1. THIS IS MY INDIA
Geta B handari
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3. About India
• India is a country in south Asia. It is the seventh
largest country by area and 2nd most populous
country in the world.
• India is a federal constitutional republic
governed under a parliamentary system
consisting of 28 states and 7 union territories.
• India became independent from Britishers’ in the
year 1947.
• India is a multi-lingual countries.

4. Boundaries
• It is bounded by Indian ocean on the
south, the Arabian sea on the south west,
and the Bay of Bengal on the south east.
• It shares land boarder with Pakistan,
Bhutan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar and
China.
• To the north of India is the Great
Himalayas.

5. Religion
• Four of the world’s major religions –
Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism and Jainism
originated here.
• Christianity and Islam arrived in the 1st
millennium-CE.

6. Fact File:
Political:
• President Of India : Smt. Pratibha Patil.
• Prime Minister of India : Dr.Manmohan Singh.
• Vice President Of India : Md.Hamid Ansari.
• Speaker Of Lok Sabha : Meera Kumar.
• Home Minister : Mr.P.Chidambaram.

7. National Facts
• National Flag : TIRANGA [TRI-COLOUR]
• National Song : Vande Mataram…
• National Anthem : Jan Gan Man…
• National Flower : Lotus
• National Animal : Royal Bengal Tiger
• National Bird : Peacock
• National Fruit : Mango
• National Game : Hockey
• National Currency: Rupee [Rupia]
• National Holiday : 26th January,15th August,2nd October

8. Great Personalities
Great Personalities Of India:
 Swami Vivekananda
 Swami Dayananda Saraswati
 Mahatma Gandhi [ Father of the nation]
 Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose
 Bal Gangadhar Tilak
 Ravindra Nath Tagore
 Dr. Rajendra Prasad [First President]
 Dr. S.Radhakrishnan [ Great Teacher]

9. Rivers
Major Rivers of India:
North Indian Rivers South Indian Rivers
Ganga Narmada
Yamuna Godaveri
Koshi Krishna
Brahmaputra Kavery

10. Languages
• Major Indian Languages:
 Hindi
 Sanskrit
 Urdu
 Maithili
 Bengali
 Punjabi
 Tamil
 Telugu
 Gujrati
 Malyalam
 Assamese

11. Festivals
Festivals of India:
 Makar Sankranti
 Holi
 Onam
 Pongal
 Diwali
 Chatt
 Id-Ul-Fitr
 Lohri
 Durga Puja

12. Famous places
Tourist Places Metropolitan Cities
 Taj Mahal [Agra]  New Delhi
 Red Fort [Delhi]  Mumbai
 Sun Temple [Konark]  Kolkata
 Nalanda [Bihar]  Chennai
 Gateway of India  Bengaluru
[Mumbai]  Hyderabad
 Golden Temple [Amritsar]  Jaipur

14. THE MAN WHO DESIGNED
TIRANGA VERSATILE GENIUS LT.
SHRI PINGALI VENKAYYA
• Vande Mataram!