INDIA

IMPORTANT FACTS

• Capital: New Delhi
• Population: 1,210,193,422 (2nd)
• Area: 1,269,346 sq mi (7th)
• ^ 9.6% water
• Prime Minister: Narendra Modi

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• Largest City: Mumbai
• National Language: none
• Languages most popular: Hindi and English
• President: Pranab Mukherjee
• Currency: Rupee

RELIGIONS

REPUBLIC OF INDIA

• Artifacts date back aboit 30,000 years ago
• 16th century began the Muslim rulers
• 18th century began trading
• ^^East India Company
• Independence gained on August 15, 1947

Beautiful People of India

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ECONOMY

• 10th largest in the world
• About 51.2% of the pop are self employed
• Child labor is running rampant due to such devastating poverty
• ^^ 2% of children working get wages
• 2nd largest diaspora in the world : about 25,000,000 people work overseas

MAJOR INDUSTRIES

• Engineering
• Textiles
• Tourism
• Steel
• Film Making

CUSINE

• Naan
• Palak paneer (dish made from spinach and paneer ~ cottage cheese)
• Curry
• There are many different styles and categories of cusine there
• ^^The popular foods in India vary depending on the regions

SPORTS

• Cricket
• Kabaddi
• Chess
• Field Hockey

TAJ MAHAL

• Built in 1632-1653
• 270 ft tall
• More than 3,000,000 visitors per year
• Designated UNESCO World Heritage Site (1983)
• It was originally a place of shelter and asylum

BOLLYWOOD

• Largest producer of films
• Many large Amerrica companies have investments in this industry
• ^^ Sony Pictures, Disney to name a few
• Includes a unique style of music and dance
• There are various traveling companies from Bollywood

BIBLIOGRAPHY

• http://www.ibef.org/industry.aspx
• Wikipedia
• Friends in India