Namaskar! That means hi in Marathi. India is in Asia over 1 billion people live.India has 29 states. In the 29 states people speak different languages. Why? Because India is the 7th largest country in the world! More than seven hundred languages are spoken in India.
India is split into 4 large regions. North of India is part of the Himalayas. South is the Deccan Plateau which has lots of hills and rivers. The region above Plateau is big and flat. It is also great for growing crops cause many rivers go through. This part has lots of farms. The region to the west is covered in a lot of desert.
India has a ton of big cities. One of the biggest cities is Mumbai. Mumbai is where Bollywood is located and I did not misspell Hollywood. India produces the most movies in the world! Many of them are musicals.
The biggest city in India is Delhi. Delhi is the capital of New Delhi where there are many beautiful temples and Museums. You can find the Lotus temple here. It is one of the most famous temples in India.
Bengaluru is known as the garden city. It is filled with many trees , parks and lakes. Kolkata has been home to may of India's greatest thinkers, artists, writers and architects.
There are many different clothes in India, like Sari and Kurti. Saris are used for fancy events. A sari is a long cloth that you wrap around yourself like a toga. A kurti is a long shirt that you wear with pants.
What some people eat in India for breakfast is called Idli which are rice cakes. You usually dip Idli into vegetable stew called sambar. For lunch some people in India have flatbread with Sabzi. Sabazi is a dish cooked with vegetables.
When the British ruled India from 1858 to 1947 Britan wanted to control India because of all the valuable spices. The British built factories and railroads all over India to move spices and cotton. Many Indian people were unhappy. Britain made Indians work for next to nothings for money and fight in British wars. During food shortages Britain helped extremely little. A man named Mohandas Gandhi began a movement to end the British rule in 1919. Gandhi told Indian people to stop going to British schools and to stop working for the British. Gandhi was a imprisoned several times but that did not stop him. Gandhi told people to make his own food, clothes and other things. The British could not make money from taxes on the goods that the Indian's bought. It took many years before Gandhi's ideas worked. Gandhi started talking to the British leader about India's independence. Finally India got there in independence in 1947.
India celebrates independence every year on August 15th. By having ceremonies speeches and they fly kites. The kite symbolizes freedom.
Diwali is a Hindu festival celebrated for 5 days in October and November and marks the new year in India. On the first day of the Hindu festival you clean the house. Then you light clay candles which represents the inner daylight on the second day. On the 3rd day they eat traditional Indian food and watch the fireworks. On the 4th day they exchange gifts. For the very last day the Indians have a big meal with all there uncles.
Flag: 3 equal stripes of orange, white and green. The thing in the center is a blue chakra also known as a 24 spoked wheel which symbolizes life and death.
Some interesting facts!
India has a population of over 1.25 billion
Capital is New Delhi
41% of people speak Hindu but there are 780 languages spoken in India! These are the most popular: Bengali, Telugu, Nisha's native Marathi, Tamil, Urdu and English.
Total area: 1,269,219 square miles
Currency: rupee
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