1. India
By:
Arjun Neil Gupta

2. Flag of India Saffron – signifies sacrifice and patriotism
White – stands for truth in word and actions and purity in our thoughts
Green – stands for life and prosperity
Blue Wheel – also called Ashoka Chakra; stands for progress

3. Indus Valley Civilization
Home of one of the first four civilizations in the world.
Well-planned cities – wide, long, straight main streets linked by smaller lanes. Divided into twelve rectangular blocks. Covered drains ran down the main streets.
Very modern
method of sanitation
and sewage so the city
was dry and clean.

4. Indus Valley Civilization
Houses made of either baked mud or wood bricks around a courtyard. Each house had a well drained bathroom and a well.
It was an equal society – no kings, priests, armies or palaces.
First cotton
growers in the
world.

5. Government
Democratic – Government of the people, by the people, for the people.
Federal Republic – One national government over several smaller state governments.
Branches of Government – Executive, Legislative, Judicial.

6. Government President – Head of the country Dr. Pranab Mukherjee
Prime Minister – Head of the government Mr. Narendra Modi

7. Interesting facts Capital - New Delhi Population –
1.252 billion (2013) –
second most populated
India is a subcontinent.
In 2015, India’s economy
was the world’s seventh
largest by gross domestic production and third largest by purchasing power parity.

8. Language Home to several Hundred languages but national language
Is Hindi and official or
business language is
English.

9. Clothes
Dress varies from region to region but most men/boy wear kurta-pyjama and most women/girl wear sari or salwar-kameez.

10. Food

11. Currency
Indian Rupee – Bills are called Rupee and coins paise $ 1 = 66.94
Price of 2-litre Coke on average
USA - $ 2.34
India – Rs 79

12. Religion
Secular Country – Land of multiple religions, all religions are equal and present. Unity in Diversity is the motto!
Temple, church and mosque in same compound in Delhi

13. Temple and mosque in same compound in West Bengal
Religion
Temple and mosque in same compound in West Bengal
Everybody has freedom to follow any or multiple religions.

14. Main Religious Festivals
Holi – Festival of colors
Easter
Navroze – Parsi new year
Christmas

15. Main Religious Festivals
Durga Puja – Hindu holiday
Guru Nanak Jayanti – Birthday of Guru Nanak – Founder of Sikh Religion
Eid ul-Fitr – Muslim holiday

16. Main Religious Festivals
Diwali –
Festival of light

17. National Festivals
Republic Day – 26 January Independence Day – 15 August
Gandhi Jayanti – 2 October –
birthday of Mahatma Gandhi –
Father of the Nation.

18. Few of the Many Contributions of India to the World
Aryabhata discovered the position of the nine planets and stated that they revolve around the sun. He also discovered the right number of days in the year which is 365 days.
Bhramagupta introduced zero in Mathematics.

19. Few of the Many Contributions of India to the World
Sushruta is known as the father of surgery because of his numerous contributions to the science and art of surgery.
Bhāskara was the one who declared that any number divided by zero is infinity and that the sum of any number and infinity is also infinity.

20. Few Nobel Prize Winners
Rabindranath Tagore – for literature
C. V. Raman – for Physics (For his work on the scattering of light and for the discovery of the effect named after him.)

21. Few Nobel Prize Winners
Amartya Sen – for his work in welfare economics.
Kailash Satyarthi – for his work in education for children. Won Nobel Peace Prize

22. Most Popular Sports Cricket Football (soccer)
Chess – some say it originated in China and some say in India. There have been 44 grandmasters from India. Vishwanathan Anand is world number 2 and Koneru Humpy is female world number 3.

23. Most Popular Sports
Kabbadi
Field Hockey
Tennis
Badminton

24. Bollywood
One of the biggest film industries in the world in terms of the number of people employed and the number of films produced and the number of tickets sold.

25. The End