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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)

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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Indian Military

India has

one of

the lon

gest m

ilitary

histor

ies, datin

g back

severa

l mille

nnia. The

first re

ference

of arm

ies is

found in th

e

Vedas

as well

as the e

pics Ram

ayana a

nd

Mahabaratha. C

lassic

al Indian

texts

on

archery

in particu

lar, an

d mart

ial art

s in

genera

l are k

nown as

Dhanurveda.

India has

a mari

time h

istory

dating ba

ck

5,000 y

ears.[1

6][17][1

8][19] T

he first

[20]

[21] tidal

dock

is belie

ved to

have been

built

at Lot

hal arou

nd 2300 BCE duri

ng the In

dus

Valley

Civiliza

tion, near

the p

resent d

ay

Mangrol har

bour on th

e Gujar

at coa

st. The

Rig Veda w

ritten ar

ound 1500 BCE, cr

edits

Varuna

with know

ledge

of the o

cean r

outes

and desc

ribes

naval e

xpedit

ions. T

here is

refere

nce to

the side w

ings o

f a ves

sel ca

lled

Plava,

which give

stabili

ty to t

he ship

under

storm

conditio

ns. A co

mpass, M

atsya

yantra

was use

d for navi

gation in

the f

ourth an

d

fifth c

entury AD.

The earli

est kn

own r

eferen

ce to

an

organiza

tion devo

ted to

ships in

ancie

nt

India is to

the M

auryan Empire

from th

e 4th

century

BCE. Empero

r Chandra

gupta

Maurya's P

rime M

inister K

autilya

's

Arthash

astra

devotes

a full c

hapter on

the

state

departm

ent of w

aterways

under

navadhyak

sha (Sanskr

it for

Superintendent

of ships) [

1]. The t

erm, nava

dvipant

aragam

anam (S

anskrit f

or sai

ling to

other

lands b

y ships

, i.e. Explor

ation)

appears in

this b

ook in ad

dition to

appear

ing

in the B

uddhist te

xt, Baudhaya

na

Dharmasa

stra a

s the in

terpretat

ion of

the

term, Sam

udrasam

yanam

.

.

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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.

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.

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Indian Animals

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.

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Indian Weather Indians weather is usually warm and

sunny sometimes very hot. India is cloudy in some seasons like

sometimes rains in winter.

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.

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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.

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