MY IDEA TO EXPLAIN LAYMAN ABOUT INDIA

1. LOCATION OF INDIA
MADE BY JUGAL SINGH

2. WHAT IS THE LAT-LONG
STRETCH OF INDIA?
EASY, BUT HOW TO
REMEMBER

3. LATITUDES
AND LONGITUDES
• 0 8 4 N
• 3 7 6 N
• 6 8 7 E
• 9 7 25 E

4. WHERE LIES MAJOR LATITUDES
• WHETHER ARCTIC CIRCLE IS ABOVE
OR ANTARCTIC?
• WHETHER TROPIC OF CANCER IS
ABOVE OR TROPIC OF CAPRICON?

5. ARCTIC ANTARCTIC

6. CANCER CAPRICON
EQUATOR

7. ARCTIC CIRCLE
TROPIC OF CANCER
EQUATOR
TROPIC OF CAPRICORN
ANTARCTIC CIRCLE
MAJOR LATITUDES OF WORLD

8. GEOGRAPHY OF INDIA
• INDIA IS A VAST SOUTH ASIAN
COUNTRY LYING ABOVE THE
INDIAN OCEAN
• INDIA IS 7TH
LARGEST COUNTRY IN
TERMS OF AREA AND 2ND
LARGEST
IN TERMS OF POPULATION.
• INDIA LIES BETWEEN 80
4’ N TO
370
6’. FROM EAST TO WEST IT IS
680
7’E TO 970
25’E.
• INDIA OCCUPIES 3.28MILLION SQ.
KM OF AREA, WHICH IS 2.4% OF
THE WORLD.

9. THIS IS JAMMU AND KASHMIR
• JAMMU AND
KASHMIR IS
NORTHERN MOST
STATE IN INDIA AND
NORTHERN MOST
POINT IS 37
0
6’N

10. SOUTH LATITUDE
•
8°4‘N

11. WESTERN MOST LONGITUDE
• .
68°7‘E

12. EASTERN MOST LONGITUDE
• .
97° 25‘E

13. INDIA’S PHYSICAL
FEATURES
• THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS
• THE NORTHERN PLAINS
• THE PENINSULAR PLATEAU
• THE THAR DESERT
• THE COASTAL PLAINS AND
ISLANDS.

14. OUR NEIGHBOUR
• PAKISTAN AND
AFGHANISTAN IN
NORTH WEST.
• CHINA, NEPAL AND
BHUTAN TO OUR
NORTH
• BANGLADESH AND
MYANMAR TO EAST
• SRILANKA AND
MALDIVES TO OUR
SOUTH

15. INDIA AND THE WORLD
• INDIA IS WORLD’S BIGGEST DEMOCRACY AND HOMES
AROUND 16.7% OF THE WORLD POPULATION.
• PREVIOUSLY A COLONIZED COUNTRY, INDIA NOW ENJOY A
VERY IMPORTANT POSITION IN THE WORLD POLITICS.
• IN THE CURRENT GLOBAL SCENARIO WHERE COUNTRIES
ARE COMING TOGETHER TO FIGHT TERRORISM AND GLOBAL
WARMING, INDIA HAS BECOME AN IMPORTANT MEMBER
WHOSE VIEWS ARE TAKEN WITH MUCH RESPECT.