Facts
- More than 1,2 billion people
- 2,973,190
- Very poor, low pay
- The most common religion is Hinduism
- Not allowed to eat cows, they are holy
- Nirvana
- It’s in Asia
- A lot of pollution
- The left hand is the dirty hand
- Good spicy food
- Cricket is very popular
- The worlds biggest family is from India
- The capital is New Delhi
- They have a cast system
- A republic, a democracy
- Call-centers
- Got their independence in 1947 (August 15)
- Today the northern part is overpopulated and poor
- Southern India = richer, more educated, more peaceful
- Religion
- Hinduism is the biggest religion
- Muslims
- Christians
- Sikhs
- Buddhists
- Others
- Language
- Hindu (39 percent)
- English is the preferred business language
- 18 other
History
- The worlds biggest democracy
- Invaded by Aryan tribes from Asia
- Has been invaded by Muslims, from the eight century and onwards
- An old British colony
- The British called it “The Jewel of the crown”
- Mahatma Gandhi – fought for independence (non-violence)
- The black (fx Martin L. King) in the US got their inspiration From Gandhi
- Was murdered by a Hindu (so someone from the same religion)Â fanatic in 1948 (right after the independence)
- Has also been invaded by Portugal, France, the Netherlands and Denmark (Tranquebar)
- After the independence of India there was a fight between Hindus and Muslims, therefore Britain created Pakistan and Bangladesh (were the Muslims could live), but there are still problems
Politic
- Parties
- The Congress Party
- Governed for most of the time since the independence
- Important persons, Nehru, Indira Gandhi
- The Congress Party
- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), right-wing
- Who is ruling the today
- Many other left-wing and minority parties
- President Prime Minister
- Two house parliament, just like in Britain
- You have to be 18 to vote
Movies
- Slumdog millionaire
- Outsourced