INDIA

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INDIA

• INDIA THE LARGEST DEMOCRACY

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INDIA - GOVERNMENT

• INDIA IS A SOVERIGN,SOCIALIST,SECULAR,DEMOCRATIC
  REPUBLIC
• IT FOLLOW A PARLIAMENTARY FORM OF GOVERNMENT (2
  HOUSES LOK SABHA ,RAJYAH SABHA)
• PRIME MINISTER HAS THE ACTUAL POWER WITH HIS
  CABINET AND HIS POLITICACL PARTY
• THE EXECUTIVE,LEGISLATIVE AND JUDICIARY ARE ALL
  LOCATED IN NEW DELHI

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LEADERS OF INDIA
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INDIA HAS 29 STATES AND 7 UNION TERRITORIES
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Republic of India

• BackgroundThe Indus Valley civilization, one of
  the oldest in the world, goes back at least 5,000
  years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded
  about 1500 B.C. their merger with the earlier
  inhabitants created the classical Indian culture.
  Arab incursions starting in the 8th century and
  Turkish in 12th were followed by European traders
  beginning in the late 15th century. By the 19th
  century, Britain had assumed political control of
  virtually all Indian lands. Nonviolent resistance
  to British colonialism under Mohandas GANDHI and
  Jawaharlal NEHRU led to independence in 1947. The
  subcontinent was divided into the secular state
  of India and the smaller Muslim state of
  Pakistan. A third war between the two countries
  in 1971 resulted in East Pakistan becoming the
  separate nation of Bangladesh. Fundamental
  concerns in India include the ongoing dispute
  with Pakistan over Kashmir, massive
  overpopulation, environmental degradation,
  extensive poverty, and ethnic and religious
  strife, all this despite impressive gains in
  economic investment and output.

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DEMOGRAPHICS

• Population1,045,845,226 (July 2002 est.)
• Age structure0-14 years 32.7 (male
  175,858,386 female 165,724,901) 15-64 years
  62.6 (male 338,957,463 female 316,063,497) 65
  years and over 4.7 (male 24,975,465 female
  24,265,514) (2002 est.)
• Population growth rate1.51 (2002 est.) Birth
  rate23.79 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
  Death rate8.62 deaths/1,000 population (2002
  est.)
• Sex ratioat birth 1.05 male(s)/female under 15
  years 1.06 male(s)/female 15-64 years 1.07
  male(s)/female 65 years and over 1.03
  male(s)/female total population 1.07
  male(s)/female (2002 est.)
• Infant mortality rate61.47 deaths/1,000 live
  births (2002 est.)
• Life expectancy at birthtotal population 63.23
  years female 63.93 years (2002 est.) male
  62.55 years

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RELIGIONS OF INDIA

• HINDUISM - about 82.
• ISLAM - about 12
• CHRISTIANITY - about 2.5
• SIKHISM - about 2
• BUDDHISM - about 0.7
• JAINISM - about 0.5
• ZOROASTRIANISM - about 0.01
• JUDAISM - about 0.0005

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HINDUISM

• HINDUISM IS A SUM TOTAL OF THE RELIGIOUS BELIEFS
  OF THE INDIA PEOPLE OVER THE AGES
• HINDUS MAKE UP ABOUT 83OF THE POPULATION
• THEY HAVE 330 MILLION GODS

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ISLAM

• India has the most number of Muslims in the world
  after Indonesia about 190 million.
• Islam came to India in the 11th century by virtue
  of the Turks and the Persians and the Arabs

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CHRISTIAINITY

• Christians make up approx 2 of the population of
  India
• It is widespread in Southern India and the North
  Eastern States.
• Legend has it that St Thomas came to India in the
  1st century and was tortured and killed on a hill
  near Madras (Chennai)
• Portuguese converted many people into Catholicism
  after the 16th century

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SIKHISM

• SIKHISM IS ONE OF THE NEW RELIGIONS IN INDIA
• THERE ARE ABOUT 18 MILLION SIKHS IN INDIA MOST OF
  THEM LIVING IN THE PUNJAB
• THEY ARE RECOGNIZED BY THEIR TURBANS,DAGGERS,AND
  LAST NAMES - SINGH

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BUDDHISM

• BUDDHISM ORIGINATED IN INDIA
• SIDDHARTA GAUTAMA BUDDHA WAS BORN IN THE 5TH
  CENTURY BC IN NOTHERN INDIA HE WAS A PRINCE.
• THE RELIGION SPREAD FROM HERE TO OTHER PARTS OF
  ASIA
• BUDDHISM WAS ONCE THE MAJOR RELIGION BUT HINDUISM
  DISPLACED IT
• TIBETIAN REFUGEES AND MONKS LIVE IN INDIA AND
  THEY CONSTITUTE A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF THE
  BUDDHIST POPULATION

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JAINISM

• JAINISM WAS ONCE VERY DOMINANT IN INDIA BUT IS
  NOW NOT THAT COMMON
• ITS FOUNDER WAS MAHAVIRA A PRINCE
• JAINS ARE STRICT VEGETARIANS AND USUALLY LEAD
  VERY STRICT LIVES

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PEOPLE

• ARYANS THESE PEOPLE MIGRATED FROM CENTRAL ASIA
  IN 1700 B.C THEY CONSTITUTE ABOUT 65 OF THE
  POPULATION THEY LIVE MAINLY IN NORTH INDIA AND
  HAVE A LIGHT COMPLEXION
• DRAVIDIANS THESE PEOPLE WERE THE MOST COMMON
  BEFORE THE ARYANS CAME. THEY ARE DARK-SKINNED AND
  LIVE IN THE 4 SOUTHERN STATES OF
  KERALA,KARNATAKA,ANDHRA PRADESH AND TAMIL NADU.
  THE PEOPLE SHARE SIMILARITIES IN THEIR LANGUAGES
  AND SCRIPTS AMD WAYS OF LIFE. (27)
• MONGOLOID THESE PEOPLE CONSTITUTE THE
  POPULATION OF INDIAS 7 NORTHEASTERN STATES. THEY
  MAKE UP ABOUT 3-5 OF THE POPULATION AND ABOUT
  HALF OF THEM ARE CHRISTAIN
• ABOROGINIAL,NEGROID,POLYNESIAN - THESE ARE THE
  TRIBAL AND ORIGINAL INHABITANTS OF INDIA THEY
  LIVE IN ISOLATED PLACES AND RESEMBLE PEOPLE FROM
  THE ABOVE MENTIONED..

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ARYANS
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DRAVIDIANS
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MONGOLOID
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ABROGINAL,NEGRITO,POLYNESIAN
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SPORTS

• CRICKET THIS SPORT IS THE FATHER OF AMERICAN
  BASEBALL AND ORIGINATED IN ENGLAND. THE GAME IS
  PLAYED BY COUNTRIES WITH A ENGLISH COLONIAL
  PRESENCE. INDIA IS NO EXCEPTION AFTER INDIA WON
  THE WORLD CUP BY DEFEATING WEST INDIES IN 1983
  THE POPULARITY OF THE GAME INCREASED
  TREMENDOUSLY. NOWADAYS CRICKET IS LIKE A RELIGION
  AND CRICKETERS ARE TREATED LIKE GODS. INDIA
  REACHED THE FINALS OF THE 2003 WORLD CUP IN SOUTH
  AFRICA BUT LOST TO AUSTRALIA IN THE FINALS.

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SPORTS

• FIELD HOCKEY THIS GAME IS THE NATIONAL GAME OF
  INDIA THOUGH ITS POPULARITY IS DWINDLING. INDIA
  HAS WON THE GOLD MEDAL MANY TIMES AT THE OLYMPICS
  AND HAS ALSO WON THE WORLD CUP ON MANY OCCASIONS.
  HOWEVER OF LATE THE TEAM HAS NOT ACHIEVED ANY
  NOTEWORTHY SUCCESS