What do u know about India?

India
December 3, 2006 10:25am CST
India (Devanagari: ???? Bharat), officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second most populous country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world. India has a coastline of over seven thousand kilometres, bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the west, and the Bay of Bengal on the east. India borders Pakistan[1] to the west; China, Nepal and Bhutan to the north-east; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka, Maldives and Indonesia.
17 responses
@bebe123 (69)
• Romania
3 Dec 06
One of the oldest civilization of the world India, Only an Indian can feel and say what is India and what is being Indian. Where One Rickshaw Puller’s vote have the power, which can change Prime Ministers overnight. Power of one billion people of every religion and colour. Modern medical and education facilities of International standard. Indians are working for NASA to Microsoft in majority. One of the obvious choice for permanent seat in UN, We are going to rule the world in economy very soon
• India
4 Dec 06
Thanks
• Argentina
4 Dec 06
i heared that in India there are lot of intelligent people... good programers and all!India is very powerfull and great
• India
4 Dec 06
India have produced some of the worlds greatest mathematicians and scientists...Apart from that,India is known to discovered the "ZERO"...The mordern sciences that claim so many things,are all just a re-instation of OUR old heritage...The INdian heritage is one of the richest,and the Rishis of the ancient past have gone to levels that the present man cannot even think off!!!
• India
4 Dec 06
indian flag - the tri colour it self says stories.
more than any thing,it is a land of peace,it showed the world what is hamisha.it taught the world how to live united inspite of caste,religion,race or language.its known for sacrifice,peace and prosperity.
@MALHAR78 (197)
• India
4 Dec 06
INDIA IS A DEMOCRATIC COUNTRY.
@pnmylove (39)
• Thailand
4 Dec 06
Tushmaha - INDIA...a land for all seasons
India's history goes back to 3,200 BC when Hinduism was first founded. Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism. Judaism. Zoroashtrianism, Christianity and Islam all exist within the country today. As a consequence of India's size, the history of the country has seldom been the same for two adjoining territories, and its great natural wealth has lured a succession of traders and foreign influences to it, each having left their imprint in the country, however faint or localized. Thus, Chinese fishing nets in Kerala are a throwback to that country's ancient maritime trade, while in the north, terra-cotta figurines of the centuries BC bear distinctly Greek traces.
• India
4 Dec 06
India is the largest industrial area in country many things are made from here.there are number of languages and a colourful india in all festivals..thanx dude nice discussion
@killailla (1301)
• Canada
3 Dec 06
i know i can get beautiful saris for good prices there lol My best friend is in India right now, and my fiance is in pakistan (leaving today :*( so i am looking forward to all my beautiful sets and saris lol
@nambis (38)
• India
4 Dec 06
India is one of the most religious country in the world.It is second populous country in the world. We are having all types of power i.e in the way of industries, atomic power station, lot of software companies etc.Definitely India become a developed country in 2020.
• Malaysia
4 Dec 06
Aishwarya Rai - http://images.google.com.my/imgres?imgurl=http://free-wallpapers.gifts-n-presents.com/images/Miss%2520World%2520Aishwarya%2520Rai.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.rockle.com/yap/rSearch%3Fu%3DfamousPeople%26initial%3D50%26query%3DfamousPeople&h=600&w=800&sz=26&hl=en&start=3&tbnid=Qzk3Od9qoX0JFM:&tbnh=107&tbnw=143&prev=/images%3Fq%3DAishwarya%2Brai%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official_s%26sa%3DG
India reminds me about Aishwarya Rai and Hirtik Roshan.
@khysnews (742)
• Indonesia
4 Dec 06
I'm not sure ...
@sindra (1117)
• Indonesia
3 Dec 06
hmm
@cdirock (289)
• United States
3 Dec 06
I don't know much about India but I have a lovely family on my street and I have learned alot about their customs etc from them.
@gurjit_d (789)
• United States
4 Dec 06
lot
@vikkyhyd (75)
• India
3 Dec 06
it is the gratest country in this earth which has a long history and was the richest country then...
@vikkyhyd (75)
• India
3 Dec 06
india is my mother land and obviously it will be the best for me and always....
@ghiuryy (42)
• Romania
3 Dec 06
Nearly five thousand years back flourished India's first major civilisation along the Indus River valley. The twin cities of Mohenjodaro and Harappa now in Pakistan were ruled by priests and held the rudiments of Hinduism. These civilisations are known to possess a sophisticated lifestyle, a highly developed sense of aesthetics, an astonishing knowledge of town planning and an undecipherable script language. The Indus civilization at one point of time extended nearly a million square kilometres across the Indus river valley. It existed at the same time as the ancient civilizations of Egypt and Sumer but far outlasted them. Surviving for nearly a thousand years the Indus valley civilisation fell to tectonic upheavals in about 1700 BC, which caused a series of floods.The coming of the Aryans around 1500 BC, gave the final blow to the collapsing Indus Valley civilisation. At the dawn of Vedic ages the Aryans came in from the North and spread through large parts of India bringing with them their culture and religious beliefs. The Four Vedas or the important books of Hinduism were compiled in this period.In 1192, Mohammed of Ghori, a ruler from Afghanistan, came into India and captured several places in the north including Delhi. When he went home he left one of his generals in charge who became the first Sultan of Delhi. During this time Islam, was introduced into a major part of Northern India. It may be mentioned that even before that, just after the period of the prophet, Islam was brought to the western coast of India by Arab traders and flourished in what is now Kerala. The Dehli Sultanate gradually took control of more and more of North India over the next 200 years, till Timur, who was called "Timur the Lame" or "Tamberlane" came from Turkey in 1398 to attack India. He and his army stole all the valuables that they could carry and left again, and after that the Delhi Sultanate was never so strong again. Soon the Mughals, who were from Iran, came in and took control of the north. In the meantime south , in 1336, the Hindu Vijayanagar empire was set up and became very strong. The Europeans - Portuguese, French, Dutch, Danish and British - started arriving in the early 1600s. All of them held territories in India and made friends and enemies among India's rulers as they got more and more involved, with the Indian politics, but it was the British who eventually controlled most of India and finally made it one of their colonies. India got its independence from Britain in 1947 after a long struggle led mostly by Mahatma Gandhi. In the process of becoming independent, India became, two countries instead of one. In the years since independence India has made huge progress and coped with great problems, and has developed its industry and its agriculture, and has maintained a system of government which makes it the largest democracy in the world.