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- 2. Be Proud tobe an Indian India My Country
- 3. INDIA – MYCOUNTRY 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 •
- 7. Indian History • Indiais 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 northernfrontiers 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 overa 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.