1. INDIA

2. The subcontinent of India lies in south Asia, between Pakistan, China and Nepal. To the north it is bordered by the world's highest mountain chain, where foothill valleys cover the northernmost of the country's 26 states. Further south, plateaus, tropical rain forests and sandy deserts are bordered by palm fringed beaches .

3. Climate in India
Climate is hot or warm all year due to Himalayan Mountains keep out cold winds from the north.
Monsoons – seasons winds that blow from the same direction for months and influence the climate. During the rainy season (June – September), moist air from the Indian Ocean comes in heavily.

4. 5,000 year old civilization
325 languages spoken – 1,652 dialects
18 official languages
29 states, 5 territories
1,155,347,678 people in 2009

5. Parliamentary form of Government
Secular democratic constitution
World’s largest democracy
4th largest economy
Fastest growing economic super power

6. Current Prime Minister of India
Manmohan Singh ਮਨਮੋਹਨ ਸਿੰਘ

7. Green Revolution India raises most of the food it needs today.
Bengal Famine – in 1943, 4 million died of starvation
The Green Revolution is a result of that loss. Farmers planted more than 1 crop per year. Government built dams to collect & store water and then irrigate it and farmers then planted 2x per year.

8. Ganges River
The Ganges River is one of the most polluted rivers in the world due to industrial waste, pesticides, and chemicals used to destroy insects as well as the funeral rites of the dead. It is also considered the most holy and a form of the Goddess, Herself as life giver and sin cleanser.

9. HISTORY

10. India's history goes back to 3,200 BC when Hinduism was first founded.
Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism. Judaism. Zoroashtrianism, Christianity and Islam all exist within the country today.

11. THE TRINITY
Generates-Brahma
Observes-Vishnu
Destroys-Shiva

12. Longest Epic in world literature with 100,000 two-line stanzas
The Great Indian Epics
Mahabharata
Ramayana
Longest Epic in world literature with 100,000 two-line stanzas
The first Indian epic

13. Indus Valley Civilization- one of the world’s first great urban civilizations.
Harappa Civilization BC

14. World’s first university in Takshila –700 B.C
Ayurveda- earliest school of medicine known to humans
Sanskrit Language –
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15. Yoga- Made in India
Origin –5000 BC
Documented by
200 BC – 300 AD

16. Origin of Martial arts – 200 BC
Kalarippayat

17. 1700’s BRITISH INVASION

18. 15th August , 1947 Indian Independence
26th January , 1950
Republic- India

19. “Truth alone triumphs”
National Emblem
“Truth alone triumphs”

20. National Bird - Peacock
NATIONAL ANIMAL
National Bird - Peacock

21. National Flower - Lotus

22. Amazing Indians

23. Aryabhatta
Invented the Zero

24. Embodiment of Non- Violence
Mahatma Gandhi
Father of the nation
Embodiment of Non- Violence

25. Indra Ghandi was the 3rd Prime Minister of the Republic of India for three consecutive terms from 1966 to 1977 and for a fourth term from 1980 until her assassination in 1984, a total of fifteen years. India's only female prime minister to date, she is the world's longest serving female Prime Minister. She was not related to Mohandas Ghandi.

26. Mother Teresa
1979 – Nobel Prize in Peace

27. 7 Classical Dance forms Bharata Natyam Odissi Mohini Attam Kathak
Kuchipudi
Kathakali
Manipuri

28. More than 60 music instruments
More than 15 vocal forms
More than 60 music instruments

29. primary: Hinduism & Buddhism Large Hindu Festival: Diwali
India’s Religions –
primary: Hinduism & Buddhism
Large Hindu Festival: Diwali
Diwali, Divali, Dewali, Deepavali (Buddhism, Hindu, India)
Diwali is a five day Hindu festival which occurs on the fifteenth day of Kartika. Diwali means "rows of lighted lamps" and the celebration is often referred to as the Festival of Lights. During this time, homes are thoroughly cleaned and windows are opened to welcome Laksmi, goddess of wealth. Candles and lamps are lit as a greeting to Laksmi. Gifts are exchanged and festive meals are prepared during Diwali. The celebration means as much to Hindus as Christmas does to Christians.

30. Important Sites

31. World’s richest temple
Tirumala - Tirupati
World’s richest temple

32. Saint Thomas Cathedral
Statue of Virgin Mary brought from Portugal in 1543

33. The Golden Temple

34. The biggest mosque in India
Jamma Masjid
The biggest mosque in India

35. Modernistic structures to observe the movement of stars
Jantar Mantar – 1716
Modernistic structures to observe the movement of stars

36. Illuminated by 97,000 light bulbs
Mysore Palace
Illuminated by 97,000 light bulbs

37. Largest monolithic statue in Asia
Buddha Statue
Largest monolithic statue in Asia

38. Jewel in the crown of Kashmir
Dal Lake
Jewel in the crown of Kashmir

39. The Taj Mahal

40. Calcutta – City of joy

41. Cherrapunji
Wettest place on earth