2. The saffron stands for courage, sacrifice and the spirit of renunciation. The white, is meant for purity and truth. The green is for faith and fertility. The navy blue wheel denotes the continuity of the nation's progress which is deemed to be as boundless as the blue sky and as fathomless as the deep blue sea.

5. The Great Indian Epics Ramayana Mahabharata Longest Epic in world literature with 100,000 two-line stanzas The first Indian epic

6. World’s first university in Takshila –700 B.C Sanskrit Language –most suitable for computer software Ayurveda- earliest school of medicine known to humans

7. Yoga - Made in India Origin –5000 BC Documented by 200 BC – 300 AD

8. Origin of Martial arts – 200 BC Kalarippayat

9. 1700s – British invasion

10. 15 th August , 1947 Indian Independence 26 th January , 1950 Republic- India

11. National Emblem “ Truth alone triumphs”

12. National Animal - Tiger

13. National Bird - Peacock

14. National Flower - Lotus

15. Great Indian Personalities

16. Invented the Zero Aryabhatta

17. Mahatma Gandhi Father of the nation Embodiment of Non- Violence

18. Swami Vivekananda Champion of humanitarianism

19. Great Indian Mathematician Postulated and proved 3,542 theorems Ramanujam

20. Rabindranath Tagore 1913 – Nobel Prize in Literature

21. 1930 - Nobel Laureate in Physics Work on scattering of light and Raman effect C.V Raman

22. 1979 – Nobel Prize in Peace Mother Teresa

23. 1968 - Nobel Laureate in Medicine Work on interpretation of the genetic code Har Gobind Khorana

24. Subramanyan Chandrasekhar 1983 - Nobel Laureate in Physics Work on structure and evolution of stars

25. Dance forms

26. More than 45 folk dances

27. 7 Classical Dance forms

28. Bharata Natyam

29. Kathak

30. Kathakali

31. Kuchipudi

32. Manipuri

33. Mohini Attam

34. Odissi

35. More than 15 vocal forms More than 60 music instruments

36. India - God’s own country Celebrates more than 65 festivals

37. Places of historic importance

38. Tirumala - Tirupati World’s richest temple

39. Saint Thomas Cathedral Statue of Virgin Mary brought from Portugal in 1543

40. The Golden Temple

41. Jamma Masjid The biggest mosque in India

42. Thousand pillar temple

43. Gateway of India

44. Jantar Mantar – 1716 Modernistic structures to observe the movement of stars

45. Mysore Palace Illuminated by 97,000 light bulbs

46. Buddha Statue Largest monolithic statue in Asia

47. Dal Lake Jewel in the crown of Kashmir

48. The Taj Mahal

49. Calcutta – City of joy

50. Cherrapunji Wettest place on earth

51. 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 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

52. Be Proud of Being an Indian J a i H i n d -