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.  5,000 year old civilization
 325 languages spoken – 1,652 dialects
 18 official languages
 29 states, 5 union territories
 3.28 million sq. kilometers - Area
 7,516 kilometers - Coastline
 1,000,000,000 people in 2000

4.  Parliamentary form of Government
 Secular democratic constitution
 Worlds largest democracy since 55 years
 4 th largest economy
 Fastest growing IT super power
 Indian Railways ,the biggest employer in
the world.

5. HISTORY

6. • 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 .

7. THE TRINITY
GeneratesBrahma
Observes-Vishnu
Destroys-Shiva

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

9. Indus Valley Civilization- one of the
world’s first great urban
civilizations.
Harappa Civilization- 2700BC

10. World’s first university in Takshila –700
B.C
Ayurveda- earliest school of medicine known
to humans
Sanskrit Language –most suitable for
computer software

11. Yoga - Made in India
•
Origin –5000 BC
Documented by
200 BC – 300 AD

12. Origin of Martial arts – 200 BC
Kalarippayat

13. • 1700’s BRITISH INVASION

14. 15 th August , 1947
Indian Independence
26 th January , 1950
Republic-
India

15. National Emblem
“Truth alone triumphs”

16. NATIONAL ANIMAL

17. National Bird Peacock
•

18. National Flower - Lotus

19. Great Indian Personalities

20. Aryabhatta
Invented the Zero

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

22. Swami Vivekananda
Champion of humanitarianism

23. Ramanujam
Great Indian Mathematician
Postulated and proved 3,542 theorems

24. Rabindranath Tagore
1913 – Nobel Prize in Literature

25. C.V Raman
1930 - Nobel Laureate in Physics
Work on scattering of light and Raman effect

26. Mother Teresa
1979 – Nobel Prize in Peace

27. Har Gobind Khorana
1968 - Nobel Laureate in Medicine
Work on interpretation of the genetic code

28. Subramanyan Chandrasekhar
1983 - Nobel Laureate in Physics
Work on structure and evolution of stars

29. DANCE FORMS

30. 45 folk dances

31. 7 Classical Dance forms

33. 7 Classical Dance forms

34. Bharata Natyam

35. Kathak

36. Kathakali

37. Kuchipudi

38. Manipuri

39. Mohini Attam

40. Odissi

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

42. India - God’s own country
Celebrates more than 65 festivals

43. Places of historic importance

44. Tirumala - Tirupati
World’s richest temple

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

46. The Golden Temple

47. Jamma Masjid
The biggest mosque in India

48. Thousand pillar temple

49. Gateway of India

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

51. Mysore Palace
Illuminated by 97,000 light bulbs

52. Buddha Statue
Largest monolithic statue in Asia

53. Dal Lake
Jewel in the crown of Kashmir

54. The Taj Mahal

55. Calcutta – City of joy

56. Cherrapunji
Wettest place on earth

57. India is,the cradle of the human race,the birthplace of human
speech, the mother of history,the grandmother of legend, and
the great grand mother of tradition.Our most valuable and
most instructive materials in the history of man are treasured
up in India only.
-Mark Twain
We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count,
without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have
been made.
-Albert Einstein

58. Jai Hind
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