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India By: Lizbeth Espinoza, Elizeth Ruelas, Carolina Grajeda, Taylor Olson, April Gonzalez, Lily Hubler,Cade Carlson
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Location and Size India is located in Asia south of China and east of Pakistan. India’s size comparison to China, Pakistan, and the United States of America.
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Topography India has almost all the important topographical features, such as, mountains, plateaus, wide plains, and great rivers. India is the seventh largest country in the world. India contains the Himalayas, which are the major mountain ranges in the world. source:
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weather extremes in india
It can get up to 104 F and as low as 50 F
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Natural Resources forestry fishing coal oil natural gas copper zink
iron ore Ilmenite marble
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Historical Highlights
2500 BC the Indus civilization started around the Indus River India is ruled by the Gupta empire and is under the rule of Guptan kings
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Continuing 1526-the mongolian empire takes over
1947-India gains independence from England 1858 Great Britain overthrows the mongolian empire
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Continuing 1996-Indria Gandhi becomes the prime minister and the one of the first elected women to lead a nation 1998- India tests its first nuclear weapons 2000- Indias population exceeds 1 billion 2007- Pratibha Patil becomes first female president of india
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A holy man claimed that the spirit of a 19th century king, Rao Ram Bux Singh, told him there was treasure buried in a village in Uttar Pradesh, so now hundreds are digging to find it.Oct. 21, 2013 The headmistress of a school was charged with murder, killing 23 children. The childrens food was cooked with pesticide instead of mustard oil. Even though the cook reported a foul smell she told her to serve the food anyway.Oct. 21, 2013 Source:
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India Events Holi Dussera Deepawali Rath Yatra
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India Art Pop Culture Music
India’s music ranges from folk, popular, pop, classical music, it’s traditional Hindustani music, and Carnatic music.
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Government Form of Government: Federal Republic Pres. Pranab MUKHERJEE
Vice Pres. Mohammad Hamid ANSARI Prime Min. Manmohan SINGH
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ALLIES AND ENEMIES ALLIES ENEMIES Russia France Israel Germany
United Kingdom USA Japan According to wikipedia india doesn’t realy have “military allies” but they do have friends Pakistan China maybe in the future Bangladesh
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Ethnic Composition
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Primary Languages
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Literacy Rate
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Population India China U.S. Pakistan Population 2 Billion 1.5Billion
500 Million Wikipedia
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Life expectancy India China U.S. Pakistan Life expectancy 80% 75% 70%
65% Wikipedia
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Major imports Gold and silver petroleum Crude. Electronic goods
Iron and steel pearls and precious stones transport equipment
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Economic base
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