Brief Intro of INDIA

India is very dynamic country and among the top developing nations in the world. It has a lot of diversity in languages, culture, rites and rituals, customs, traditions and many other things. India is marked by diversity of physical features such as mountains, plateaus plains, coasts and islands.

Composition:

India includes 28 States and Nine Union Territories. Delhi is India’s national capital. States have been formed mainly on the basis of culture, language and administrative convenience. Rajasthan is the largest state and Goa is the smallest state in terms of area.

Map of India

Location:

The nation of India is situated in Southeast Asia. India is located in the Northern Hemisphere. India is a country of vast geographical expanse bounded by lofty Himalayas in North, the Arabian Sea to the southwest and the Bay of Bengal to the southeast. The southern tip of India is bordered by the Indian Ocean.The Tropic of Cancer (23*30’) passes almost half way through the country. India extends between 68*7E and 97*25E longitudes.

Geographical Area:

India being the seventh largest country in the world having an area of 3.28 million sq.  Km lacking behind Russia, Canada, China, USA, Brazil and Australia. The North South extent from Kashmir to Kanyakumari is about 3200 km and from east to west extent from Arunachal Pradesh to Kutch is about 2900 km. India has a land wilderness of around 15,200 km and a coastline of 7516.6 km. Among the Indian states, Gujarat has the longest coastline of approximately 1600 km. The southernmost point (Indira Point) of Indian mainland is Kanyakumari, was submerged in the 2004 Tsunami.

Density:

 

As on 1 March 2011, India’s population was reported 1,21,05,69,573 (62, 31, 21,843 males and 58, 74, 47,730 females) making it the second most populated country of the world only behind China. The by and large proficiency rate is 74.04% (82.14 for guys and 65.46 for females). India (1.21 billion) along with China (1.34 billion) and USA (308.7 million) accounts for about 40% population of the world. Among the Indian states, Uttar Pradesh is the most populated state with a populace of 19, 98, 12,341 and Sikkim is the least populated state with a populace of 6, 10,577. Among the Union Territories, Delhi is the most populated UT with a populace of 1, 67, 87,941 and Lakshdweep is the least populated UT with a populace of 64,473. The second most populated UT is Puducherry with a populace of 12, 47,953 pursued by Chandigarh with a populace of 10, 55,450.

Border Sharing:

Pakistan, Afghanistan, China, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar and Bangladesh share their borders with India. India shares a border with Pakistan to the northwest and China and Nepal to the northeast. India shares its longest border with Bangladesh (4,000km appx). The nearest country with which India does not share a border is Sri Lanka as it is separated from India by a narrow channel of sea formed by Waterway on one side and Gulf of Mannar on the other.

 

Emblem:

Emblem

An emblem is "a heraldic gadget or representative item as an identification of a country, association, or alliance". A portrayal of Lion Capital of Ashoka was at first embraced as the token of the Dominion of India in December 1947. The present rendition of the insignia was authoritatively received on 26 January 1950, the day that India turned into a republic. The National Emblem of India has its cause profound established in rich social history. The first Lion Capital of Emperor Ashoka, has four Asiatic Lion remaining consecutive on a roundabout math device. It symbolizes control, pride, mental fortitude and certainty. 

The roundabout math device is mounted on a frieze in which there are high reliefs of an elephant, a jogging horse, a bull and a lion isolated by interceding wheels over a ringer molded lotus. The wheels from the figure are known as "Ashoke Chakra" or "Dharma Chakra" the endless wheel of law. 


Ruler Ashoka raised the cash-flow to check where Gautam Buddha gave the main exercise of Dharma. In the help, the wheel or the "Dharma Chakra" is put in the focal point of the math device. At the correct hand side of the wheel, there is a bull and a running steed is there at the left hand side of the wheel. There is a lion alongside the wheel or the Ashoke Chakra. There are frameworks of the Dharma Chakra on the extraordinary right and left hand sides of the Ashoka Chakra. 


The three lions and one concealed lion speak to control, pride, fearlessness and certainty. The four creatures which are on the frieze beneath the math device speak to the gatekeeper of the four bearings. 

the lion of the north, 

the elephant of the east, 

the pony of the south and 

the bull of the west. 

The witticism 'Satyameva Jayate' signifying "The Truth Alone Triumphs" is engraved beneath the symbol. It is a statement from the Mundaka Upanishad, the finishing up some portion of the sacrosanct Hindu Vedas. The token structures a piece of the official letterhead of the Government of India and shows up on all Indian cash and on National identification of Republic of India too.

National Flag:

National Flag

Indian National Flag is a square shape formed tricolor of significant saffron, white and Green, with Ashoka Chakra, a 24-talked wheel, in maritime power blue in its center. It was received in its present structure during a gathering of the Constituent Assembly hung on 22 July 1947, and it turned into the official banner of the Dominion of India on 15 August 1947. 

The banner depends on the Swaraj banner, a banner of the Indian National Congress planned by Pingali Venkayya. 

The scholar Sarvepalli Radhakrishanan, who later turned into India's first Vice President and second President, explained the received banner and portrayed its essentialness as pursues: 

"Bhagwa or the Saffron means renunciation or disinterestedness. Our pioneers must be not interested in material gains and commit themselves to their work. The white in the middle is light, the way of truth to control our direct. The green demonstrates our connection to (the) dirt, our connection to the vegetation here, on which all other life depends. The "Ashoka Chakra" in the focal point of the white is the wheel of the law of Dharma. Truth or Satya, dharma or uprightness should be the controlling standard of the individuals who work under this banner. Once more, the wheel indicates movement. There is passing in stagnation. There is life in development. India should no more oppose change, it must move and go ahead. The wheel speaks to the dynamism of a tranquil change."