about India

1. INDIA

2. INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT INDIA
 India has the world’s oldest, largest and continuous
civilisation – the Indus Valley civilisation.
 The second largest pool of engineers and scientists is from
India.
 India is the second largest English speaking country in the
world.
 Calculus, Trigonometry, Algebra and the Decimal System
originated in India.
 Chess was invented in India.
 Takshila was the first ever university in the world started
around 700 BC in India.
 India’s first Moon Satellite Chandrayaan-1 was the first to
detect water on the Moon.
 Apart from the U.S and Japan, only India has built a super
computer indigenously.

3. RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY IN INDIA

4. OFFICIAL LANGUAGES SPOKEN IN INDIA
HINDI
ENGLISH
BENGALI
TAMIL
TELUGU
PUNJABI
KANNADA
MALYALAM
GUJRATI
URDU
SANSKRIT
HINDUSTANI
MAITHILI
SINDHI

5. MAJOR FESTIVALS CELEBRATED IN INDIA
DIWALI HOLI RAMADAN
NAVARATRI RAKSHA BANDHAN GANESH CHATURTHI
CHRISTMAS MAHA SHIVRATRI KRISHNA JAYANTHI

6. CLASSICAL DANCE FORMS
KATHAKALI (KERELA) BHARATANATYAM (TAMIL NADU) SATTRIYA (ASSAM)
MANIPURI (MANIPUR) KUCHIPUDI (ANDRA PRADESH) ODISSI (ODISSA)

7. TRADITIONAL CLOTHES

8. CUISINE

9. FAMOUS MONUMENTS OF INDIA
VICTORIA MEMORIAL FATEHPUR SIKHRI
QUTUB MINAR GATEWAY OF INDIA HAWA MAHAL
TAJ MAHAL

10. KONARK SUN TEMPLE STATUE OF UNITY CHARMINAR
MYSORE PALACE LOTUS TEMPLE RED FORT

11. CONTEMOPRARY INDIAN CLASSICAL
MUSIC

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