The judiciary consists of the Supreme Court of India, High Courts at the state level, and district and session courts at the district level.
Natural resources are coal (India has fourth-largest reserves in the world), iron ore, manganese, mica, bauxite, titanium ore, chromite, natural gas, diamonds, petroleum, limestone, and arable land.
In August 2005, the Indian parliament passed the Rural Employment Guarantee Bill, which promises 100 days of minimum wage employment to every rural household in 200 of India's 600 districts.
The Edicts of Ashoka are the oldest preserved historical documents of India, and from Ashoka's time, approximate dating of dynasties becomes possible.
By the 1850s Britain controlled most of the Indian sub-continent, which included present-day Pakistan and Bangladesh.
Evidence of Mesolithic culture throughout India, suggests widespread habitation covering a time span of around 25,000 years, starting around 30,000 years ago.
India's independent judicial system began under the British, and its concepts and procedures resemble those of Anglo-Saxon countries.
Auxiliary forces include the Indian Paramilitary Forces, the Indian Coast Guard, and the Strategic Forces Command.
India has long supported the United Nations, with over 55,000 Indian military and police personnel having served in 35 U.N. peace keeping operations across four continents.
India took a leading role in the 1950s by advocating the independence of European colonies in Africa and Asia, and is one of the founding members of the Non-Aligned Movement.
Madhubani painting, Rajput painting, Tanjore painting, and Mughal painting are some notable genres of Indian art, while Raja Ravi Varma, Nandalal Bose, Geeta Vadhera, Jamini Roy are some modern painters.
Ancient Indian science and technology, engineering, art, literature, astronomy, and philosophy flourished under the patronage of these kings.
The earliest Indian paintings were the rock paintings of pre-historic times, the petroglyphs as found in places like Bhimbetka, and some of them are older than 55,500 B.C.E.
Buddhism first flowered in India but then suffered decline, while it flourished in Sri Lanka, China, Japan and Southeast Asia.
Higher education provides an opportunity to specialize in a field and includes technical schools (such as the Indian Institutes of Technology), colleges, and universities.
Newer sculptures in northwest, in stucco, schist, or clay, display strong blending of Indian post-Gupta mannerism and classical influence, Hellenistic or possibly even Greco-Roman.
Another of India's salient religious contributions to humanity is the doctrine of non-violence, or ahimsa; that one should avoid doing harm to any living thing.
Between these extremes lie the sal-dominated moist deciduous forest of eastern India; teak-dominated dry deciduous forest of central and southern India; and the babul-dominated thorn forest of the central Deccan and western Gangetic plain.
The Mughals had a policy of integration with Indian culture, which is what made them successful where the short-lived sultanates of Delhi had failed.
Indian audiences want songs and dances, love interest, comedy and dare-devil thrills, all mixed up in a three-hour long extravaganza with an intermission.
India has a federal form of government and a bicameral parliament operating under a Westminster-style parliamentary system.
India accepts compulsory International Court of Justice jurisdiction with several reservations.
India has three archipelagos — Lakshadweep, which lies off the south-western coast; the volcanic Andaman and Nicobar Islands island chain to the southeast, and the Sunderbans in the Ganges Delta of West Bengal.
Mark Twain wrote: "India is the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend, and the great grand mother of tradition.
Buddhism in particular rejects the caste system, and Buddhist missions serve many Indians of the lowest castes.
The Thar Desert attracts the moisture-laden summer monsoon winds that, between June and September, provide most of India's rainfall.
Traditional Indian dress greatly varies across the regions in its colors and styles, and depend on various factors, including climate.
Three years later, on January 26, 1950, India chose to be a republic, and a new constitution came into effect.
Important Indian trees include the medicinal neem, widely used in rural herbal remedies.
India's software exports are growing at the rate 30-35 percent per year.
The name India is derived from Indus, which is derived from the Old Persian word Hindu, from Sanskrit Sindhu, the historic local name for the Indus River.
In 1972, India enacted the Wildlife Protection Act and Project Tiger to safeguard crucial habitat.
India's climate is strongly influenced by the Himalayas and the Thar Desert.
The first step toward independence and western-style democracy was taken with the appointment of Indian councillors to advise the British viceroy, and the establishment of provincial councils with Indian members.
India borders Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burma, China, Nepal, and Pakistan.
The British established their first outpost in South Asia in 1619 at Surat on the northwestern coast of India.
Indian genres like filmi and bhangra have become popular throughout the United Kingdom, South and East Asia, and around the world.
The origins of Vedic Civilization, which laid the foundations of Hinduism and other cultural aspects of early Indian society, are in dispute.
The Indian rebellion of 1857 in the north, led by mutinous Indian soldiers and known in British history as the Great Mutiny, was crushed by the British.
Bengal became a protectorate, and then directly went under the rule of East India Company.
India hosts thousands of rituals and millions of shrines, temples, and other holy places.
Soon thereafter, mammals entered India from Asia through two zoogeographical passes on either side of the emerging Himalaya.
India's northern and north-eastern states are partly situated in the Himalayan Range.
Recently, India concluded a nuclear deal with United States that would allow the United States to supply civilian nuclear technology to India and nuclear fuel to Indian reactors.
Significant economic reforms beginning in 1991 have transformed India into one of the fastest-growing economies and an emerging superpower in the world.
The music of India includes multiple varieties of folk, popular, pop, and classical music.
India offers a number of Classical Indian dance forms, each of which can be traced to different parts of the country.
Many Indian species are descendants of taxa originating in Gondwana, to which India originally belonged.
India is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country (with over 1.2 billion people), and the most populous democracy in the world.
In 2004, the Indian National Congress won the largest number of seats to form a government leading the United Progressive Alliance, supported by a left-leaning coalition and parties opposed to the BJP.
Located in northern India on the banks of the River Yamuna, The metropolis consists of three towns – Delhi, Delhi Cantonment, New Delhi – along with 214 villages.
The Himalayas are to the north, while Kanyakumari constitutes the southern tip of the Indian peninsula.
Traditional Indian family values are highly respected, although urban families now live as nuclear families.
From 180 B.C.E., a series of invasions from Central Asia followed, including those led by the Indo-Greeks, Indo-Scythians, Indo-Parthians and Kushans in the northwestern Indian sub-continent.
India is home to four major world religions, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism, whose spiritual patrimony has largely shaped the cultures of Asia.
The first sculptures in India date back to the Indus Valley civilization, some of the earliest sculpture in the world.
A freshly made colored floor design (Rangoli) everyday is still a common sight outside the doorstep of many (mostly South Indian) Indian homes.
The subsequent Slave dynasty of Delhi managed to conquer large areas of northern India, approximate to the ancient extent of the Guptas, while the Khilji Empire was able to conquer most of central India.
Later, as Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism developed, India produced some of the most intricate bronzes in the world, as well as unrivaled temple carvings.
Hinduism is the original religion of India, which today counts approximately 900 million adherents.
India has fought several wars with Pakistan, primarily over Kashmir.
Muslim trading communities had been flourishing throughout coastal South India, particularly in Kerala.
The Constitution of India and common usage in Hindi also recognize Bharat as an official name of equal status.
Meanwhile, elsewhere in India, less anatomically accurate styles of human representation evolved leading to the classical art that the world is now familiar with and contributing to Buddhist and Hindu sculpture throughout Asia.
India became a nuclear state in 1998 by successfully conducting underground nuclear tests.
The French set up base in the seventeenth century, and tried to occupy large parts of southern India.
The cuisine of India is extremely diverse, as ingredients, spices and cooking methods vary from region to region.
India has a labor force of 509.3 million, 60 percent of which is employed in agriculture or agriculture-related industries.
From 1830, the defeat of the Thugs, a secret society of murderers, played a part in securing greater control of diverse Indian provinces for the British.
India has one of the world's oldest martial arts forms - Kalari Payattu.
The arch, a cornerstone of world architecture, was developed by the Indus Valley civilization and would later be a staple of Indian architecture.
India is a founding member of the Non-Aligned Movement at the United Nations and has been a nuclear power since 1974.
The educated speech at that time was Sanskrit, while the general population of northern India spoke Prakrits.
Overall, 33 percent of Indian plant species are endemic.
India has several major rivers, including the Ganges, the Brahmaputra, the Yamuna, the Godavari, the Kaveri, the Narmada, and the Krishna.
India's standard of living is projected to rise sharply in the next half-century, even as it battles high levels of poverty, persistent malnutrition, and persistent conflict with Pakistanis in contested areas like Kashmir.
Such movies are called "masala movies," after the Indian spice mixture "masala."
The middle period, especially associated with the Gupta dynasty, is known as India's Golden Age, a time of unparalleled cultural development.
The constitution defines India as a sovereign, socialist, secular, democratic republic.
Indian drama and theatre is perhaps as old as its music and dance.
Finally, once it has accumulated, the sand becomes sandstone when it is compacted by pressure of overlying deposits and cemented by the precipitation of minerals within the pore spaces between sand grains.
More recently, India has capitalized on its large pool of educated, English-speaking people to become an important outsourcing destination for multinational corporations.
Indian movies have a regular plot, with songs and dances interspersed to add to the entertainment value of the movie.
India has played an influential role in the Association of South East Asian Nations, and the World Trade Organization.
India's largest urban agglomerations are Mumbai, Pune, Kolkata, Delhi, Chennai, Bangalore and Hyderabad.
The spread of ideas associated with Buddhism meant Indian architecture influenced eastern Asia.
The rest of northern, central, and eastern India consists of the fertile Indo-Gangetic Plain.
Arabs, Turks and Afghans invaded parts of northern India and established the Delhi Sultanate at the beginning of the thirteenth century, from former Rajput holdings.
India is a union of 29 states and seven federally-governed union territories.
Ethnic groups in India comprised, in 2000, Indo-Aryan 72 percent, Dravidian 25 percent, Mongoloid and others three percent.
Till 1990, Indian National Congress party enjoyed a parliamentary majority barring two brief periods during the 1970s and late 1980s.
Tamil Sangam literature represents some of India's oldest secular traditions.
The Supreme Court of India consists of a chief justice and 25 associate justices, all appointed by the president on the advice of the Chief Justice of India.
Indian Muslims, Buddhists and Christians are freed from the theological fetters of caste; however, they may still be subject to discrimination.
Men of northern India and the Punjab may also wear salwar kameez, often in plain white cotton, and top the kameez with a dark waistcoat.
At the time of India's emergence as a nation-state in 1947, India's literacy rate was 11 percent.
The Indian religions teach reincarnation, the basic idea that one's soul can be reincarnated an endless number of times.
Later in the century, the British East India Company opened permanent trading stations at Madras, Bombay, and Calcutta, each under the protection of native rulers.
Lying within the Indomalaya ecozone, India hosts significant biodiversity; it is home to 7.6 percent of all mammal, 12.6 percent of bird, 6.2 percent of reptile, and 6.0 percent of flowering plant species.
Peninsular India's subsequent movement towards, and collision with, the Laurasian landmass set off a mass exchange of species.
Many Indian cultural practices, languages, customs, and monuments are examples of this co-mingling over centuries.
India has also become a major exporter of software as well as financial, research, and technology services.
India constitutes the major portion of the Indian sub-continent, which sits atop the Indian Plate and the northwesterly portion of the Indo-Australian Plate.
Chess, commonly held to have originated in India, is also gaining popularity with the rise of the number of recognized Indian grandmasters.
Around the same time in southern India, the Pandyan kingdom began to take shape.
South India contains several Hindu temples like Brihadeeswara Temple, Thanjavur, the Sun Temple, Konark, Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple at Srirangam, and the Buddha stupa at Bhattiprolu.
Chandragupta was succeeded by his son Bindusara, who expanded the kingdom over most of present day India, except Kalinga, and the extreme south and east, which may have held tributary status.
The lungi (a type of wrap-around) is worn in many parts of India, but depending on the social practices of the region it may be restricted to indoor-wear.
Vasco da Gama's discovery of a new sea route to India in 1498 paved the way for European commerce with India.
Indian classical music traditions, including Carnatic and Hindustani music, are noted for the use of several raga, and has a history spanning millennia.
India was the richest classical civilization, with the only known diamond mines in the world.
The Republic of India (Hindi: ???? ??????? Bh?rat Ga?ar?jya), commonly known as India, is a country in South Asia.
Two examples of poetry from Tagore's Gitanjali serve as the national anthems of both India and Bangladesh.
Southern India is almost entirely composed of the peninsular Deccan Plateau, which is flanked by two hilly coastal ranges, the Western Ghats and the Eastern Ghats.
India's national sport is field hockey, although cricket is the most popular sport.
Subsequently, all political power was transferred from the East India Company to the British Crown, which began to administer most of India directly.
From 1920, Indian leaders such as Subhas Chandra Bose transformed the Indian National Congress, largely led by Mahatma Gandhi, into a mass movement to campaign against the British Raj.
India has a strong tradition of poetry, often closely related to musical traditions, and mostly attributed to religious movements.
Rules of consanguity differ regionally: In north India, the man cannot marry a closely related cousin.
Our most valuable and most astrictive materials in the history of man are treasured up in India only!"
Along with over 500 wildlife sanctuaries, India now hosts 14 biosphere reserves, four of which are part of the World Network of Biosphere Reserves; 25 wetlands are registered under the Ramsar Convention.
The traditional system of Vaastu Shastra serves as India's version of Feng Shui, influencing town planning, architecture, and ergonomics.
India boasts one of the great world civilizations, a glorious history replete with empires, commercial and cultural wealth, exceptional achievements in the arts, music and architecture, a complex and distinctive cuisine, and superb textiles.
Hinduism is the original religion of India, which today counts approximately 900 million adherents.
Sometimes people use mango leaves to decorate their homes. In Southern India, Christians often put small oil burning clay lamps on the flat roofs of their homes to show their neighbors that Jesus is the light of the world. Christians in Goa love to celebrate Christmas!
The Constitution of India is the supreme law of India. It lays down the framework defining fundamental political principles, establishes the structure, procedures, powers and duties of government institutions and sets out fundamental rights, directive principles and the duties of citizens.
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami. 15 to 30 metres (50 to 100 ft) with maximum runup of 51 m (167.3 ft) at Lhoknga. The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake occurred at 00:58:53 UTC on 26 December with the epicentre off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia.
Pakistan (Hindi: पाकिस्तान, Urdu: پاکِستان) is a village in the Purnia district of Bihar, India. The village was named "Pakistan" in the memory of the Muslim residents who migrated in 1947 to what was then called East Pakistan. At the time the district bordered East Pakistan.
The Indian leopard is one of the big cats occurring on the Indian subcontinent, apart from the Asiatic lion, Bengal tiger, snow leopard and clouded leopard. In 2014, a national census of leopards around tiger habitats was carried out in India except the northeast.
Facebook reported a "potential audience" of 241 million active users in India as of July 13, versus 240 million in the United States, according to The Next Web contributor Simon Kemp. He notes that Facebook use in India is up 27%, or by 50 million users, in the past six months.Jul 14, 2017
In the Indian context, coffee growing started with an Indian Muslim saint, Baba Budan, who, while returning from a pilgrimage to Mecca, smuggled seven coffee beans (by hiding them in his beard) from Yemen to Mysore in India.
Among the first banks were the Bank of Hindustan, which was established in 1770 and liquidated in 1829–32; and the General Bank of India, established in 1786 but failed in 1791. The largest bank, and the oldest still in existence, is the State Bank of India (S.B.I). It originated as the Bank of Calcutta in June 1806.
Dubai is situated on the Persian Gulf coast of the United Arab Emirates and is roughly at sea level (16 m or 52 ft above). The emirate of Dubai shares borders with Abu Dhabi in the south, Sharjah in the northeast, and the Sultanate of Oman in the southeast.
The air distance between Delhi and Dubai is about 2203.68 km which is about 1369.3 miles. The first flight from New Delhi Dubai is at 2:15 AM, which is Indigo airlines 23. The last flight from New Delhi Dubai is at 8:25 PM, which is Air India 995.
Mahatma Gandhi
Ganges River BasinMap of the Ganges (orange), Brahmaputra (violet), and Meghna (green) drainage basins.Yamuna River drainage basin map.Godavari, Andhra Pradesh, one of the widest rivers in India.Hogenakkal Falls, on the Kaveri River.
The vast majority of Hindus in India belong to Shaivite and Vaishnavite denominations. India is one of the three countries in the world (Nepal and Mauritius being the other two) where Hinduism is the majority.
Throughout the history of India, Indian culture has been heavily influenced by Dharmic religions. ... India is the birthplace of Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism, and other religions. Collectively known as Indian religions. Indian religions are a major form of world religions along with Abrahamic ones.
"India remains generally safe for female travelers and most women will experience, at worst, unwelcome attention from men," the firm's report added, while cautioning tourists against traveling alone or in small groups.Mar 20, 2013
Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama discovered a sea route to India in 1497-1498.Apr 29, 2014
The name India is derived from the river Indus. ... The local inhabitants therefore called it Sapta-Sindhu, meaning the seven rivers. As the seven tributaries are part of the one river, the entire river system came to be known in time as Sindhu. In general, Sindhu also means any river or water body in Sanskrit.
The name India is derived from Indus, which originates from the Old Persian word Hindu. The latter term stems from the Sanskrit word Sindhu, which was the historical local appellation for the Indus River. The ancient Greeks referred to the Indians as Indoi (Ἰνδοί), which translates as "The people of the Indus".
The name in Indian languages is Bharata after the emperor Bharata. ... Today it refers to the contemporary Republic of India located therein. The name India is originally derived from the name of the river Sindhu (Indus River) and has been in use in Greek since Herodotus (4th century BCE).
The name India is derived from the river Sindhu which flows in the north west of the country. The Greeks used to call us Indoi meaning the people of the Indus. BHARAT etymology: The name Bharat is derived from the legendary king Bharat who was ancestor of kauravas and pandavas; son of King Dushyanta and Shakuntala.May 18, 2017
Ramanujan theta function, Ramanujan prime, Ramanujan summation, Ramanujan graph and Ramanujan's sum: Discovered by the Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan in the early 20th century. Shrikhande graph: Graph invented by the Indian mathematician S.S. Shrikhande in 1959.
"Zero and its operation are first defined by [Hindu astronomer and mathematician] Brahmagupta in 628," said Gobets. He developed a symbol for zero: a dot underneath numbers. "But he, too, does not claim to have invented zero, which presumably must have been around for some time," Gobets added.Sep 18, 2017
Outward and return voyages of the Portuguese India Run (Carreira da Índia). The outward route of the South Atlantic westerlies that Bartolomeu Dias discovered in 1487, followed and explored by da Gama in the open ocean, would be developed in subsequent years.
“India remains generally safe for female travelers and most women will experience, at worst, unwelcome attention from men,” it added, while cautioning tourists against traveling alone or in small groups. ... “But India is a lot more safe than other countries,” she added.Mar 18, 2013
The name India is derived from Indus, which originates from the Old Persian word Hindu. The latter term stems from the Sanskrit word Sindhu, which was the historical local appellation for the Indus River. The ancient Greeks referred to the Indians as Indoi (Ἰνδοί), which translates as "The people of the Indus".
Vasco da Gama