India

• Capital: New Delhi
• Major Cities
  • Mumbai (Bombay)
  • Kolkata (Calcutta)
  • Bangalore
  • Hyderabad
  • Chennai (Madras)
  • Delhi
  • Jaipur
• Major Geographical Features
  • Arabian Sea
  • Laccadive Sea
  • Indian Ocean
  • Bay of Bengal
  • Himalayas
  • Kashmir
  • Western Ghats
  • Eastern Ghats
  • Ganges River
  • Indus River
  • Deccan Plateau
• Official Name: Republic of India
• Religion: Hindu
• Languages:
  • Hindi (national)
  • Bengali (official)
  • Telugu (official)
  • Marathi (official)
  • Tamil (official)
  • Urdu (official)
  • Gujarati (official)
  • Malayalam (official)
  • Kannada (official)
  • Oriya (official)
  • Punjabi (official)
  • Assamese (official)
  • Kashmir (official)
  • Sindhi (official)
  • Sanskrit (official)
  • English
• 1498: Vasco da Gama lands in Calicut
• 19th century: Great Brittain colonizes India
• 1932, 1943, 1948: Mahatma Gandhi famously fasts in order to have his political demands met
• Independence: 1947 from the United Kingdom; Pakistan (with Bangladesh) and India were created at this time
• Government: federal republic
• Currency: Indian rupee
• India is slightly larger than 1/3 United States
• Literacy: 60.5%
• Controls important Indian Ocean trade routes
• The Indus Valley was home to the oldest civilization
• 2nd largest population
• Disputes over the Kashmir between India, Pakistan, and China
• 4 world religions originated in India: Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism
• Climates
  • North: Temperate
  • South: Tropical monsoon
• Bombay is the home of Bollywood, the Hindu film industry
• 7th largest nation by area
• The Taj Mahal is located in Agra