{"id":367,"date":"2024-10-09T08:25:50","date_gmt":"2024-10-09T08:25:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/natgeokids.com?p=367"},"modified":"2024-10-17T15:28:01","modified_gmt":"2024-10-17T15:28:01","slug":"country-fact-file-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/nz\/discover\/geography\/countries\/country-fact-file-india\/","title":{"rendered":"India facts: discover this incredible country"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"lightslider-gallery\"><li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2017\/01\/India-facts1-150x150.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2017\/01\/India-facts1.jpg\"><\/li><li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2017\/01\/India-facts7-scaled-1-150x150.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2017\/01\/India-facts7-scaled-1.jpg\"><\/li><li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2017\/01\/India-facts5-150x150.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2017\/01\/India-facts5.jpg\"><\/li><li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2017\/01\/India-facts8-scaled-150x150.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2017\/01\/India-facts8-scaled.jpg\"><\/li><li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2017\/01\/India-facts10-150x150.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2017\/01\/India-facts10.jpg\"><\/li><li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2015\/03\/India-Facts-Diwali-150x150.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2015\/03\/India-Facts-Diwali.jpg\"><\/li><\/ul>\n<h2>India facts<\/h2>\n<p><strong>OFFICIAL NAME<\/strong>: Republic of India, Bharat<br \/>\n<strong>FORM OF GOVERNMENT<\/strong>: Federal republic<br \/>\n<strong>CAPITAL<\/strong>: New Delhi<br \/>\n<strong>POPULATION<\/strong>: 1,236,344,631<br \/>\n<strong>OFFICIAL LANGUAGES<\/strong>: Hindi, English, 21 others<br \/>\n<strong>MONEY<\/strong>: Rupee<br \/>\n<strong>AREA<\/strong>: 3,287,590 square kilometres<br \/>\n<strong>MAJOR MOUNTAIN RANGE<\/strong>: Himalaya<br \/>\n<strong>MAJOR RIVERS<\/strong>: Ganges, Yamuna, Indus, Brahmaputra<br \/>\n<strong>FLAG<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2015\/03\/India-facts-flag.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2425\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2015\/03\/India-facts-flag.jpg\" alt=\"India-facts\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>India&#8217;s geography<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">India is part of the continent of Asia. Most of India forms a peninsula, jutting out into the ocean. The southeast is bordered by the&nbsp;<strong>Bay of Bengal<\/strong>, and the southwest is bordered by the&nbsp;<strong>Arabian Sea<\/strong>. The <strong>Himalayas&nbsp;<\/strong>&#8211; the world&#8217;s highest mountain range &#8211; rise in the north of the country.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2015\/03\/India-Facts-India-Map.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-50723\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2015\/03\/India-Facts-India-Map.gif\" alt=\"India Facts - Map of India\" width=\"470\" height=\"300\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">India&#8217;s terrain varies widely, from the <strong>Thar Desert<\/strong> in the west to jungles in the northeast. A fertile area called the <strong>Ganges Plain<\/strong> covers much of northern India. This formation was created from soil that was deposited by rivers running from the Himalayas. In some places, this layer of silt is over 7,620m deep.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Indian-Facts-9.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-50712\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Indian-Facts-9.jpg\" alt=\"India Facts - Ganges\" width=\"635\" height=\"317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Indian-Facts-9.jpg 635w, https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Indian-Facts-9-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Indian people &amp; culture<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Society throughout India is divided into social ranks, called <strong>castes<\/strong>. Caste is determined by birth and there is almost no way to change it. High castes include priests, landowners and soldiers. So-called Untouchables have no caste and do the most menial jobs.<\/p>\n<p>India is a very spiritual country. It has no official religion, but more than 80 percent of Indians are <strong>Hindu<\/strong>. About 13 percent are <strong>Muslim<\/strong>. Other religions include<strong> Buddhism<\/strong>, <strong>Sikhism<\/strong>, and <strong>Jainism<\/strong>, which all began in <strong>India<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2015\/03\/India-Facts-Diwali.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-50738\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2015\/03\/India-Facts-Diwali.jpg\" alt=\"India Facts - Diwali\" width=\"635\" height=\"317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2015\/03\/India-Facts-Diwali.jpg 635w, https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2015\/03\/India-Facts-Diwali-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><br \/>\n<\/span>India&#8217;s nature<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For thousands of years, since the Hindu religion first evolved, respect for animal life has been an important part of Indians&#8217; beliefs. Cows in particular are sacred and cannot be harmed. They are even allowed to wander through city streets, which often causes traffic jams!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2015\/03\/India-facts-cow.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-53274\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2015\/03\/India-facts-cow.jpg\" alt=\"India facts cow - cow in street\" width=\"635\" height=\"317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2015\/03\/India-facts-cow.jpg 635w, https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2015\/03\/India-facts-cow-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">India&#8217;s varied climate zones support about <strong>65,000 animal species<\/strong>, including elephants, pythons, river dolphins and rhinos, and <strong>12,000 types of flowering plants<\/strong>. It is the only country in the world with both lions and tigers. It&#8217;s also a bird watcher&#8217;s paradise.<\/p>\n<p>On the coast of the Bay of Bengal is the <strong>Sundarbans<\/strong>, the world&#8217;s largest mangrove forest. Here, tigers swim in the same rivers as dolphins, sea turtles, sharks and saltwater crocodiles. This unique landscape is constantly under threat as sea levels rise and humans hunt illegally, and clear trees for firewood.<\/p>\n<p>The Himalayas provide a home for some of India&#8217;s rarest animals and plants. The most elusive animal is the snow leopard. Bears and black buck live lower down, and in the northeast, the tiger and one-horned rhinoceros can be found.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2017\/05\/rhino-facts-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8298\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2017\/05\/rhino-facts-2.jpg\" alt=\"Rhinoceros facts\" width=\"600\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2017\/05\/rhino-facts-2.jpg 600w, https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2017\/05\/rhino-facts-2-300x202.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><br \/>\n<\/span>Indian government and economy<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">India&#8217;s parliamentary government was inherited from the British. After independence in <strong>1947<\/strong>, one party, the Congress Party, and one family, the Nehru family, dominated politics in India for decades. Now, however, many parties compete for elected positions.<\/p>\n<p>India&#8217;s economy is growing so fast that experts predict it will soon become one of the world&#8217;s leading markets.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><br \/>\n<\/span>Indian history<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">India&#8217;s earliest known civilization arose about 5,000 years ago on the <strong>Indus River<\/strong> in what is now Pakistan. Archaeologists uncovered the remains of two huge cities with brick houses, piped water and sewer systems. Nobody knows why, but these cities, called <strong>Harappa<\/strong> and <strong>Mohenjo Daro<\/strong>, were abandoned in 1700 B.C.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/India-facts2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2427\" src=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/India-facts2.jpg\" alt=\"India-facts\" width=\"635\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2015\/03\/India-facts2.jpg 635w, https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2015\/03\/India-facts2-300x152.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Aryan people were farmers from Central Asia who arrived in India around 1500 B.C. They spoke Sanskrit, one of the world&#8217;s oldest known languages. The Vedic Scriptures, writings that form the basis of the Hindu religion, were written during the Aryan reign.<\/p>\n<p>In the 200-year reign of the <strong>Gupta Empire<\/strong>, starting in the fourth century A.D., arts, crafts, and sciences flourished. During this time, the Indian astronomer Aryabhatta determined that the Earth revolved around the sun. This was long before the Western world accepted the theory.<\/p>\n<p>Beginning in the 16th century, following a series of invasions by Muslim forces, a Mongol leader named Babur founded the <strong>Mughal Empire<\/strong>. The Mongols oversaw a golden age of art, literature and architecture in India between 1527 and 1707. They built roads, mosques, gardens and enormous tombs, including the grand <strong>Taj Mahal<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/India-facts4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2429\" src=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/India-facts4.jpg\" alt=\"India-facts\" width=\"635\" height=\"313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2015\/03\/India-facts4.jpg 635w, https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2015\/03\/India-facts4-300x148.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the late 1400s, Europeans arrived in India and began setting up trading companies. In 1757, Britain gained control over most of the country. Uprisings against British rule began in 1856. In 1920, the famous <strong>Mahatma Gandhi<\/strong> began nonviolent protests to push the British out. In 1947, India had independence.<\/p>\n<h6>Photos an illustrations: Ganges: Pius Lee, Dreamstime. Diwali candles: Kaphoto, Dreamstime. All other images: Getty Images UK Words from kids.nationalgeographic.com Figures accurate at time of publication, March 2015<\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India facts OFFICIAL NAME: Republic of India, Bharat FORM OF GOVERNMENT: Federal republic CAPITAL: New Delhi POPULATION: 1,236,344,631 OFFICIAL LANGUAGES: Hindi, English, 21 others MONEY: Rupee AREA: 3,287,590 square kilometres MAJOR MOUNTAIN RANGE: Himalaya MAJOR RIVERS: Ganges, Yamuna, Indus, Brahmaputra FLAG: India&#8217;s geography India is part of the continent of Asia. 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