India is the 7th largest country by area and 2nd most populous country with over 1.2 billion people. The main religions practiced are Hinduism (80%), Islam (13%), Christianity (2.5%), and Sikhism (1.9%). Hindi is the official language, while English is secondary. India has a rich cultural heritage evident in its art, festivals, historic places, and inventions like zero, chess, and Ayurveda. Some iconic sites include the Taj Mahal and Tirumala Tirupati Temple. India also has a large Hindi film industry producing over 900 movies annually.
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1. 7th Largest country
2nd most populated
with 1.2 billion
Main religions:
Hindu 80%, Islam
13%, Christians 2.5
%, Sikhism 1.9%
22 Official
languages- Principal
Official Language is
Hindi and Secondary
official language is
English
2. The saffron stands for courage, sacrifice and the spirit of renunciation.
The white, is meant for purity and truth.
The green is for faith and fertility.
The navy blue wheel denotes the continuity of the nation's progress which is
deemed to be as boundless as the blue sky and as fathomless as the deep
blue sea.
3. Culturally Rich Inventions
The digit zero and the numbering system
Chess
Algebra, Trigonometry, and Calculus
The decimal system
The game of Snakes and Ladders
The value of pi
Noble prizes in Literature, Physics, Economics, Peace and
Medicine
4. Culturally Rich Inventions
Ayurveda is the earliest literature of medicine known to
mankind. The father of medicine, Charaka, practiced
medicine 2500 years ago.
Until 1896, India was the only source for diamonds to the
world
Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism borne in India
and followed by 25% of the world's population
Worlds First University at Takshila in 700 BC
11. TAJ MAHAL
Taj Mahal was build by shah jahan in
memory of his third wife , mumtaz mahal.
Built with transluent white marbel and
other precious stones. In all, twenty eight
types of precious and semi-precious
stones were inlaid into the white marble.
12. It took 22 years to complete the
construction of such a beautiful
monument.
The total cost has been estimated to be
about 459,489 euros at that time .
It is believed that after completion of the
monument the hands of all those involved
in building the magnicificant monument.
were cut off so that they do not make the
same design , yet there are no documents
to proof this however.