Namaste!

INDIAMera Bharat

Mahaan

Indian flag

National Emblem

“Truth alone triumphs”

15th August , 1947Independence Day of India

26th January , 1950

Republic Day of India

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.

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

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.

NATIONAL ANIMALTiger

NATIONAL BIRDPeacock

NATIONAL FLOWERLotus

GOVERNMENT

Pranab MukherjeePRESIDENT

Manmohan SinghPRIME MINISTER

Great Indian Personalities

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.

He invented the Zero. Also invented Aryabhatta cipher to calculate

trigonometric ratios.

Aryabhatta

Great Indian Mathematician Postulated and proved 3,542

Theorems

Ramanujana

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

Rabindranath Tagore

1913 – Nobel Prize in Literature

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

C.V. Raman

Mother TeresaMother 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.

Indian Astronauts

Kalpana Chawla Rakesh Sharma

Places of Historic Importance

Tirumala-TirupatiWorld’s richest temple

The Golden TempleAmritsar

Jama MasjidThe biggest mosque in India

India gateDelhi

Gateway of IndiaMumbai

Jantar Mantar – 1716Modernistic Structure to observe the

movement of Stars

Mysore PalaceIlluminated by 97,000 light bulbs

Buddha StatueLargest Monolithic statue in Asia

Dal LakeJewel in the Crown of Kashmir

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

CherrapunjiRainiest place on Earth

Ajanta and Ellora Caves

AJANTA

ELLORA

Indian Beauties

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Miss World 1994.

Sushmita Sen, Miss Universe

1994

Priyanka Chopra, Miss World

2000

Security Summit 2012

Indian Prime Minister Dr.Manmohan Singh with Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti in

a Nuclear Security Summit 2012

OUR CITY INDORE

INDORI FOOD

INDIAN CUISINE

INDIAN CLOTHING

INDIAN CULTURE

A young person is expected to touch the feet of elders. He/she should never talk to them in a high/rude tone.

FESTIVALS IN INDIA

DIWALI-Festival of lights

EID

HOLI

Festival of colors

OTHER IMPORTANT FESTIVALS

INDIAN DANCE

INDIAN CLASSICAL MUSIC

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.

RENOWNED FILMSTARS

“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

“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

Grazie de:The Emerald

Heights Famiglia

Jai Hind

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