Presentation about India by María

1. INDIA

2. Location
India is a country in South Asia. India has seven neighbours,
Pakistan in the north-west, China and Nepal in the north,
Bhutan and Bangladesh in the north-east, Myanmar in the
east and Sri Lanka in the south

3. CAPITAL
The capital of India is New Delhi. In India there are more
than 1,210,193,422 people

4. FLAG AND EMBLEM
The National Flag of India is a horizontal rectangular
tricolour of deep saffron, white and India green.
The emblem of India is an adaptation of the Lion Capital of
Ashoka at Sarnath, preserved in the Varansi Sarnath
Museum in India.
The actual Sarnath capital including four Asiatic
lions standing back to back - symbolizing power, courage,
pride, and confidence - mounted on a circular base.

5. PICTURE THE FLAG AND
EMBLEM

6. LANGUAGES
Official languages in India are Hindi and English.
India has a total area of 3.287.263 km2

7. GOVERNMENT
India is a Federal parliamentary constitutional republic
The President is Pranab Mukherjee

8. CURRENCY
The official currency in India is called rupee

9. FOOD
The main ingredients used in Indian cuisine are rice, atta, a
special type of whole wheat flour with which the bread is
made, and at least five dozen varieties of legumes. The most
important is the chana (chickpea, pea) and the toor (Indian
chickpea), the urad (black lentils) and mung (green
soybeans).

10. SPORTS
The national sport of India's field hockey. The Indian
hockey team won the world championship lawn 1975
also credited eight gold medals, one silver and two
bronze medals at the Olympics. However, the most
popular sport in the country is cricket; national cricket
team of India won the 1983 Cricket World Cup and
Twenty Cricket World Cup 2007, plus shared the
Champions Trophy 2002 ICC Sri Lanka.

11. RELIGION
It is the country with the largest number of Hindus, yainas,
Sikhs, Zoroastrians, and Baha'is, and is the third-largest
Muslim. It is the holy land of Hinduism, Buddhism, and
Sikhism yainismo, and it is home to important spiritual gurus
and various spiritualist organizations. During the first
millennium, Judaism and Christianity came to India forming
small communities. Buddhism, the predominant religion in
Southeast Asia, was born in India.

12. CURIOSITIES
 India is the world's largest democracy
 It is the world's seventh largest country
 It is common to find Sadhus. wandering monks
 When the Indians moved his head from side (as we would
say No) they mean YES.
 The cow is a sacred animal in India
 Four religions were born in India: Hinduism, Buddhism,
Jainism and Sikhism.
 In addition, Yoga was there for 5000 years.