Monday, March 16, 2009

Facts On India

Official Name : Bharat (Hindi), Republic of India (English)
Capital : New Delhi
Population : 1, 027, 015, 247 (2001 Census)
Area : 3.3 million square kilometers
Geographical Location : Between latitudes 8 ° 4' and 37 ° 6 ' north and longitudes 68 ° 7 ' and 97° 25' east
Coastline Length : 7600 km
Major Religions : Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism
Literacy : 65.38%
President : Pratibha Patil
Prime Minister : Dr. Manmohan Singh
National Anthem : Jan gana mana written by Rabindranath Tagore
National Song : Vande Mataram, composed in Sanskrit by Bankimchandra Chatterji
National Emblem : Replica of the Lion Capital of Sarnath
National Animal : Tiger (Panthera tigris)
National Bird : Peacock
National Flower : Lotus
National Tree : Banyan
National Fruit : Mango
National Currency : Rupee (One Rupee=100 paise)
National Sport : Hockey
Languages : India has two National languages (Central administrative). They are English (associate official) and Hindi (in the Devanagiri script). The Indian Constitution also officially recognizes 22 regional languages.
National Flag : Horizontal tricolor in equal proportion of deep saffron on the top, white in the middle and dark green at the bottom. In the center of the white band is a wheel in navy blue color

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