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NAME : Shweta S. ParandkarADDRESS : B-4, Naresh Smruti,
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ICAIBRANCH CODE : WI020BATCH NO : Dom-03/11/61PROJECT NAME : India ~ My Pride
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INDEX1. India – An Overview2. Interesting Facts about India3. History of India4. FREE INDIA – INDEPENDENT INDIA5. India – A Democracy6. Indian Economy7. Indian Currency8. Defense9. Indian Culture10. Festivals in India11. Sports12. Spiritual Places In India13. Famous Monuments in India14. Famous Personalities in India15. India – Unity in Diversity16. Conclusion17. Bibliography
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India – An OverviewIndia is one of the oldest civilizations in the world, spanning a period of more than 4000 years.
It is the 7th largest country in all over the world & largest country in Asia continent.
It covers an area of 32,87,283 sq. km, extending from the snow-covered Himalayan heights to the tropical rain forests of the south.
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It has a land frontier of about 15,200 km & the coastline of about 7516.6 km.
India is divided into twenty-eight states and seven union territories.
India is ounded by the Great Himalayas in the north, tapers off into the Indian Ocean between the Bay of Bengal on the east and the Arabian Sea on the west with the neighbouring countries such as Nepal, Pakistan, Bhutan, Bangladesh and China
It has achieved all-round socio-economic progress during the last 62 years of its Independence.
India has become self-sufficient in agricultural production & one of the top industrialized countries in the world.
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Interesting Facts about IndiaIndia is one of the most ancient civilizations.
It is the largest democracy & the 7th largest Country in the world.
India never invaded any country in her last 100000 years of history.
Zero (0) was firstly introduced in India.
Algebra, Trigonometry and Calculus are studies, which originated in India.
The 'Place Value System' and the 'Decimal System' were developed in India in 100 B.C.
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The world's highest cricket ground is in Chail, Himachal Pradesh built in 1893.
The world's highest cricket ground is in Chail, Himachal Pradesh built in 1893.
Bhaskaracharya rightly calculated the time taken by the earth to orbit the Sun hundreds of years before the astronomer Smart.
Yoga has its origins in India and has existed for over 5,000 years.
India has the largest number of Post Offices in the world.
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HISTORY OF INDIAThe history of India can be divided into two parts, History of India prior to British Rule & History of Indian Independence.
The history of India prior to British rule begins with evidence of human activity of Homo sapiens as long as 75,000 years ago, or with earlier hominids including Homo erectus from about 500,000 years ago.
In the 4th century CE, India was under the Gupta Empire. This period is known as the "Golden Age of India".
In the fifth century, large parts of India were united under Ashoka. He also converted to Buddhism, and it is in his reign that Buddhism spread to o their parts of Asia.
It is in the reign of the Mauryas that Hinduism took the shape that fundamentally informs the religion down to the present day. This is known as the classical period of Indian history.
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During this period India has sometimes been estimated to have had the largest economy of the ancient and medieval world, controlling between one third and one fourth of the world's wealth.
The Mughal Empire suffered a gradual decline in the early 18th century, which provided opportunities for other to exercise control over large areas in the northwest of the subcontinent.
Beginning in the mid-18th century and over the next century, India was gradually annexed by the British East India Company first and later by British Crown.
The history of Indian Independence is a long and chequered one took a seemingly endless struggle, the blood, sweat and endurance of popular as well as millions of faceless Indians who fought unitedly for independence.
This act of rebellion on 29th March 1857 by Indian soldiers in the British army at Barrack pore was the result of various factors which lead to The First Freedom Fight of India in 1857.
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The next few decades saw various big and small wars being fought against the Empire by Nana Saheb, Rani Laxmibai, etc. These wars took place in isolated areas of the country and hence, met with little success.
The beginning of the 1900s saw the springing up of a number of revolutionary groups in several parts of the country such as Bengal, Punjab, Gujrat, Assam and the southern states of India.
Political groups such as the Congress were formed to counter the Britishers in a peaceful way and voice the dissent of millions of Indians.
Iconic leaders such as Subhash Chandra Bose and Lala Lajpat Rai tried to attain liberty through peaceful means while personalities like Bhagat Singh, Chandrasekhar Azad, and others strived to snatch freedom forcefully from the uncompromising British Empire.
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Mahatma Gandhi's famous "Salt March" in 1930 and the "Quit India Movement" in 1942 saw a wave of public support and the expression of common remonstration like never before.
The huge popular discontent of Indians & the two world wars which leads to find it difficult to manage India for Britishers, made the British realize that their days in India were numbered.
At last on June 3 1947, Viscount Louis Mountbatten, the last British Governor-General of India, declared that the British would leave the Indian subcontinent.
But the demand of Muslim League of separate nation for themselves, which results to the division of Indian subcontinent into a Muslim Pakistan and a Secular India.
Pakistan was officially announced to be a separate nation and given an independent status on 14 August 1947.
At midnight, on 15 August 1947, India was declared to be an independent nation by her first Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru.
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FREE INDIA – INDEPENDENT INDIA
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India – A DemocracyWith a billion people, the Republic of India is the world's largest democracy.
The parliament is located in India's capital, New Delhi.
India is run by a parliament made up of two houses.
The two houses are called, the LOK SABHA, or "House of the People," and the RAJYA SABHA, or "Council of States."
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Indian EconomyIt has achieved all-round socio-economic progress during the last 62 years of its Independence.
Indian economy is world’s fastest growing
The Economy of India is the eleventh largest in the world by nominal GDP and the fourth largest by purchasing power parity (PPP).
The country's per capita GDP (PPP) is $3,290 (IMF, 127th) in 2010.
By 2008, India had established itself as the world's second-fastest growing major economy.
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Following strong economic reforms from the post-independence socialist economy, the country's economic growth progressed at a rapid pace, as free market principles were initiated in 1991 for international competition and foreign investment.
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AGRICULTUREIndia – My Pride
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Agriculture is the predominant occupation in India. India ranks second worldwide in farm output.
Agriculture and allied sectors like forestry, logging and fishing accounted for 15.7% of the GDP in 2009–10 & employed 52.1% of the total workforce.
It is the largest economic sector and a significant piece of the overall socio-economic development of India.
India is the largest producer in the world of milk, jute and pulses.
It is the second largest producer of rice, wheat, sugarcane, cotton and groundnuts, as well as the second largest fruit and vegetable producer, accounting for 10.9% and 8.6% of the world fruit and vegetable production respectively.
Following is the chart represents the growth in agricultural production of India.
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Growth in Agricultural Production in last Decade.
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INDUSTRYIndia – My Pride
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India is 12th country in the world in terms of nominal factory output.
Industries are accounted for about 14% of employment in India.
Industry accounts for 28% of the GDP of the country.
India has one of the world's fastest growing automobile industries.
Paper Industry in India is 15th largest industry in all over the world.
India has one of the world's fastest growing automobile industries.
Textile manufacturing is the second largest source of employment after agriculture and accounts for 20% of manufacturing output.
The Indian industrial sector underwent significantly changes as a result of the economic reforms of 1991.
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India’s Industrial growth (Post Reform Period)
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SERVICE INDUSTRYIndia – My Pride
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Now a day’s service sector is the major contributor to the national income of the country.
India is 13th in services output.
The services sector provides employment to 23% of the work force and is growing quickly, with a growth rate of 7.5%.
It has the largest share in the GDP, accounting for 55% in 2007.
The share of the Indian IT industry in the country's GDP increased from 4.8 % in 2005–06 to 7% in 2008.
In 2009, seven Indian firms were listed among the top 15 technology outsourcing companies in the world.
India's top five trading partners are United Arab Emirates, China, United States, Saudi Arabia and Germany.
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BANKING & FINANCE INDUSTRYIndia – My Pride
The Indian money market is classified into the organized sector, comprising private, public and foreign owned commercial banks and cooperative banks, together known as scheduled banks, and the unorganised sector.
Since liberalization, the government has approved significant banking reforms.
We also have various stock exchanges in various states which are dealing is shares daily.
The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) & The National Stock Exchange (NSE) are the main stock exchanges in India which are situated in Mumbai & Delhi respectively.
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EDUCATIONIndia – My Pride
Education in India is mainly provided by the public sector, with control and funding coming from three levels: federal, state, and local.
India has made huge progress in terms of increasing primary education attendance rate and expanding literacy to approximately two thirds of the population.
The quality of Indian education system is improved rapidly after independence.
New intuitions for higher education were established like IITs, IIMs, NDA – for defense, etc.
At present we have seven Indian Institute of Technology (IITs) & six Indian Institutes of Management.
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The Indian rupee is the official currency of the Republic of India.
India's monetary system is managed by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the country's central bank. The issuance of the currency is also controlled by the Reserve Bank of India.
The highest-denomination banknote is the 1,000 rupee note; the lowest-denomination coin in circulation is the 10 paisa coin.
The rupee was linked to the British pound from 1927–1946 and then the U.S. dollar till 1975 through a fixed exchange rate. It was devalued in September 1975.
Since 2003, the rupee has been steadily appreciating against the U.S. dollar.
In 2009, a rising rupee prompted the Government of India to purchase 200 tons of gold for $6.7 billion from the IMF.
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Indian ArmyThe Indian Army is the land based branch and the largest component of the Indian Armed Forces.
With about 1,100,000 soldiers in active service and about 960,000 reserve troops, the Indian Army is the world's second-largest standing army.
The President of India serves as the Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army.
Army headquarters is located in New Delhi. The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), a General, is a four star commander and commands the Army.
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Indian NavyThe Indian Navy (IN), the world’s fifth largest navy, is a well-balanced three-dimensional force consisting of sophisticated missile-capable warships, aircraft carriers, minesweepers, advanced submarines and the latest aircraft in its inventory.
It currently has approximately 56,000 personnel on active duty, including 5,000 members of the naval aviation branch, 1,200 marine commandos and 1,000 Sagar Pahari Bal soldiers, making it the world's fifth largest navy in terms of personnel.
The President of India serves as the Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Navy.
Naval headquarters is located in New Delhi. It is under the command of the chief of naval staff--a full admiral.
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Indian Air ForceThe Indian Air Force (IAF) is the air arm of the Indian armed forces.
With strength of approximately 170,000 personnel and 1,300 aircraft, the Indian Air Force is the world's fourth largest air force.
The President of India serves as the Commander-in-Chief of the IAF.
Air Force headquarters is located in New Delhi. The Chief of Air Staff, an Air Chief Marshal (ACM), is a four star commander and commands the Air Force.
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Indian Culture
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India is incredibly rich in culture and heritage.
Regarded by some historians as the "oldest living civilization of Earth", the Indian tradition dates back to 8000 BC and has a continuous recorded history for over 2,500 years.
Indian culture is rich and diverse and as a result unique in its very own way.
The Indian culture has never been rigid and that's why it's surviving with pride in the modern era.
It timely imbibes the qualities of various other cultures and comes out as a contemporary and acceptable tradition. That is what unique about the Indian culture it moves on with the time.
India's languages, religions, dance, music, architecture, food and customs differ from place to place within the country, but nevertheless possess a commonality.
Even though we have accepted modern means of living, improved our lifestyle, our values and beliefs still remain unchanged.
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Festivals in India
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India is a land of festivals and fairs. Every day of the year there is a festival celebrated in some part of the country.
There are four national festivals observed in India. Republic Day, Independence Day, Gandhi Jayanti and Children’s Day. These festivals are celebrated by the government as a participant.
Festivals in India are characterized by color, gaiety, enthusiasm, prayers and rituals. Everyone is awestruck by the scale and multiplicity of Indian festivals that have evolved in the society.
The Indian culture and its festive celebrations transmit the deep-rooted traditions and customs in the country.
The fairs and festivals can be in fact called the spirit of Indian culture and society.
All these Indian fairs and festivals represent people from diverse backgrounds, regions, communities and religion.
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SportsIndia – My Pride
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Sport in India includes cricket, chess, badminton, field hockey, tennis, association football , golf, athletics, rifle shooting and some deshi games like kabbadi, wrestling, khokho, ect.
Field Hockey is the national sport in India, in which the country has an impressive record with eight Olympic gold medals.
Cricket is the most popular sport in India. India won the cricket world cup in 1983 & T20 world cup in 2007.
After the 1982 Asian Games hosted in New Delhi, the capital city now has modern sports facilities.
India has hosted or co-hosted several international sporting events. Recently India hosted the 2010 Commonwealth Games. The country is currently co-hosting the 2011 Cricket World Cup and is scheduled to host the first Indian Grand Prix in 2011.
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Spiritual Places In IndiaGanga Aarti in
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Tirupati Balaji
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Famous Monuments in India
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Taj Mahal – “The Epitome of Love",
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Red Fort India – My Pride
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FAMOUS PERSONALITIES IN INDIA
Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
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India – Unity in Diversity
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India is land of variety. There is great variety in variety of aspects.
The languages, lifestyles, religions, habits, geography, climates, cultures might be different but still they unite us into an invisible frame, the frame of Indianism.
There is great diversity in our traditions, tastes and customs, etc. But though we speak different languages yet we are all Indians.
'Unity in Diversity' has been the distinctive feature of our culture. To live peacefully has been our motto and this motto has helped us to achieve independence.
Modern India presents a picture of unity in diversity where people of different faiths and beliefs live together in peace and harmony.
The diversity of India has a great edge over the plain unanimously joint countries! It might be speculated that is just another starry eyed optimist opinion, but then if we didn't differ wouldn't we be non-Indians?!
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ConclusionIndia – My PrideInspite of India having vast
population, we are still united this is what keeps us far ahead from the developed countries like U.S.A., U.K, Australia, etc. India is poised, celebrate the change, toast the surge and seize the opportunity to lead the world. Cheers India, long live Indian spirit and up go the Indians.
We should bow down with all humility before our MOTHER INDIA. It is a responsibility of every daughter & son of Mother India that we do not demur as we have nobly conquered our past & vow to serve our nation truthfully, cheerfully & faithfully in sunshine & shower….
Even though India is a country of various religions and caste our culture tells us just one thing “Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani”.
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BibliographyIndia – My Pride
Google.comWikipedia.comImagesofasia.comGallery.hd.orgIndiainitiative.com
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