Some Fast Facts on India : –
Official Name: Bharat (Hindi),
Republic of India (English)
Body Politic: Federal Republic
Capital: New Delhi
Independence: 1947
National Emblem: Replica of the Lion Capital of Sarnath
National flag: Horizontal tricolor in equal proportion of deep saffron on the top, white in the middle and dark green at the bottom. In the center of the white band is a wheel in navy blue colour.
Area: slightly more than one-third the size of the US
Total : 3,287,590 sq km
Land : 2,973,190 sq km
Water : 314,400 sq km
Geographical Location:Lies between latitudes 8 ° 4' and 37 ° 6 ' north and longitudes 68 ° 7 ' and 97 ° 25' east
Land boundaries: 14,103 km total
Neighbouring countries:
Bangladesh (4,053 km),
Bhutan (605 km),
Burma (1,463 km)
China (3,380 km)
Nepal (1,690 km)
Pakistan (2,912 km)
Climate: Varies from tropical monsoon in south to temperate in north
Population: 1027 million (2001 Census)
Religions:
Languages:
17 major languages, 844 dialects
Hindi the national language and primary tongue of 30% of the people
English is the most important language for national, political, and commercial communication,
Other official languages Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Urdu, Gujarati, Malayalam, Kannada, Oriya, Punjabi, Assamese, Kashmiri, Sindhi, Sanskrit, Hindustani
Literacy: 65.38%
Currency: Rupee (1 Rupee=100 paise)
Indian Standard Time: GMT +0530 hours
!! Did You Know !!
Some interesting facts on India…
Number System and Zero – invented by Aryabhatta – are India’s contribution to Mathematics. The value of "pi" was first calculated by Budhayana, and he explained the concept of what is known as the Pythagorean Theorem. India never invaded any country in her last 4000 years of history although Indian history records multiple invasions by foreign rulers The World's first university was founded in Takshashila in 700BC. Nearly 10,500 students from all over the world studied more than 60 subjects. Ayurveda – the ancient Indian medical science – is the earliest school of medicine known to humans. Sanskrit is the mother of all the European languages. Sanskrit is the most suitable language for computer software – a report in Forbes magazine, July 1987. 4 religions born in India – Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism – are followed by 25% of the world’s population Nearly 130 million Muslims inhabit in India, which sums up more than the combined population of Arabian countries in the Middle East 1.5 million students graduate from Indian universities each year 6th largest economy in the world 555 million Indians are below 25 year Indian teenagers spend $3 billion a year on fashion accessories 90 countries import software from India
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