INDIA CELEBRATES

64
TH
INDEPENDENCE DAY
15
TH
AUGUST 2011
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It |s sa|d that the beauty of
the Ind|an peop|e ||es |n the|r
sp|r|t of to|erance g|veand
take and a compos|t|on of
cu|tures that can be
compared to a garden of
f|owers of var|ous co|ours
and shades of wh|ch wh||e
ma|nta|n|ng the|r own ent|ty
|end harmony and beauty to
the garden
INCkLDI8LL INDIA
India - the coIourfuI and vibrant Iand
%|t s|gn|f|es the mean|ng of co|our |n our ||fe)
It |s sa|d because of the
d|st|nct|ve |anguages cu|s|nes
arts crafts customs and
trad|t|ons of each reg|on wh|ch
make Ind|a an unend|ng [ourney
of d|scovery fu|| of p|easant
surpr|ses A fest|va| or a
ce|ebrat|on |s never constra|ned
to a fam||y or a home 1he who|e
commun|ty or ne|ghbourhood |s
|nvo|ved |n br|ng|ng ||ve||ness to
an occas|on In t|mes of sorrow
ne|ghbours and fr|ends p|ay an
|mportant part |n eas|ng out the
gr|ef
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INDIA
Mera Bharath Mahaan
The subcontinent of India Iies in
South Asia, between Pakistan,
China and NepaI. To the north it
is bordered by the worId's
highest mountain chain, where
foothiII vaIIeys cover the
northern most of the country's
28 states.
Further South pIateaus, tropicaI
rain forests and sandy deserts
are bordered by paIm fringed
beaches
5,000 ear old civilization
325 languages spoken
18 official languages
28 states,
7 union territories
3,287,240 sq. kilometers
area. It is the seventh
Iargest country of the
worId.

India's histor goes back to

3,200 BC when Hinduism was
first founded.
Buddhism, Jainism,
Sikhism, Judaism, Christianit
and Islam all exist within the
countr toda.
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enerotes
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Parliamentar form of Government
Secular democratic Constitution.
Worlds largest democrac
Since 55 ears.
4
th
largest econom
astest growing I%
super power
Indian #ailwas,
the biggest emploer in the world.
The Great Indian Epics
,ohobhoroto
ongest Epic in world.
iterature with 100,000
two--line stanzas
kamayan
The first Indian
epic
ndus vo//ey civi/itotion one
of the wor/ds
first qreot urbon civi/itotions
noroppo civi/itotion 27 8c
Jor/ds first university in 1okshi/o 7 8c
Ayurveda-- earIiest schooI of medicine
known to humans
Sanskrit Language most su|tab|e for computer
software
oga |s part of the system of n|ndu
ph||osophy where the a|m |s to
ach|eve ||berat|on from the ||m|ts of
the des|res of the phys|ca| body
oga |s a form of exerc|se that uses
s|owmovements and stretch|ng
A person who pract|ces oga |s
ca||ed a og|
Oriqin of ,ortio/ orts 2 8c
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4uqust 7
ndion ndependence
26
th
lonuory
epub/ic ndio
reot ndion 9ersono/ities
4ryo 8hott
nvented the 2ero
ather of the nat|on
Lmbod|ment of Non V|o|ence
Mahatma Gandh|
Champ|on of human|tar|an|sm
omonujon
reot ndion ,othemoticion
9ostu/oted ond proved l2
theorems
kab|ndranath 1agore
1913 Nobe| 9r|ze |n L|terature
Mother 1eresa
1979 Nobe| 9r|ze |n 9eace
Swam| V|vekananda
u4Nc lO,
7 CIassicaI Dance forms
Nataraj ,the dancing form of Lord Shiva,
is a symbolic synthesis of the most
important aspects of Hinduism.
The term 'Nataraj' means 'King of
Dancers'.
8harata Natyam
kathak
kathaka||
kuch|pud|
Man|pur|
Moh|n|attam Cd|ss|
More than 15 vocaI forms
More than 60 music instruments
India - Gods own countr
Celebrates more than 65 festivals
9/oces of historic importonce
1|ruma|a 1|rupat|
oint 1homos cothedro/
totue of virqin ,ory
brouqht from 9ortuqo/ in
l
amma Mas[|d
1he b|ggest mosque |n Ind|a
lontor ,ontor 76
,odernistic structures to
observe the movement of
stors
,ysore 9o/oce
//uminoted by
7 /iqht bu/bs
Jor|ds r|chest temp|e
Da| Lake
ewe| |n the crown of
kashm|r
Ca|cutta C|ty of [oy
Cherrapun[|
Jettest p|ace on earth
1he 1a[ Maha|
8uddha Statue
Largest mono||th|c statue |n
As|a
ndio is the crod/e of the humon roce the birthp/oce of humon
speech the mother of history the qrondmother of /eqend ond
the qreot qrond mother of trodition Our most vo/uob/e ond
most instructive moterio/s in the history of mon ore treosured
up in ndio on/y
,ork 1woin
Je owe o /ot to the ndions who touqht us how to count without
which no worthwhi/e scientific discovery cou/d hove been mode
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