INDIA
1,369 millions
Population of India is projected close to 1.37 billion or
1,369 millions in 2019, compare to 1.354 billion in 2018. Population growth
rate for 2019 is projected at 1.08%. India will
add 1.49 in 2019 that
is near to current population of 74th ranked Somalia
INDIA COMMONWEALTH
Joined Commonwealth: 1947
Did you know:
•Kamalesh Sharma of
India became Commonwealth Secretary-General in 2008; and Professor Asha Kanwar was appointed
President and Chief Executive Officer of the Commonwealth of Learning in 2012.
•Twelve Indians have been regional winners in the
Commonwealth Writers’ Prize, and three have gone on to take the overall Best
Book or Best First Book awards.
•The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative established
its HQ in New Delhi in 1993; and the country is also host to the Commonwealth
Youth Programmed Asia Centre in Chandigarh and the Commonwealth Local
Government Forum’s Project Office, Asia, in Mumbai.
DEMOCRACY IN INDIA
India is the world’s largest
democracy. India became a democratic nation post its independence in
the year 1947. Thereafter, the citizens of India were given the right to vote
and elect their leaders. In India, it gives its citizens the right to vote
irrespective of their caste, color, creed, religion, and gender. It has five
democratic principles – sovereign, socialist, secular, democratic and republic.
LANGUAGE
India has 28 states and seven territories, according
to the World Health Organization. There is no official language in India, according to a Gujarat High Court ruling in 2010, though Hindi is the official language of the government. The
Constitution of India officially recognizes 23 official languages.
Many people living in India write in Devanagari
script. In fact, it is a misconception that the majority of people in India
speak Hindi. Though many people speak Hindi in India, 59 percent of India
residents speak something other than Hindi, according to The Times of India. Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil and Urdu are some other languages
spoken in the country.
Sanskrit,
an ancient Indo-European language usually referred to in action movies, came
from Northern India. How the language started has been a point of argument
amongst linguists
INDIA'S FLAG
India’s flag was adopted on july 22 in 1947 after
india became independent from
Great bretain Is horizontal tricolour in equal Proportion of
Deep. Safron ( orange) on the top, White in the middle and dark
Green at the bottom.
DHARMA CHAKRA
In the center of the White band
Is a
blue Wheel with 24 spokes, it
Repreesent the continuing progress
Of the nation and the important
Of justice in life
WHAT IS THE
INDIAN RUPEE (INR)?
The Indian rupee (INR) is the currency of India. INR
is the International Organization for
Standardization currency code
for the Indian rupee, for which the currency symbol is ₹.
India is a
cash-based economy, which has resulted in fake currency being circulated by
those engaged in illegal behavior. The Reserve Bank of India has had to change
and update rupee notes with new security features over the years.
INDIAN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM
The school system
in India has four levels: lower primary (age 6 to 10), upper primary
(11 and 12), high (13 to 15) and higher secondary (17 and 18). The lower
primary school is divided into five “standards”, upper primary school into
two, high
school into
three and higher secondary into two
RELIGION
Shaiva, Vaishnava, Shakteya and Smarta. About 13 percent of
Indians are Muslim, making it one of the largest Islamic nations in the world.
India’s food
Masala
Dosa
Rice
is a staple of south Indian cuisine owing to its usage in most of the dishes,
including the finger-licking masala
dosa.
While dosa is
a generic south Indian dish, masala
dosa has
specific origins in coastal Karnataka.
Beef
roast and Parotta
The
people of Kerala in India are connoisseurs of beef cookery. The presence of
beef in Kerala’s cuisine has inspired some of the best dishes that
always tempt your taste buds and beef roast is chief among them. Savouring the
beef roast with Kerala’s very own bread, parotta, is
every meat-eater’s delight
Smoked
Pork
Northeast
Indian cuisine has its distinctive features from the rest of the country,
making it an altogether unique culinary adventure. Smoked pork from Nagaland,
for instance, incorporates intriguing elements, such as bamboo plants and raja
mirchi
SPORTS
Kabaddi is one of the most popular sports in India,
popularized as a competitive sport and part in the Asian Games, international
kabaddi competition – Kabaddi World Cup and Pro Kabaddi League based on Indian
premier league Pro Kabaddi
Mallakhamba
is another well known traditional sports of India which includes wrestling
grips, aerial yoga postures on a vertical hanging wooden pole
Clothes
Indian clothing is closely identified with the colorful silk
saris worn by many of the country's women. A traditional piece of clothing for
men is the dhoti, an unstitched piece of cloth that is tied around the waist
and legs. Men also wear a kurta, a loose shirt that is worn about knee-length.
For special occasions, men wear a sherwani or achkan, which is a long coat that with a collar
having no lapel. It is buttoned up to the collar and down to the knees.
THE BINDI
especially a red-colored one, also serves as an auspicious sign of marriage. As
the Hindu bride steps over the threshold of her husband’s home, her red bindi is
believed to usher in prosperity and grant her a place as the family’s newest guardian
GENERAL FACTS
ABOUT INDIA:
•India achieved
independence on 15 August 1947
•The Telephone
Country Code of India is +91.
•A citizen of
India, who is 18 years old or above, is entitled to vote
•Shampoo was invented
in India, not the commercial liquid ones but the method by use of Herbs. The
word 'shampoo' itself has been derived from the Sanskrit word champu, which means to massage.
•Elephants
receive baths, massages and even food at the Punnathoor Cotta Elephant Yard
Rejuvenation Centre in Kerala. Now that's a BIG step for the country
•Largest number of vegetarians in the world Be it because of
religious reasons or personal choices or both, around 20-40% of Indians are
vegetarians, making it the largest vegetarian-friendly country in the world.
