This document provides an overview of key facts about India, including its history, government, culture, and notable people. It notes that India has a 5,000 year old civilization, is the largest democracy in the world with over 1 billion people, and has a diverse culture with over 1,600 dialects spoken across its 28 states and 7 union territories. Important figures mentioned include Mahatma Gandhi, the leader of India's independence movement, and APJ Abdul Kalam, a former president and scientist. The document also highlights several cultural aspects of India such as its festivals, dances, music, cinema, and cuisine.

1. Namaste!

2. INDIA
Mera Bharat
Mahaan

3. Indian flag

4. National Emblem
“Truth alone
triumphs”

5. 15th
August , 1947
Independence Day of India
26th
January , 1950
Republic Day of India

6. Atithi Devo Bhava
The Guest is God
Atithi Devo Bhava literally means "be one for whom the
Mother is God, be one for whom the Father is God, be
one for whom the Teacher is God, be one for whom the
guest is God” is a Sanskrit verse, taken from an ancient
Hindu scripture which became part of the "code of
conduct" for Hindu society. Atithi Devo Bhava regards a
procedure of the Host-Guest relationship.

7.  5,000 year old civilization
 325 languages spoken – 1,652 dialects
 18 official languages
 28 states, 7 union territories
 3.28 million sq. kilometers - Area
 7,516 kilometers - Coastline
 1,25,00,00,000 people in 2011

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

9. NATIONAL ANIMAL
Tiger
NATIONAL BIRD
Peacock
NATIONAL FLOWER
Lotus

10. GOVERNMENT
Pranab Mukherjee
PRESIDENT
Manmohan Singh
PRIME MINISTER

11. Great Indian
Personalities

12. FATHER OF THE NATION
• Mohandas Karamchand
Gandhi ( 2 October 1869 –
30 January 1948) was the
preeminent leader
of Indian
nationalism in British-ruled
India. Employing non-
violent civil disobedience,
Gandhi led India to
independence and inspired
movements for civil rights
and freedom across the
world.

13. He invented the Zero. Also invented
Aryabhatta cipher to calculate
trigonometric ratios.
Aryabhatta

14. Great Indian Mathematician
Postulated and proved 3,542
Theorems
Ramanujana

15. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
He is a scientist and ex-
president of India from
years 2002-2007. Also
invented the defense
missile AGNI-V

16. Rabindranath Tagore
1913 – Nobel Prize in Literature

17. 1930 - Nobel Laureate in Physics .Work
on scattering of light and Raman effect
C.V. Raman

18. Mother Teresa
Mother Teresa founded
the Missionaries of
Charity, a Roman
Catholic religious
congregation, which in
2012 consisted of over
4,500 sisters and is
active in 133 countries.
She received Nobel
Peace Prize in 1973.

19. Indian Astronauts
Kalpana Chawla Rakesh Sharma

20. Places of Historic
Importance

21. Tirumala-Tirupati
World’s richest temple

22. The Golden Temple
Amritsar

23. Jama Masjid
The biggest mosque in India

24. India gate
Delhi

25. Gateway of India
Mumbai

26. Jantar Mantar – 1716
Modernistic Structure to observe the
movement of Stars

27. Mysore Palace
Illuminated by 97,000 light bulbs

28. Buddha Statue
Largest Monolithic statue in Asia

29. Dal Lake
Jewel in the Crown of Kashmir

30. Taj Mahal
One of the seven wonders. Built by Shah Jahan
in memory of his beloved wife Mumtaz Mahal

31. Cherrapunji
Rainiest place on Earth

32. Ajanta and Ellora Caves
AJANTA
ELLORA

33. Indian Beauties
Aishwarya Rai
Bachchan, Miss
World 1994.
Sushmita Sen,
Miss Universe
1994
Priyanka Chopra,
Miss World
2000

34. Security Summit 2012
Indian Prime Minister Dr.Manmohan Singh
with Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti in
a Nuclear Security Summit 2012

35. OUR CITY INDORE

36. INDORI FOOD

37. INDIAN CUISINE

38. INDIAN CLOTHING

41. INDIAN CULTURE
A young person is expected to touch the feet of
elders. He/she should never talk to them in a

42. FESTIVALS IN
INDIA

43. DIWALI-Festival of lights

44. EID

45. HOLI
Festival of colors

46. OTHER IMPORTANT FESTIVALS

47. INDIAN DANCE

49. INDIAN CLASSICAL MUSIC

50. INDIAN CINEMA
Dada Sahib Phalke , known as
father of Indian Cinema. He
introduced first film in India
Raja Harishchandra in
1913.Recently Indian Cinema
has completed it’s 100 years.

51. RENOWNED FILMSTARS

52. “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

53. “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

54. Grazie de:
The Emerald
Heights Famiglia

55. Jai Hind
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