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  India - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
India is referred to as the largest democracy in the world, by virtue of the fact that it has the largest electing population among democratic countries.
India's climate is strongly influenced by the Himalayas and the Thar Desert.
India is the second fastest growing major economy in the world, with a GDP growth rate of 9.1%, as of the first quarter of 2006.
www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/India   (3846 words)

  
 Why War? Keywords: India   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
India was also known as Hindustan (the land of the Hindus), but this name was given up after independence in 1947 as India chose to be a secular country.
Located on the Indian subcontinent, India consists roughly of three major parts; in the north the massive Himalayas mountain range (with the highest point being the Kanchenjunga at 8,598 m) and the Indo-Gangetic plain (with deserts in the western end), and in the south the extensive Deccan plateau.
India is home to several major rivers such as the Ganges, the Brahmaputra, the Yamuna, the Godavari and the Krishna.
www.why-war.com /encyclopedia/places/india   (2625 words)

  
 India Demographics and Geography - Columbia Gazetteer of the World Online
India’s rainfall, which depends upon the monsoon, is variable; it is heavy in Assam and West Bengal states and along the S coasts, moderate in the inland peninsular regions, and scanty in the arid NW, especially in Rajasthan and Punjab states.
The holy cities of India attract pilgrims from throughout the East: Varanasi (formerly Benares), Allahabad, Puri, and Nashik are religious centers for the Hindus; Amritsar is the holy city of the Sikhs; and Satrunjaya Hill near Palitana is sacred to the Jains.
India consolidated its territory by incorporating the former French settlements in 1956 and by forcibly annexing the Portugese enclaves of Goa, Daman and Diu in December 1961.
www.columbiagazetteer.org /public/India.html   (5017 words)

  
 India   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
India is vicinal to the Indian Ocean nations of Sri Lanka, Maldives, Indonesia and Thailand.
India is the second fastest growing major economy in the world, with a GDP growth rate of 9.3%, and annual Industrial production change of 12.4%, as of the first quarter of 2006.
India has a labour force of 496.4 million of which 60% is employed in agriculture or agriculture-related industries which contributes to only about 22% of the GDP, 17% in mainstream industry and 23% in service industries.
www.1bx.com /en/India.htm   (4385 words)

  
 India
India is also the second most populated country in the world with over one billion people speaking about four hundred languages.
India is home to several major rivers such as the Ganga (Ganges), the Brahmaputra, the Yamuna, the Godavari and the Krishna.
India has a rich and unique cultural heritage, having striven to preserve its established traditions throughout history; its dynamic nature is manifest in its willingness to respect and tolerate foreign ways and practices.
www.askfactmaster.com /India   (2715 words)

  
 India - Geography and Demographics
INDIA IS A COUNTRY of great diversity with a wide range of landform types, including major mountain ranges, deserts, rich agricultural plains, and hilly jungle regions.
Pakistan borders India to the west and Bangladesh (formerly East Pakistan) to the east.
The severity of the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) epidemic in India has become increasingly apparent to health specialists, but local awareness of the causes of and ways to prevent the spread of AIDS is growing slowly.
countrystudies.us /india/26.htm   (640 words)

  
 FSA Research Project 2006: India
India's literacy rate is 64.8 % with 53.7 % of females and 75.3 % of males being literate.
India is home to two major linguistic families, those of the Indo-Aryan and Dravidian-derived languages.
The cuisine of India is extremely diverse, as ingredients, spices and cooking methods all vary from region to region.
www.fsa.nl /rpi/index.php?module=india_demography   (844 words)

  
 Wikinfo | India
India borders Bangladesh, Myanmar, China, Bhutan, Nepal and Pakistan on land, with Sri Lanka and the Maldives just across the Indian mainland in the Indian Ocean.
The subcontinent was divided into the secular state of India and the smaller Muslim state of Pakistan that occupied two noncontiguous areas.
Fundamental concerns in India include the ongoing dispute with Pakistan over Kashmir, massive overpopulation, environmental degradation, extensive poverty, and ethnic and religious strife, all this despite impressive gains in economic investment and output.
www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=India   (1152 words)

  
 Top20India.com - Your Top20 Guide to India!
India has a coastline which stretches over seven thousand kilometres, and shares its borders with Pakistan to the west, the People's Republic of China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the northeast, and Bangladesh and Myanmar (formerly known as Burma) on the east.
India has unresolved border disputes with China, which escalated into a brief war in 1962, and Pakistan which resulted in wars in 1947, 1965, and 1971, and a border altercation in the northern state of Kashmir in 1999.
India is home to two major linguistic families, those of the Indo-Aryan (spoken by about 74% of the Indian population) and Dravidian (spoken by about 24% of the Indian population) derived languages.
www.top20india.com   (3652 words)

  
 Demographics: Demographics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
India is the fourth largest economy in the world in terms of purchasing power parity, and the tenth largest in nominal terms.
India is home to two major linguistic families: Indo-Aryan (spoken by about 74% of the population) and Dravidian (spoken by about 24%) with a number of other languages from the Austro-Asiatic and Tibeto-Burman linguistic families.
It was the 14th census in an unbroken series, and the 6th after independence in 1947 (except for Assam which was did not figure in the 1981 census).
spradeepkumar.blogspot.com /2006/04/demographics.html   (625 words)

  
 Television and other media
Doordarshan is the National Television Network of India and also one of the largest broadcasting organizations in the world.
The regional programmes carried on all the transmitters in the different states of India also deal with similar programmes but in the language and idiom of the particular region.
The motivation for the world entertainments industry to turn its attention to India is the sheer numbner of the target audience and their increasing inclination to spend on entertainment.
www.diehardindian.com /ntertain/media.htm   (638 words)

  
 Demographics of India - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
India houses a population of 1.1 billion people (2006), comprising approximately one-sixth of the world's population.
India also has the second largest number of English speakers in the world with over 150 million people speaking English in India.
Censuses were conducted in India in ancient times with examples such as Kautilya's Arthashastra which describes the collection of population statistics for taxation.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Demographics_of_India   (1336 words)

  
 The Ultimate India Dog Breeds Information Guide and Reference
India, the world's largest liberal democracy, has also emerged as an important regional power, possessing one of the world's largest military forces and a declared nuclear weapons capability.
India is home to some of the most ancient civilisations and has given birth to four major world religions: Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism.
India's bicameral parliament consists of the upper house known as the Council of States, or Rajya Sabha and the lower house known as the House of the People, or Lok Sabha.
www.dogluvers.com /dog_breeds/India   (1704 words)

  
 India
India’s domesticated elephants are valuable not only for the work they perform but also as a future conservation tool against inbreeding or genetic drift in wild elephants.
India has a tradition of several thousands of years of keeping elephants and the region is the conventionally accepted birthplace of domestication.
In India livestock departments apparently (it is difficult to generalize across eleven states) presently play a very small role in treating elephants and no role in registering or managing domesticated elephants, the main reason simply being that they have never done so in the past.
www.fao.org /DOCREP/005/AC774E/ac774e0a.htm   (9971 words)

  
 UC Atlas: India Gender Mortality
India has one of the highest female mortality rates in the world, with a sex ratio of 0.97.
Its demographics are more typical of a middle-income country, with a female-male ratio of 1.05, similar to Europe and North America.
As a case study, India shows that economic growth is not a predicator of improved female mortality.
ucatlas.ucsc.edu /gender/gender_india.php   (797 words)

  
 India | Planetizen
India must eradicate its ubiquitous shantytowns if it is to become an economic success story.
India and China are turning to wind power in response to growing energy needs.
India's market-based approach to holds promise for long-term economic development but poor infrastructure could undermine economic growth.
www.planetizen.com /india   (583 words)

  
 India - Gurupedia
India is home to several major rivers such as the Ganga (anglicized to Ganges), the Brahmaputra, the Yamuna, the Godavari and the Krishna.
India's economy today encompasses traditional village farming, modern agriculture, handicrafts, a wide range of modern industries, and a multitude of support services, including software.
India's official national sport is Field Hockey, although most would assert that it is in fact Cricket that has become the unofficial national game.
www.gurupedia.com /i/in/india.htm   (2619 words)

  
 India
Complexity and variety is the hallmark of India.
The spirit of India has fascinated the world with its mystical culture and the extensive tradition in arts.
India Demographics - The latest statistical figures, such as India's population census, demographic data etc.
www.webindia123.com /india/index.html   (257 words)

  
 DNA - India - Sudarshan’s demographics debunked - Daily News & Analysis   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The preface delves into the politics behind the removal of the registrar-general of India for claiming that the census indicates a spurt in the growth of Muslim and Christian populations.
But, it says, "India has not remained unaffected and between 1900 and 2000 the share of Muslims in the population of India has increased by about 8 percentage points to reach nearly 30 per cent and that of Christians by 1 percentage point to reach 2 per cent of the population."
It goes on to say that several new pockets of high Muslim presence and growth are developing in India.
www.dnaindia.com /report.asp?NewsID=10581   (685 words)

  
 :: MICE INDIA
Bangalore is served by an international airport and is well connected to the rest of India by air and train.
Chennai is served by an international airport and well connected with the rest of India by air, road and train.
Goa is well connected to all the major international airports in India, including Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai and Delhi by air as well as by rail.
www.mice-india.com /spas.php   (865 words)

  
 STAR TV INDIA: MANAGEMENT SHAKEUP
In what is being talked of as a major move, media baron Rupert Murdoch last weekend stripped Star TV India chief executive R. Basu of e to a strengthening of Star's strategic alliance with Zee TV, which has been on and off for the past few months.
Basu and his programming team were earlier seen as a stumbling block as it would be difficult to accommodate them in a joint operation for direct-to-home television or digital television.
The fourth explanation is that Murdoch is upset about the lack of productivity by senior executives and about the losses that Star has run up ever since it invested in local programming for the Indian market.
www.indiantelevision.com /newsletter/010399/management010399.htm   (339 words)

  
 :: MICE INDIA - MEETINGS, INCENTIVES, CONFERENCES, EXHIBITIONS IN INDIA::
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 India Demographics key data
Demographics of India - Key Data of India
If you're from Chennai or any other city you'll be able to network with others in order to get a job and start your career.
News and events are updated via our news system to keep you updated as much as possible on the hottest news from India.
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 The Steward Focus on India
Links to India information, States of India, Cities and Districts of Indiaand Indian Newsgroups.
are but some of the human rights problems that ail India.
This site is dedicated to the Khalsa Panth, and to the men and women who have laid down their lives to uphold the principles of freedom, justice, and righteousness, and for the liberation of Khalistan.
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