India is a large, diverse country located in South Asia. It has a long history as a civilization dating back over 5,000 years, and was one of the richest countries in the world until British colonial rule. India has significant cultural achievements including developing its own number system, inventing chess, and originating yoga. It is now the largest democracy and has a population over 1.2 billion people speaking over 400 languages across its 28 states.

1. India My Country

2. Be Proud to be an Indian
India My Country

3. INDIA – MY COUNTRY
Contents
• About India
• Rulers of India
• Indian Geography
• Facts about India

4. ABOUT INDIA
 India, officially the Republic of India is a country in
South Asia.
 Capital: New Delhi: Currency: Indian Rupees
 The second-most populous country with a population
of about 1.2 billion
 The seventh-largest country by land area, 3.28
million km area
 5000 year old civilization
 447 languages, 18 official languages
 28 states and 8 Union territories in the country.

5. FACTS ABOUT INDIA
 India never invaded any country in her last 1000 years of history.
 India invented the Number system. Aryabhatta invented zero.
 The world's first university was established in Takshila in 700 BC. More than
10500 students from all over the world studied more than 60 subjects.
 Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to humans.
 The Father of Medicine, Charaka, consolidated Ayurveda 2500 years ago.
 Chess was invented in India.
 India was one of the richest countries till the time of British rule in the early
17th Century.
 Worlds largest democratic government
 Indian Railways the biggest employer in the world

6. FACTS ABOUT INDIA
Yoga – Made in India, Origin 5000 BC
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7. Indian History
• India is situated north of the equator between 8°4' north to 37°6' north
latitude and 68°7' east to 97°25' east longitude.It is the seventh-largest
country in the world, with a total area of 3,287,263 square kilometer's
(1,269,219 sq mi).India measures 3,214 km (1,997 mi) from north to
south and 2,933 km (1,822 mi) from east to west.
• The climate of India consists of a wide range of weather conditions
across a vast geographic scale and varied topography, making
generalizations difficult. Climate in South India is generally hotter and
extremely humid than that of North India. South India is more humid
due to nearby coasts.

8. RULERS OF INDIA
• Ashoka
• Dasharatha
• Bindusara Amitraghata
• Chandragupta Maurya
• Sahjit
• Anant
• Akbar

9. • The northern frontiers of India are defined largely by the Himalayan
mountain range, where the country borders China, Bhutan, and Nepal.
Its western border with Pakistan lies in the Karakoram range, Punjab
Plains, the Thar Desert and the Rann of Kutch salt marshes. In the far
northeast, the Chin Hills and Kachin Hills, deeply forested mountainous
regions, separate India from Burma.
• The Ganges is the longest river originating in India. The Ganges
Brahmaputra system occupies most of northern, central, and eastern
India, while the Deccan Plateau occupies most of southern India.

10. Facts of India
• "India is, the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human
speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend, and the great
grandmother of tradition. Our most valuable and most instructive
materials in the history of man are treasured up in India only."
• These are not our words. These are the words of the great Mark Twain.
And here are 25 Indians facts to support his statement.
• About 50 million years ago, it collided with the Asian continent and
thus was born the Himalayas.

11. • With over a billion people from all kinds of religions and ethnicities, India
is not only the second most populated country, but it also has in store some
mind-blowing facts and achievements under its belt.
• Holding a Guinness record for highest average annual rainfall, this town
in Meghalaya gets about 11,873 millimeters of rain owing to its proximity to
the Bay of Bengal. The winter months of this region are spent in preparation
for the six-month-long monsoon ahead.