2. Capital – New Delhi
Largest City- Mumbai
Recognized regional languages- Eight Schedule
National Language- none
Government- Federal parliamentary, constitutional
republic
5. Bharat Ganarajya
2 principal short names:
India
Bharat
The name India is derived from Indus, which
originates from the Old Persian word Hindu.
The latter term stems from the Sanskrit word
Sindhu, which was the historical local
appellation for the Indus River
6. The eponym of Bharat is Bharata, a mythological figure
that Hindu scriptures describe as a legendary emperor of
ancient India. Hindustan was originally a Persian word
that meant "Land of the Hindus
7. Republic of India
• Location: South Asia
• Rank 7th Largest country by
geographical area
• Rank 2nd Populous country
• Rank 1st Populous in democracy
8.
9. Area - comparative:
slightly more than one-third
the size of the US
Land boundaries:
total: 14,103 km
Natural resources:
border countries: Bangladesh
coal (fourth-largest reserves in the world), iron
4,053 km, Bhutan 605
ore, manganese, mica, bauxite, titanium ore, chromite, natural
km, Burma 1,463 km, China
gas, diamonds, petroleum, limestone, arable land
3,380 km, Nepal 1,690
km, Pakistan 2,912 km
Area:
total: 3,287,590 sq km
land: 2,973,190 sq km
water: 314,400 sq km
12. Environment - current issues:
deforestation; soil erosion; overgrazing;
desertification; air pollution from industrial effluents
and vehicle emissions; water pollution from raw
sewage and runoff of agricultural pesticides; tap water
is not potable throughout the country; huge and
growing population is overstraining natural resources
13. Climate
December to March ~~~~ Cold
April to May ~~~~ Very hot (Often over
100 degrees)
June to September ~~~~ Monsoon season
October to November ~~~ less rain
14. Ta j
Mahal
At about the same time the pilgrims
were landing at Plymouth Rock, the
Taj Mahal was built. That was almost
400 years ago.
It took over ten years to build. More
than twenty thousand people and one
thousand elephants helped build it.
. . .but why was it built? Any ideas?
15. The Hindu New Year falls in
October or November of each year.
It is called Diwali, the Festival of
Lights.
For Diwali, people get dressed up in
new clothes, send cards to friends
and family, and give out presents.
Since it is the Festival of Lights,
fireworks light up the sky.
New Year
16. Cricket
In India, the popular sport is cricket.
The game of cricket is played with a
batsman, a wicket keeper, a bowler, and
fielders.
The bowler rolls the ball toward the
batsman. The wicket keeper stands behind
the batsman. The batsman hits the ball with
a bat and runs back and forth between the
bowler and the wicket keeper to score runs.
The fielders try to catch the ball to get the
batsman out.
17. Going to the
Movies
We love to watch movies in America. Hollywood
is the biggest producer of films in the world, right?
WRONG! India produces about eight hundred
movies a year. That’s even more than Hollywood.
Indian families love to go to the movies just as
much as we do.
18. Many women in India wear
beautiful saris. Their clothing is
brightly colored. For special
events, women wear saris with gold
embroidery and sequins.
Children wear jeans, T-shirts, and
skirts at home. They usually have
uniforms for school.
Indian women love to wear
jewelry. They wear earrings, nose
rings, bangles
(bracelets), anklets, rings, necklace
s, and even jewelry in their hair!
19. Men usually wear dhotis.
They are loose pants, similar
to pajamas. In big cities, men
wear American style clothing.
21. With 1,210,193,422 residents reported in the 2011
provisional census, India is the world's second-most
populous country. Its population grew at 1.76% per
annum during 2001–2011, down from 2.13% per annum
in the previous decade (1991–2001).).
22. Human sex ratio (2011 census)
0-14 years: 31.2% (male
173,634,432/female
163,932,475)
15-64 years: 63.9% (male
356,932,082/female
333,283,590)
65 years and over: 4.9%
(male 26,542,025/female
25,939,784)
Population growth rate:
1.4% (2005 est.)
23. Medical advances made in the last 50 years as well as
increased agricultural productivity brought about by the
"Green Revolution"
24. India is home to two major language families: IndoAryan (spoken by about 74% of the population) and
Dravidian (24%). Other languages spoken in India come
from the Austro-Asiatic and Tibeto-Burman language
families. India has no national language. Hindi, with the
largest number of speakers, is the official language of
the government.
25. It is the only society in the world which has never known slavery.
India never invaded any country in her last 10,000 years of history
India was the richest country on Earth when the British invaded
India in the 17th Century
Robert Clive’s personal wealth amassed from the plunder of Bengal
during 1750’s was estimated at around £401,102
It is estimated that the total treasure that the British took from
India had already reached £1,000,000,000 (£1Billion) by 1901.
Taking into account interest rates and inflation this would be
worth about $1,000,000,000,000 ($1Trillion) in real-terms today.
26. Respect for Women:
“Woman, I hold, is the personification of selfsacrifice, but unfortunately today she does not realize
what tremendous advantage she has over man.”
Non Violence is a political tool:
“Indians will stagger humanity without shedding a drop of
blood
27. The Indian economy is the world's eleventh-largest by
nominal GDP and third-largest by purchasing power
parity (PPP). Following market-based economic reforms
in 1991, India became one of the fastest-growing major
economies; it is considered a newly industrialised
country. However, it continues to face the challenges of
poverty, illiteracy, corruption, and inadequate public
healthcare. A nuclear weapons state and a regional
power, it has the third-largest standing army in the world
and ranks eighth in military expenditure among nations.
India is a federal constitutional republic governed under
a parliamentary system consisting of 28 states and 7
union territories. India is a pluralistic, multilingual, and
multiethnic society. It is also home to a diversity of
wildlife in a variety of protected habitats.
28. Bharat
Forge has the world's largest singlelocation forging facility, its clients include
Honda, Toyota and Volvo amongst others.
Hero
Honda with 1.7M motorcycles a year is
now the largest motorcycle manufacturer in the
world.
India
is the 2nd largest tractor manufacturer
in the world.
India
is the 5th largest commercial vehicle
manufacturer in the world.
Ford
has just presented its Gold World
Excellence Award to India's Cooper Tyres.
30. Goldman Sachs Report of 1 October, 2003 –
"Dreaming with BRICs: The path to 2050"
India's GDP will reach $ 1 trillion by 2011,
$ 2 trillion by 2020,
$ 3 trillion by 2025,
$ 6 trillion by 2032,
$ 10 trillion by 2038, and
$ 27 trillion by 2050,
becoming the 3rd largest economy after USA and China.
In terms of GDP, India will overtake Italy by the year
2016, France by 2019, UK by 2022,
Germany by 2023, and Japan by 2032.
31.
32. Dr Abdul Kalam, President of India,
father of India’s space, missile and satellite programme and author of “India
2020 Vision”.
“I have three visions for India.”
1.
“ In 3000 years of our history people from all over the world have come and
invaded us, captured our lands, conquered our minds. From Alexander onwards.
The Greeks, the Turks, the Moguls, the Portuguese, the British, the
French, the Dutch, all of them came and looted us, took over what was ours.
Yet we have not done this to any other nation. We have not conquered anyone.
We have not grabbed their land, their culture, their history and tried to
enforce our way of life on them. Why?
Because we respect the freedom of others. That is why my first vision is that
of FREEDOM.
2.
My second vision for India is DEVELOPMENT. For fifty years we have been
a developing nation. It is time we see ourselves as a developed nation. We are
among top 5 nations of the world in terms of GDP. We have 10% growth rate
in most areas. Our poverty levels are falling. Our achievements are being
globally recognized today.
3.
I have a third vision. India must stand up to the world. Only STRENGTH
respects strength. We must be strong not only as a military power but also as
an economic power. Both must go hand-in-hand.”
