1. Location: Map India is in south Asia. India lies between Pakistan, China and Nepal.

2. Fun and Quick Facts Quick Fact: The customary greeting is done by putting your palms together and with a slight nod of the head, saying "namaste." Quick Fact: More films are made in India ('Bollywood') than in the USA ('Hollywood')!

3. Cloths

4. Languages: See attached

5. Money and Currency Indian Rupee 45.5 US Dollar 1

6. The Taj Mahal . Hampi . Khajuraho Temples Ajanta and Ellora Caves Fatehpur Sikri Cool places to see

8. Famous People in India » Shah Jahan » Mumtaz Mahal » Akbar » Mahatma Gandhi » Jawaharlal Nehru » Rajiv Gandhi » Aishwarya Rai » Amitabh Bachan » Narayan Murthy Kishore Kumar » Sunil Mittal » Sachin Tendulkar » Indira Gandhi » Mother Teresa » Azim Premji » Dhirubhai Ambani » Ratan Tata » Satyajit Rai » Osho - Rajnish » Rabindra Nath Tagore » Sunil Gavasakar » Pandit Ravi Shankar » Emperor Ashoka » Lata Mangeshkar » Swami Vivekanand

9. Economy GDP (FY 2008): $1.21 trillion ($1,210 billion). Real growth rate (2008 est.): 6.6%. Per capita GDP (PPP, FY 2008): $2,900. Natural resources: Coal, iron ore, manganese, mica, bauxite, chromite, thorium, limestone, barite, titanium ore, diamonds, crude oil. Agriculture: 18% of GDP. Products --wheat, rice, coarse grains, oilseeds, sugar, cotton, jute, tea. Industry: 29% of GDP. Products --textiles, jute, processed food, steel, machinery, transport equipment, cement, aluminum, fertilizers, mining, petroleum, chemicals, and computer software. Services and transportation: 54% of GDP. Trade: Exports (FY 2008)--$176.4 billion; engineering goods, petroleum products, precious stones, cotton apparel and fabrics, gems and jewelry, handicrafts, tea. Software exports --$22 billion. Imports (FY 2008)--$306 billion; petroleum, machinery and transport equipment, electronic goods, edible oils, fertilizers, chemicals, gold, textiles, iron and steel. Major trade partners --U.S., China, U.A.E., EU, Russia, Japan

10. Crafts

11. Holidays April 2011 Easter (Orthodox) Sunday 24 Easter (Western) Sunday 24 Good Friday Friday 22 Passover (Till 25th April) Tuesday 19 Hanuman Jayanti Monday 18 Palm Sunday (Orthodox) Sunday 17 Palm Sunday (Western) Sunday 17 Mahavir Jayanti Saturday 16 Baisakhi Thursday 14 Ram Navmi Tuesday 12 Bikrami Samvat (Hindu New Year) Monday 04 Gudi Padva Monday 04 Mothering Sunday (UK) Sunday 03

12. Flag Pingali Venkayya [N Horizontal tricolour flag (deep saffron, white, and green). In the centre of the white is a navy blue wheel with 24 spokes 22 July 1947 2:3 Designed by Design Adopted Proportion

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16. Art

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