Global Fair

Presentation About India By

Manish Abraham International students Rep

Northumbria students union

26 January 2012Republic day and a global fair at

Northumbria students Union

The famous board game, called Chess, was invented in India.

• In India's 100,000 years of history, it has never invaded any other country.

• India is the 7th largest country in the world, the largest democracy and one of the oldest civilizations

• India was one of the richest countries in the world before 17th century.

• The value of “π“ (pi) used in mathematics was first calculated by the Indian mathematician Budhayana in 6th century.

• Quadratic equations was propounded by Shridharacharya in 11 th century AD

IT HUB OF NEW WORLD

• India is one of the largest exporter of computer software products. It exports software to over 90 countries.

• India originated Yoga about 5,000 years ago.

SECULAR INDIA

• Christians and Jews have been living in India since 52 A.D. and 200 B.C. respectively

SECULAR INDIA

• India has the most number of mosques. It has 300,000 mosques which is much more than the any country in the world.• INDIA is known as land of religions and

is biggest secular country in world. India is birthplace of many religions

• The Kumbh Mela (or Grand Pitcher Festival) is a huge Hindu religious festival that takes place in India every 12 years. In 2001, 60 million people attended, breaking the record for the world’s biggest gathering

Dances

• India offers a number of classical dance forms, each of which can be traced to a different part of the country. Each form represents the culture and ethos of a particular region or a group of people. The most popular classical styles seen on the Indian stage are Bharatanatyam of Tamil Nadu, Kathakali of Kerala, Odissi of Orissa, Kathak of Uttar Pradesh, and Manipuri of Manipur.

Martial Arts were first created in India, and later spread to Asia by Buddhist

missionaries.

• The earliest cotton in the world was spun and woven in India. Roman emperors would wear delicate cotton from India that they would call “woven winds.” Mogul emperors called the fabrics “morning dew” and “cloth of running water

• With 150,000 post offices, India has the largest postal network in the world.

• The Bengal tiger is India’s national animal. It was once ubiquitous throughout the country,

• India has the world’s largest movie industry, based in the city of Mumbai (known as the “City of Dreams”). The B in “Bollywood” comes from Bombay, the former name for Mumbai.

INDIA

• The national bird is the peacock.• The national fruit of India is the mango.

LANGUAGES

• Hindi and English are the official languages of India. The government also recognizes 17 other languages (Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Nepali, Manipuri, Konkani, Kannada, Kashmiri, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Sanskrit,

Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu). Apart from these languages, about 1,652 languages spoken in the country.l

The Taj Mahal (“crown palace”) was built by Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan (1592-1666) for his beloved wife Mumtaz Mahal (1593-1631). This architectural beauty has been called “marbled embroidery” for its intricate workmanship. It took 22,000 workmen 22 years to complete it.

FIRST CIVILIZATION

• The first and greatest civilization in ancient India developed around the valley of the Indus River around 3000 B.C.

• India established the number system.• The number zero was invented by Aryabhatta

• India established worlds First University at Takshsila in 700 Bc

• Upto 1896 India was the only source for Diamonds.

• Kohinoor diamond originated in the Kollur region of Guntur district in present day Andhra Pradesh, one of the world's earliest diamond producing regions, some time in the 1200s during the Kakatiya rule.

• Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose 1858 pioneered the investigation of radio and microwave optics, made very significant contributions to plant science, and laid the foundations of experimental science. IEEE named him one of the fathers of radio science.

SURGERY SPECIALISTS

• Sushruta Known as father of surgeons preformed complex surgeries even 2600 years before was an INDIAN.

• Christopher Columbus, attracted by India's wealth, had come looking for a sea route to India when he discovered America by mistake.

NAVAL GURUS

• The Art of Navigation & Navigating was born in the river Sindh over 6000 years ago. The very word Navigation is derived from the Sanskrit word 'NAVGATIH'. The word navy is also derived from the Sanskrit word 'Nou'.

India is a federal union of

states comprising twenty-eight states and seven union territories

• Cellphone call rate are cheaper than any food in India.

INDIAN PREAMBLE

One of the most famous animals is the Bengal Tiger. You can only find the Bengal Tiger in India. All of the wild animals live in the forest and here are some of them.

India

FACTS ABOUT INDIA

• Population: 1,129,866,154 people • Location: Southern Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea

and the Bay of Bengal, between Burma and Pakistan

• Area: – total: 3,287,590 sq km

land: 2,973,190 sq km water: 314,400 sq km

• Climate: Varies from tropical monsoon in south to temperate in north