1. INDIA
Mera Bharath Mahaan

2. The subcontinent of India lies in south Asia, between Pakistan, China and Nepal. To the north it is bordered by the world's highest mountain chain, where foothill valleys cover the northernmost of the country's 26 states. Further south, plateaus, tropical rain forests and sandy deserts are bordered by palm fringed beaches .

3. 5,000 year old civilization 325 languages spoken – 1,652 dialects
18 official languages
29 states, 5 union territories
3.28 million sq. kilometers - Area
7,516 kilometers - Coastline
1,000,000,000 people in 2000

4. Parliamentary form of Government
Secular democratic constitution
Worlds largest democracy since 55 years
4th largest economy
Fastest growing IT super power
Indian Railways ,the biggest employer in the world.

5. HISTORY

6. India's history goes back to 3,200 BC when Hinduism was first founded
India's history goes back to 3,200 BC when Hinduism was first founded. Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism. Judaism. Zoroashtrianism, Christianity and Islam all exist within the country today.

7. THE TRINITY
Generates-Brahma
Observes-Vishnu
Destroys-Shiva

8. Longest Epic in world literature with 100,000 two-line stanzas
The Great Indian Epics
Mahabharata
Ramayana
Longest Epic in world literature with 100,000 two-line stanzas
The first Indian epic

9. Indus Valley Civilization- one of the world’s first great urban civilizations.
Harappa Civilization- 2700BC

10. World’s first university in Takshila –700 B.C
Ayurveda- earliest school of medicine known to humans
Sanskrit Language –most suitable for computer software

11. Yoga- Made in India
Origin –5000 BC
Documented by
200 BC – 300 AD

12. Origin of Martial arts – 200 BC
Kalarippayat

13. 1700’s BRITISH INVASION

14. 15th August , 1947 Indian Independence
26th January , 1950
Republic- India

15. “Truth alone triumphs”
National Emblem
“Truth alone triumphs”

16. NATIONAL ANIMAL

17. National Bird - Peacock

18. National Flower - Lotus

19. Great Indian Personalities

20. Aryabhatta
Invented the Zero

21. Embodiment of Non- Violence
Mahatma Gandhi
Father of the nation
Embodiment of Non- Violence

22. Champion of humanitarianism
Swami Vivekananda
Champion of humanitarianism

23. Great Indian Mathematician Postulated and proved 3,542 theorems
Ramanujam
Great Indian Mathematician
Postulated and proved 3,542 theorems

24. 1913 – Nobel Prize in Literature
Rabindranath Tagore
1913 – Nobel Prize in Literature

25. 1930 - Nobel Laureate in Physics
C.V Raman
Nobel Laureate in Physics
Work on scattering of light and Raman effect

26. Mother Teresa
1979 – Nobel Prize in Peace

27. 1968 - Nobel Laureate in Medicine
Har Gobind Khorana
Nobel Laureate in Medicine
Work on interpretation of the genetic code

28. Subramanyan Chandrasekhar
Nobel Laureate in Physics
Work on structure and evolution of stars

29. DANCE FORMS

30. 45 folk dances

31. 7 Classical Dance forms

32. 7 Classical Dance forms

33. Bharata Natyam

34. Kathak

35. Kathakali

36. Kuchipudi

37. Manipuri

38. Mohini Attam

39. Odissi

40. More than 60 music instruments
More than 15 vocal forms
More than 60 music instruments

41. India - God’s own country Celebrates more than 65 festivals

42. Places of historic importance

43. World’s richest temple
Tirumala - Tirupati
World’s richest temple

44. Saint Thomas Cathedral
Statue of Virgin Mary brought from Portugal in 1543

45. The Golden Temple

46. The biggest mosque in India
Jamma Masjid
The biggest mosque in India

47. Thousand pillar temple

48. Gateway of India

49. Modernistic structures to observe the movement of stars
Jantar Mantar – 1716
Modernistic structures to observe the movement of stars

50. Illuminated by 97,000 light bulbs
Mysore Palace
Illuminated by 97,000 light bulbs

51. Largest monolithic statue in Asia
Buddha Statue
Largest monolithic statue in Asia

52. Jewel in the crown of Kashmir
Dal Lake
Jewel in the crown of Kashmir

53. The Taj Mahal

54. Calcutta – City of joy

55. Cherrapunji
Wettest place on earth

56. India is,the cradle of the human race,the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history,the grandmother of legend, and the great grand mother of tradition.Our most valuable and most instructive materials in the history of man are treasured up in India only Mark Twain
We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made.
-Albert Einstein

57. Jai Hind -