India became part of the British Empire in 1876

India became independent in 1947

India proclaimed itself a republic and the same day their current constitution was issued (1950)

Deccan plateau

Eastern Ghats

Himalayan chain

Ganges

2 archipelagos: -Lakshadweep

-Andaman and Nicobar

29 federal states

6 territories of the union→ex: Laccadive

A territory including the national capital→ Delhi

Most of the federated states follow linguistic

frontiers within their borders. Some regions, instead,

claim their autonomy as new entities federated in

the state.

About 1.3 billion peoples

Human geography→ most cultural variety

Each Indian fellow has a personal concept of himselfas an Indian citizen with his own language and his ownreligion

Melting-pot

4 major groups: -Indo-Ariano

-Dravidico

-Tibeto-Birmano

-Austro-Asiatico

Besides these 4 ethnicities there are at least 400 groupsof tribes.

In India 22 languages are known and spoken but the

most spread are 2:

Hindi: it’s spoken as first language by the 40% of the population

Urdu: it’s different in some characters but has the same grammar as Hindi and is spoken, together withHindi, by the 45% of the Indian people.

If we add the dialects spoken in the Indian federation, we reach the number of 1590 idioms.

English has been the best social glue as to language, but only for the middle classes.

The English language was considered the best push toget the best work.

But for the greatest part of the population the possibility of using the English language was reallycompared with the difference between the privilegedpeople and the others.

Influenced by the Himalayas chain

India includes a wide range of meteorogical and climatic conditions

4 large climatic groups can be identified:

1. Tropical humid

2. Tropical dry

3. Humid subtropical

4. Mountain

89 national parks

ANIMALS▪ 172 endangered species →ex: -Indian rhinoceros

-Vulture

-Bengal tiger

-Indian elephant

Border with Pakistan→vegetation is herbaceus

North→on the Himalaya it’s artic

In the Deccan→savannah

Western Ghats→numerous rain forests grow

Eastern Ghats→jungle

Vegetarian curry with pumpkin and chickpeas

Chicken curry

Chicken tikka masala

Chapati

- Clean pumpkin - Spicy paprika - Red onion - Water - Salt - Dried chickpeas - Curry sauce - Garlic - 40 m of white cooking wine - Black pepper - Extra virgin olive oil - Turmeric - Vegetable stock - Thyme sprigs - Basmati rice - Cloves - Cinnamon stick