Are the pizzas we get in India genuine "Pizzas"?

I would never consider Pizza Hut, or Domino's original Italian pizza, or even as being Italian style. European, and Italian Pizza's are much flatter. The crust is about a half a centimeter thick, and doesn't have the massive amounts of cheese that Pizza Hut and Domino's have. From what I know I would say that there is a major difference between American and European Pizza. European Pizza is flatter, and the style comes from Italy, American pizza is thicker, heavier and the style comes from Chicago, I believe.

I don't know what pizzas are like in India but in the UK and the States they are a usually a quite thin crust with a rolled edge and are filled with a tomato paste and various fillings, which may include mozzarella cheese (which goes stringy when cooked), various meats, such as ham or sliced salami sausage, pineapple, sliced dill pickle, olives (black or green) and often some chilli. The pizza actually originated with the ancient Greeks and was a flat bread, something like a chapati or naan bread, topped with herbs, olive oil and dates. It became popular as a street food in Italy as well because it was easy to prepare and cook. At that time it was still just a bread, similar to but flatter than a foccacio. " In about 1889, Queen Margherita, accompanied by her husband, Umberto I, took an inspection tour of her Italian Kingdom. During her travels around Italy she saw many people, especially the peasants, eating this large, flat bread. Curious, the queen ordered her guards to bring her one of these Pizza breads. The Queen loved the bread and would eat it every time she was out amongst the people, which caused some consternation in Court circles. It was not seemly for a Queen to dine on peasant's food. Never the less, the queen loved the bread and decided to take matters into her own hands. Summoning Chef Rafaelle Esposito from his pizzeria to the royal palace, the queen ordered him to bake a selection of pizzas for her pleasure. To honor the queen who was so beloved by her subjects, Rafaelle decided to make a very special pizza just for her. He baked a Pizza topped with tomatoes, Mozarella Cheese, and fresh Basil (to represent the colors of the Italian flag: Red, white, and green). This became Queen Margherita's favorite pizza and when word got out that this was one of the queen's favorite foods, she became even more popular with the Italian people. She also started a culinary tradition, the Pizza Margherita, which lasts to this very day in Naples and has now spread throughout the world." ( http://www.inmamaskitchen.com/FOOD_IS_ART/pizzahistory.html ) The pizza we know today is probably more of an American invention, really. I make pizza with a bread dough and in mine there is more bread than topping, which is really just for flavour. I also make calzone, which is like a pizza rolled up so that the filling is inside the loaf!