Basic Facts about India

India is one of the largest and oldest Civilizations and dates back to more than 4000 years. Enormity of its size, diversity of its religion, languages, landscape, climate and vibrant cultural heritage is overwhelming.

Location: Indian Peninsula is separated from rest of the Asia by the Himalayas and occupies major terrain of South Asian subcontinent. Bay of Bengal lies to the East, the Arabian Sea in the West and Indian Ocean to the south. Geographically it lies entirely in the Northern Hemisphere between latitudes 8⁰ 4^’ and 37⁰6^‘North of the Equator and longitudes 68⁰ 7^’and 97⁰25^‘East.

Bordering Countries: Afghanistan and Pakistan to the North-West; China, Bhutan, and Nepal to the North; Myanmar and Bangladesh to the East

Capital City: New Delhi

Climate: Tropical climate marked by high temperatures and dry winters. There are mainly four seasons. Winter from December to February; summer from March to June, South-West monsoon from July to September; and post monsoon season during October and November

Languages: Hindi is the national language and English is the most widely used language for National, Political and Commercial communication

Currency: Rupee (1 Rupee = 100 paisa)

Time zone: GMT + 0530 hours

Telephone Code: +91

Indian basic facts about her map

Indian tradition Taj Mahal

Basic Facts about Indian people tradition uniform

Indian basic people nationality

Basic facts about Indian people

Femina Miss India Universe 2008 Simran Kaur Mundi

Falg of India

India to host Asia Pacific Conference on Reproductive health