INDIA

LocationIndia is a country in South Asia. India has seven neighbours, Pakistan in the north-west, China and Nepal in the north, Bhutan and Bangladesh in the north-east, Myanmar in the east and Sri Lanka in the south

CAPITALThe capital of India is New Delhi. In India there are more than 1,210,193,422 people

FLAG AND EMBLEM

The National Flag of India is a horizontal rectangular tricolour of deep saffron, white and India green.

The emblem of India is an adaptation of the Lion Capital of Ashoka at Sarnath, preserved in the Varansi Sarnath Museum in India.

The actual Sarnath capital including four Asiatic lions standing back to back - symbolizing power, courage, pride, and confidence - mounted on a circular base.

PICTURE THE FLAG AND EMBLEM

LANGUAGES

Official languages in India are Hindi and English.

India has a total area of 3.287.263 km2

GOVERNMENTIndia is a Federal parliamentary constitutional republic

The President is Pranab Mukherjee

CURRENCYThe official currency in India is called rupee

FOODThe main ingredients used in Indian cuisine are rice, atta, a special type of whole wheat flour with which the bread is made, and at least five dozen varieties of legumes. The most important is the chana (chickpea, pea) and the toor (Indian chickpea), the urad (black lentils) and mung (green soybeans).

SPORTS

The national sport of India's field hockey. The Indian hockey team won the world championship lawn 1975 also credited eight gold medals, one silver and two bronze medals at the Olympics. However, the most popular sport in the country is cricket; national cricket team of India won the 1983 Cricket World Cup and Twenty Cricket World Cup 2007, plus shared the Champions Trophy 2002 ICC Sri Lanka.

RELIGIONIt is the country with the largest number of Hindus, yainas, Sikhs, Zoroastrians, and Baha'is, and is the third-largest Muslim. It is the holy land of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Sikhism yainismo, and it is home to important spiritual gurus and various spiritualist organizations. During the first millennium, Judaism and Christianity came to India forming small communities. Buddhism, the predominant religion in Southeast Asia, was born in India.

CURIOSITIES India is the world's largest democracy

It is the world's seventh largest country

It is common to find Sadhus. wandering monks

When the Indians moved his head from side (as we would say No) they mean YES.

The cow is a sacred animal in India

Four religions were born in India: Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism.

In addition, Yoga was there for 5000 years.