| India: At a Glance | |
|---|---|
| Capital | New Delhi |
| Area | 32,87,263 sq.km |
| Area wise in the world | 7th |
| Location | India extends between latitudes 8o4'N and 37o6'N. It is a country of the east with its landmass lying beteen longitudes 68o7'E and 97o25'E. |
| Stretch | 3,214 Kilometers from north to south 2,933 Kilometers from east to west |
| Land Frontier | 15,200 km |
| Coastline | 7516.5 km |
| Neighbouring Countries | India shares its political borders with Pakistan and Afghanistan on the west and Bangladesh and Myanmar on the east. The northern boundary is made up of the Sinkiang province of China, Tibet, Nepal and Bhutan. India is seperated from Sri Lanka by a narrow channel of sea formed by the Palk Strait and Gulf of Mannar |
| Physical Feature | The mainland consists of four well-defined regions: (i)The great mountain zone, (ii)The Indo-Gangetic plain, (iii)The desert region and (iv)The Southern Peninsula |
| Rivers | The main rivers of the Himalayan group are the Indus, the Ganga and the Brahmaputra. |
| Climate | There are four seasons which are recognised by the India Meteorological department. They are - Cold weather, hot weather, rainy season and the season of the retreating south-west monsoon. |
| Fauna | Approx. 89,451 species |
| National Parks | 94 |
| Wildlife Sanctuaries | 501 |
| Official Languages | Hindi |
| Population (2001 census) | 1,02,70,15,247 (16.7% of the world's population) |
| Populationwise place in the world | 2nd |
| Population density | 324 person per square kilometer |
| Population growth | 21.34 % |
| Sex Ratio | 933 females per 1000 males |
| Literacy | 65.38 % |
| Male Literacy | 75.85 % |
| Female Literacy | 54.16 % |
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Monday, January 24, 2011
About India
List of books about India
- Indica by Megasthenes, c. 300 BCE
- Ashokavadana, 2nd century CE
- Ain-i-Akbari, (Vol. 3 of Akbarnama). Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak. 16th century
- Padshah Nama, by Muhammad Amin Qazvini. 1646
- Firishta, Muhammad Qasim Hindu Shah Astarabadi; Tr. by Jonathan Scott (1794). Ferishta's History of Dekkan..(Vol. 1). John Stocksdale, London. http://www.archive.org/details/ferishtashistory01firi.
- Firishta, Muhammad Qasim Hindu Shah Astarabadi; Tr. by Jonathan Scott (1794). Ferishta's History of Dekkan..(Vol. 2). John Stocksdale, London. http://www.archive.org/stream/ferishtashistory02firi#page/n3/mode/2up.
- The History of British India, James Mill, 1818.
- Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, by James Tod, 2 vols. London, Smith, Elder (1829, 1832).
- Elphinstone, Mountstuart (1843 (First 1841)). The History of India (Vol. 1). London : J. Murray. http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofindia01elph#page/n3/mode/2up.
- Elphinstone, Mountstuart (1841). The History of India (Vol. 2). London : J. Murray. http://www.archive.org/stream/thehistoryofin02elphiala#page/n5/mode/2up.
- Hien, Fa; Tr. from the Chinese by Herbert A Giles (1877). Record of the Buddhistic Kingdoms By Fa Hien(414 AD). Trubner & Co., London. http://www.archive.org/stream/recordofbuddhist00faxirich#page/n5/mode/2up.
- The History of India, as Told by Its Own Historians. The Muhammadan Period (1-8 Vols.), by H. M. Elliot, Ed. John Dowson , 1867-1877.
- The Imperial Gazetteer of India, 4 vols., (1881, 1908–1931)
- Hunter, William Wilson, Sir (1893). A Brief history of the Indian peoples. Oxford : Clarendon Press. http://www.archive.org/stream/briefhistoryindi00hunt#page/n7/mode/2up.
- Lethbridge, Roper, Sir (1893). The History of India. London : Macmillan. http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofindia00lethiala#page/n7/mode/2up.
- Feudge, Fannie Roper (1903). India. The Saalfield Publishing Company, Ohio. http://www.archive.org/stream/indiagorgeouseas00feudrich#page/n5/mode/2up.
- Dutt, Romesh Chunder (1906). History of India: From the Earliest times to the Sixth century B.C (Vol. 1). London, Grolier society. http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofindia01jackuoft#page/n7/mode/2up.
- Smith, Vincent Arthur (1906). History of India: From Sixth century B.C to Mohammedan Conquest (Vol. 2). London, Grolier society. http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofindia02jackiala#page/n9/mode/2up.
- Lane-Poole, Stanley (1906). History of India: From Mohammedan Conquest to the Reign of Akbar the Great (Vol. 3). London, Grolier society. http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofindia03jackuoft#page/n9/mode/2up.
- Lane-Poole, Stanley (1906). History of India: From Reign of Akbar the Great to the Fall of Moghul Empire (Vol. 4). London, Grolier society. http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofindia04jackuoft#page/n9/mode/2up.
- Elliot, H. M. (1907). History of India: The Muhammadan Period as Described by Its Own Historians (Vol. 5). London, Grolier society. http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofindia05jackuoft#page/n11/mode/2up.
- Hunter, William Wilson, Sir (1906). History of India: From the first European settlements to the founding of the English East India company (Vol. 6). London, Grolier society. http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofindia06jackuoft#page/n9/mode/2up.
- Hunter, William Wilson, Sir (1906). History of India: The European struggle for Indian supremacy in the seventeenth century (Vol. 7). London, Grolier society. http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofindia07jackuoft#page/n9/mode/2up.
- Lyall, A. C., Sir (1907). History of India: From the close of the seventeenth century to the present time (Vol. 8). London, Grolier society. http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofindia08jackuoft#page/n9/mode/2up.
- Williams Jackson, A. V. (1907). History of India: Historic accounts of India by foreign travellers, classic, oriental, and occidental (Vol. 9). London, Grolier society. http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofindia09jackuoft#page/n9/mode/2up.
- Sachau, Dr.Edward C. (1910). Alberuni's India - An account of ... India about A.D. 1030 (Vol. 1). Kegan Paul, Trench Trubner & Co.Ltd., London. http://www.archive.org/stream/alberunisindiaac01biru#page/n5/mode/2up.
- Sachau, Dr.Edward C. (1910). Alberuni's India - An account of ... India about A.D. 1030 (Vol 2.). Kegan Paul, Trench Trubner & Co. Ltd., London. http://www.archive.org/stream/alberunisindiaac00biruiala#page/n5/mode/2up.
- De La Fosse, C. F. (1918, Revised ed.). History of India. London : Macmillan & Co.. http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofindia00delarich#page/n5/mode/2up.
- Rapson, Edward James (1922). The Cambridge History of India: Ancient India (Vol. 1). Cambridge University Press. http://www.archive.org/stream/cambridgehistory01rapsuoft#page/n7/mode/2up.
- Haig, Wolseley, Sir (1928). The Cambridge History of India: Turks and Afghans (Vol. 3). Cambridge University Press. http://www.archive.org/stream/cambridgehistory03rapsuoft#page/ii/mode/2up.
- Dodwell, H. H. (1929). The Cambridge History of India: British India, 1497-1858 (Vol. 5). Cambridge University Press. http://www.archive.org/stream/cambridgehistory05rapsuoft#page/n7/mode/2up.
- Dodwell, H. H. (1932). The Cambridge History of India: The Indian Empire, 1858-1918 (Vol. 6). Cambridge University Press. http://www.archive.org/stream/cambridgehistory06rapsuoft#page/n7/mode/2up.
- Bannerjee, Dr. Gauranganath (1921). India as known to the ancient world. Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, London. http://www.archive.org/stream/indiaasknowntoan00banerich#page/n3/mode/2up.
- The Discovery of India, by Jawaharlal Nehru, 1946.
- The History and Culture of the Indian People, 11 vols, ed. R.C. Majumdar. (1951)
Names of modern India in its official languages
The following table lists the names of the Republic of India in each of the twenty-three constitutionally-recognised languages listed in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of India. Hindi and English are the languages used by the Union Government for official work. Kannada, Sanskrit, Tamil and Telugu are officially classical languages of Republic of India.
| Language | Long form | Transliteration | Short form | Transliteration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assamese | ভাৰত গণৰাজ্য | Bhārôt Gônôrajyô | ভাৰত | Bhārôt |
| Bengali | ভারতীয় প্রজাতন্ত্র | Bhārotio Projatôntro | ভারত | Bhārot |
| Bhojpuri | भारत गणराज्य | Bhārat Gaṇarājya | भारत | Bhārat |
| English | 'Republic of India' | – | India | – |
| Gujarati | ભારતીય ગણતંત્ર | Bhārtiya Gantāntrā | ભારત | Bhārat |
| Hindi | भारत गणराज्य | Bhārat Gaṇarājya | भारत | Bhārat |
| Kannada | ಭಾರತ ಗಣರಾಜ್ಯ | Bhārata Gaṇarājya | ಭಾರತ | Bhārata |
| Konkani | भारत गणराज्य | Bhārat Gaṇarājya | भारत | Bhārat |
| Malayalam | ഭാരത മഹാരാജ്യം | Bhārata Mahārājyam | ഭാരതം, ഇന്ത്യ | Bhāratam, Intya |
| Meitei Manipuri | ভারত গণরাজ্য | Bhārata Gaṇarājya | ভারত | Bhārata |
| Marathi | भारतीय प्रजासत्ताक | Bhārtiya Prajāsattāk | भारत | Bhārat |
| Nepali | भारत गणराज्य | Bhārat Gaṇarādzya | भारत | Bhārat |
| Oriya | ଭାରତ ଗଣରାଜ୍ଯ | Bhārata Gaṇarājya | ଭାରତ | Bhārata |
| Punjabi | ਭਾਰਤ ਗਣਤੰਤਰ | Pā̀rat Gaṇtantar | ਭਾਰਤ | Pā̀rat |
| Sanskrit | भारत महाराज्यम् | Bhārata Mahārājyam | भारतम् | Bhāratam |
| Sindhi | भारत गणराज्य هندستانڀارت، | Bhārat Gaṇarājya | भारत, ڀارت، | Bhārat |
| Tamil | இந்தியக் குடியரசு | Intiyak kuṭiyarasu | இந்தியா | Intiyā |
| Telugu | భారత గణతంత్ర రాజ్యము | Bhārata Gaṇataṇtra Rājyamu | భారత దేశము | Bhārata Desam |
| Urdu | جمہوریہ بھارت | Jumhūrīyat-e Bhārat | بھارت | Bhārat |
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