2. INDIA’S APPEARANCE TILL 59 th INDEPEDANCE DAY

4. 1906

5. 1907

6. 1916

7. 1921

8. 1931

10. 1947

12. Population: 1,095,351,995 (July 2006 est.) 1. Population growth rate: 1.38% (2006 est.) 2. Life expectancy at birth: total population: 64.71 years male : 63.9 years female : 65.57 years 3. Ethnic groups: Indo-Aryan 72% Dravidian 25%, Mongoloid and other 3% 4.4.

13. Literacy: total population : 59.5% male : 70.2% female : 48.3% 5. Languages: English enjoys associate status but is the most important language for national, political, and commercial communication; Hindi is the national language and primary tongue of 30% of the people; there are 14 other official languages: Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Urdu, Gujarati, Malayalam, Kannada, Oriya, Punjabi, Assamese, Kashmiri, Sindhi, and Sanskrit; Hindustani is a popular variant of Hindi/Urdu spoken widely throughout northern India but is not an official language. 6.

15. 88% 12% AT THE TIME OF INDEPEDANCE EDUCATED UNEDUCATED

16. AFTER 59 YEARS OF THE INDEPENDACE 52% 48% EDUCATED UNEDUCATED

18. 1. GROSS DOMASTIC PROFIT 1975 - 71,283 CR 2006 - 28,30,465 CR 2.MARKET CAPITALISATION 1975 - 6,750 CR. 2006 - 23,00,000.CR. 3.BANK DEPOSITES 1975 - 8, 491 CR 2006 - 18,09,195 CR

21. PRODUCATION COMMERCIAL ENERGY Form of energy UNIT 1950-512005-06 COALMILLION TOON 33.00 211.73 LIGNITEMILLION TOON - 14.07 CRUDE OILMILLION TOON 0.26 33.02 NATURAL GAS MILLION CUBIC METS - 17998.00 THERMAL POWER BILLION KWH 3.00 186.45 HYDRO POWER BILLION KWH 2.52 6.24

22. SHARE % OF FINANCIAL ENARGY CONSUMPATION SECTOR 1953-542005-06 INDUSTRY 39.08 50.04 TRANSPORT 46.02 24.05 DOMESTIC 09.09 13.08 AGRICULTUR- E 01.07 09.00 OTHERS 02.04 02.03 TOTAL 100.00

23. National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $1.2539 trillion 1. 2. National product real growth rate: 5% Inflation rate (consumer prices) 3. Exports: $24.4 billion 4. 10% Imports: $25.5 billion 5.

25. 50% AT THE TIME OF INDEPENDANCE POVERTY UNPOVERTY

26. 26% 74% AFTER 59 YEARS OF THE INDEPENDANCE POVERTY UNPOVERTY