describe it in different ways. Yajur Veda - Knowledge of Liturgy, 3,988 verses Sama Veda - Knowledge of Classical Music, 1,549 verses Ayur Veda - Knowledge of Medicine, over 100,000 verses Sulba Sutra - Knowledge of Mathematics Yoga Sutra - Knowledge of Meditation Kama Sutra - Knowledge of LOVE and SEX Upanishadhs- Astrology,Astronomy,Legal matters,evolution,phonetics Science of archery &war,soul,reincarnation and Karma

16 IN THE PRESENT

17 India Today Global leader in IT services. Ranbaxy, the largest Indian pharmaceutical company, gets 70% of its $1 billion revenue from overseas operations and 40% from USA. Tata Tea has bought Tetley of UK for 260M. India is one of the world's largest diamond cutting and polishing centres, its exports were worth $6 Billion in About 9 out of 10 diamond stones sold anywhere in the world, pass through India. Garment exports are expected to increase from the current level of $8 billion to $45 billion by Mobile phones are growing by about 1.5Million a month. Long distance rates are down by two-thirds in five years and by 80% for data transmission India is one of the few countries to have an indigenously developed Nuclear Arsenal. India is among six countries that launch satellites and do so even for Germany, Belgium, South Korea, Singapore and EU countries. India's INSAT is among the world's largest domestic satellite communication systems. India s new PARAM Supercomputer (1 Trillion processes per sec.) is also amongst only 4 nations in the world to have this level of computational capability.

18 India has the largest movie industry in the world producing over 800 movies a year

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20 CUSTOMES AND GESTURES

21 COSTUMES (North India)

22 COSTUMES (South India)

23 DECORATIVES

24 Assam Tea Assam tea is a black tea named after the region of its production,assam, in India. Assam tea is manufactured specifically from the plant Camellia sinensis var. assamica.

25 THE LAND OF A THOUSAND TEMPLES THE LAND OF A THOUSAND TEMPLES LARGE THE NATION WITH THE WIDE LARGEST VERITIES BIO OF NATURAL DIVERSITY BEAUTIES OF BOTH FOLRA AND FAUNA THE LAND OF THE WHITE TIGERS THE LAND OF THE WHITE TIGERS THE LAND OF THE TAJ MAHAL THE LAND OF THE TAJ MAHAL

26 Mount Kailash, Himalayas abode of snow in Sanskrit

27 The Beauty of Kashmir

28 Varanasi, Ganges River

29 Western Thar Desert,Rajasthan

30 Gods Own Country, Kerala

31 TAJ MAHAL ONE OF THE SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD

32 Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world. It is located in Himalayan Range. Its peak is 8848 meters(29029 ft) above see levels.

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