ABOUT INDIA
"INDIA LOOKS LIKE A BEAUTIFUL BRIDE WITH AVEIL OVER HER HEADWHEN VIEWED FROM SPACE.THIS IS HOW SOVIET COSMONAULT B.V. VOLINN SAW INDIA FROM HIS SPACECRAFT WHILE ORBITING THE EARTH "
INDIA(republic of INDIA)
capital:New delhi
area:3,287,263 sq.km
population:1,002.1m
languages:hindi(official),english and 18 more officially recognised languages
literacy:62.4%
religions:hinduism,islam,christianity,buddism,jainism etc;
currency:rupee(us$1=45.55)
percapita income: $2,077
president:Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam
prime minister:Dr.Manmohan Singh
national anthem:jana gana mana.....jaya he...by rabindranath tagore
national song:vande mataram(composed by bankim chandra chatterji)
national Emblem:The State emblem is an adaptation from the Sarnath Lion Capital of Ashoka. In the original, there are four lions, standing back to back, mounted on an abacus with a frieze carrying sculptures in high relief of an elephant, a galloping horse, a bull and a lion separated by intervening wheels over a bell-shaped lotus. Carved out of a single block of polished sandstone, the capital is crowned by the Wheel of the Law (Dharma Chakra).
In the State emblem, adopted by the Government of India on 26 January 1950,only three lions are visible, the fourth being hidden from view. The wheel appears in relief in the centre of the abacus with a bull on right and a horse on left and the outlines of other wheels on extreme right and left. The bell-shaped lotus has been omitted. The words Satyameva Jayate from Mundaka Upanishad, meaning ‘Truth Alone Triumphs’, are inscribed below
the abacus in Devanagari script.
national flag:  a horizental tri-colour of deep saffron(kesari) at the top ,white in the middle and dark green at the bottomin equal proportion.the ratio of the width of the flag to its length is two to three.in the center of white band is a wheel,in navy blue.its design is that of a wheel(chakra)which appears on the abacus of the saranath lion capital of asoka.its diameter approximates the width of the white band.it has 24 spokes.
the design of national flag was adopted by the constituent assembly of india on 22nd july 1947.its use and display are regulated by a code.
national bird:peacock 
national animal:the royal bengal tiger 
national flower:lotus 
national calendar:at the time of independence the govt.of india followed the gregorian calendar based on christian era.
the national govt adopted the recommendation of the calendar reform committee that the saka era be adopted as the basis of the national calendar.the saka year has the normal 365 days and begining with chaitra as its first month.the days of saka calendar have a permanent correspondence with the dates of the gregorian calendar,chaitra1 falling on march 22nd in a normal year and on march 21 in a leap year.the national calendar commenced on chaitra 1 saka,1879 corresponding to march 22,1957 a.d
the months of the national calendar,with their days and dates of the gregorain calendar corresponding to the first day of the saka month are as follows:
saka--------------------------------gregorain
1 chaitra 30/31 days----------------march22/21
1 vaisaka 31------------------------april 21
1 jayistha 31-----------------------may22
1 asaadha 31------------------------june 22
1 sravana 31------------------------july 23
1 bhadra 31-------------------------august 23
1 asvina 30-------------------------sep 23
1 kartika 30------------------------october 23
1 agrahayana 30---------------------november22
1 pausa 30--------------------------december22
1 magha 30--------------------------january21
1 phalguna 30-----------------------februaray 20
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