India

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India
Nilima Mandge
Feb. 2, 2010 VESL Lab
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India
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• Located in Asia
• Population 1.15 billion
• Official Language Hindi and English
• There are 1652 languages spoken in India.
• For example- Marathi, Panjabi, Urdu

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Government

• Union Government and also known as
  the Central Government, union of 28 states and
  seven union territories, collectively called the
  Republic. It is in New Delhi, capital of India.
• Leaders
• President Pratibha Patil
• Vice President- Mohammad Hamid Ansari
• Prime Minister- Manmohan Singh

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The Flag

• The colors are Saffron, White and Green. The
  Saffron stands for courage sacrifice and the
  spirit of renunciation the white for purity and
  truth, the green for faith and fertility. The
  navy blue wheel in the center of the flag has a
  diameter approximately the width of the white
  band and is called Ashokas Dharma Chakra, with
  24 spokes.Which intends to show that there is
  life in movement and death in stagnation.

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Famous places

• Taj Mahal The Taj Mahal is marble and took 22
  years and 20,000 workers to complete.
• Hampi
• Ajanta and Ellora Caves
• Fatehpur Sikri
• Kashmir pari mahal

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Food

• Northern Food Puri, Paratha, samosa,
  tandoori, chicken
• Eastern Food rasagolla,
  sandesh
• Southern Food rice, sambar, vada, biyanir, upma
• Western Food- puran poli, modak, pav bhaji

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Art

• Rock-cut art
• Indian Fresco
• Visual art
• Music
• Paintings
• Jewelry

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Famous people and heroes

• Mother Teres
• Mahatma Gandhi
• Rajiv Gandhi
• Amitabh Bachan
• Aishwarya Rai

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India National Symbols

• National Bird Peacock
• National Animal Tiger
• National Flower Lotus
• National Anthem- Jana-Gana-Mana
• National Song- Vande Mataram

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Bharat Mata

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