India

1. India By Nikki Usatov

2. India’s Population • India’s population is 1,220,200,000 (1.22 billion) people. • 628,800,000 (628.8 million) MALES! • 591,400,000 (591.4 million) FEMALES! Click here

3. Indian Festivals • In Hindu releigion, there is a tradition of celebrating almost everything. Whether it is birth, death, victory, marriage, the new year, new months, harvests, initiations, marriages or anniversaries, they all are celebrated in India. It is a well known fact that India is a land of fairs and festivals. There are numerous Hindu festivals that are celebrated throughout the year. In Hindu religion both animate and inanimate are considered sacred and that is the reason why we have hundreds of festivals and fairs in Hindu Calendar every year. Click Here

4. The Indian Map • Click Here

5. What Indian People Eat • Food in the north India, to begin with, Kashmiri cuisines reflect strong Central Asian influences. In Kashmir, mostly all the dishes are prepared around the main course of rice found abundantly in the beautiful valley. Another delicious item cooked here is the 'Saag' that is prepared with a green leafy vegetable known as the 'Hak'. • But on the other hand states like the Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh show high consumption of chapatis as staple food. Again, these chapatis are prepared with a variety of flours such as wheat, rice, maida, besan etc. Besides chapatis other closely related breads baked in these regions include Tandoori, Rumaali and Naan etc. However in the northern region impact of Mughlai food is quite obvious. Click Here

6. Indian Snow Leopard • The Snow Leopard is white or smokey-gray with yellow and black patterns on the fur. It weighs 35-55 kilograms and is usually 60 centimeters tall at the shoulder. The Snow Leopard's large paws and long hind limbs give them agility in the snow and mountains, and a well-developed chest help adapt to mountain air. • They live in cliffs and mountainous areas, usually in rocky terrain. Besides India, leopards are found in Nepal, Pakistan, and Mongolia. They can kill prey up to 4 times their own weight, but are in danger from poaching for their pelts, loss of their natural prey base, and loss of land. Estimates suggest about 5,000 left in the wild. Click Here

7. What Indian’s wear • Ancient Indian fashion garments generally used no stitching although Indians knew about sewing. Most clothes were ready to wear as soon as they left the loom. The traditional Indian Dhoti, the Scarf or Uttariya, and the popular Turban are still visible India and continue to be part of Indian fashion. Likewise, for women, the Dhoti or the Sari as the lower garments, combined with a Stanapatta forms the basic ensemble, and once again consists of garments that do not have to be stitched, the stanapatta being simply fastened in a knot at the back. And the Dhoti or the Sari worn covering both legs at the same time or, in the alternative, with one end of it passed between the legs and tucked at the back in the fashion that is still prevalent in large area of India. Indian men and women for these garments in the usually hot Indian climate. - dhoti when he speaks of 'turbans used for trousers', and a kaupina when he is speaking of 'a rag of two fingers' breadth bound over the loins. Ancient Indian fashion garments generally used no stitching although Indians knew about sewing. Most clothes were ready to wear as soon as they left the loom. The traditional Indian Dhoti, the Scarf or Uttariya, and the popular Turban are still visible India and continue to be part of Indian fashion. Likewise, for women, the Dhoti or the Sari as the lower garments, combined with a Stanapatta forms the basic ensemble, and once again consists of garments that do not have to be stitched, the stanapatta being simply fastened in a knot at the back. And the Dhoti or the Sari worn covering both legs at the same time or, in the alternative, with one end of it passed between the legs and tucked at the back in the fashion that is still prevalent in large area of India. Indian men and women for these garments in the usually hot Indian climate. - dhoti when he speaks of 'turbans used for trousers', and a kaupina when he is speaking of 'a rag of two fingers' breadth bound over the loins. Click Here

8. Indian Military • India has one of the longest military histories, dating back several millennia. The first reference of armies is found in the Vedas as well as the epics Ramayana and Mahabaratha. Classical Indian texts on archery in particular, and martial arts in general are known as Dhanurveda. • India has a maritime history dating back 5,000 years.[16][17][18][19] The first [20][21] tidal dock is believed to have been built at Lothal around 2300 BCE during the Indus Valley Civilization, near the present day Mangrol harbour on the Gujarat coast. The Rig Veda written around 1500 BCE, credits Varuna with knowledge of the ocean routes and describes naval expeditions. There is reference to the side wings of a vessel called Plava, which give stability to the ship under storm conditions. A compass, Matsyayantra was used for navigation in the fourth and fifth century AD. • The earliest known reference to an organization devoted to ships in ancient India is to the Mauryan Empire from the 4th century BCE. Emperor Chandragupta Maurya's Prime Minister Kautilya'sArthashastra devotes a full chapter on the state department of waterways under navadhyaksha (Sanskrit for Superintendent of ships) [1]. The term, navadvipantaragamanam (Sanskrit for sailing to other lands by ships, i.e. Exploration) appears in this book in addition to appearing in the Buddhist text, BaudhayanaDharmasastra as the interpretation of the term, Samudrasamyanam. • . Click Here

9. Indian Rhino • There are about 3,000 Indian rhinos in the wild today. Unlike some other rhinos, Indian species have only 1 horn. They can weigh anywhere from 750 to 8,000 pounds and live up to 35 years. Rhinos are herbivores; they do not eat other animals. Instead, most eat the leaves of trees and bushes. They are solitary creatures, prefering to mark out their own territory and remain alone. • Rhinos are hunted by humans for their horns. They are extremely endangered; India's many wildlife sanctuaries are an attempt to curb their declining numbers.

10. Bengal Tiger • The Bengal tigers are well-known for their attractive physical appearance. Its back has beautiful black, gray or brown colored vertical stripes, over a base color of reddish orange. The underside portion of their body and the inner side of the limbs and tail have a creamy white color. As they prefer to hunt in the dark, the stripes on their body often help them to hide in the shadows of wild grass. • On an average. the size of a male Bengal tiger is about 3 meters or 10 feet, and weighs about 500 pounds. The body of a female species is about 9 feet and weighs 300 pounds. So far, the largest recorded size of a Bengal tiger is 857 pounds. • Those Bengal tigers which are living in wild forests have an average lifespan of 15 years. On the other hand, when it is living in a captivated environment, it is likely to survive for a slightly longer period of time which could be up to 16 to 18 years. • Bengal tigers hunt down wild animals like pigs, deer, antelopes, buffalo of medium to large size, to get their food. In one feeding, a Bengal tiger can eat almost 70 pounds of meat! They love to spend a lot of time in water. So, they often have this tendency to chase their prey into the water and eat it there. • Basically, the Royal Bengal tigers are solitary creatures and love to live alone. They usually carry out activities like hunting and feeding on their own. They mark large areas of the forest as their territories with droppings, urine and scratch marks of claws, to keep away other rival hunting tigers. They are seen with another tigers only during the time of mating. • A female Bengal tiger gets sexual maturity at the age of 3 to 4 years, whereas the males get it when they are 4-5 years old. The gestation period of these tigers are just 98 to 110 days or roughly 3 months. The female tiger gives birth to 2 to 4 cubs at a time. Interestingly, these cubs are blind at the time of birth. The cubs start hunting at the age of around 18 months. • White Bengal Tiger Facts

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13. Indian People • India is the world's second most populous nation (after China). Its ethnic composition is complex, but two major strains predominate: the Aryan, in the north, and the Dravidian, in the south. India is a land of great cultural diversity, as is evidenced by the enormous number of different languages spoken throughout the country. Although Hindi (spoken in the north) and English (the language of politics and commerce) are used officially, more than 1,500 languages and dialects are spoken. The Indian constitution recognizes 15 regional languages (Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu). Ten of the major states of India are generally organized along linguistic lines. • Click Here

14. Indian Weather • Indians weather is usually warm and sunny sometimes very hot. • India is cloudy in some seasons like sometimes rains in winter.

15. Indian Artwork • Indian Art is the visual art produced on the Indian subcontinent from about the 3rd millennium BC to modern times. To viewers schooled in the Western tradition, Indian art may seem overly ornate and sensuous; appreciation of its refinement comes only gradually, as a rule. Voluptuous feeling is given unusually free expression in Indian culture. A strong sense of design is also characteristic of Indian art and can be observed in its modern as well as in its traditional forms. • The vast scope of the art of India intertwines with the cultural history, religions and philosophies which place art production and patronage in social and cultural contexts. • Indian art can be classified into specific periods each reflecting particular religious, political and cultural developments. • Click Here

16. Indian Bildings • This list of tallest buildings in India ranks skyscrapers in India based on official height. • Most of the high-rise buildings in India are in the commercial capital Mumbai. More than 1200 high-rise buildings are already constructed in Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR).[1][2] In addition to more than a thousand mid-rises existing already (a building of above 12 floors is classified as a mid-rise, and buildings with 25 floors or 90 meters in height are classified as high-rises), the city is undergoing a massive construction boom, with hundreds of high-rises and more than 85 skyscrapers under construction. • Click Here