Transcript Glorious History of India - G. H. Patel College of

Glorious history of
INDIA
by: bhumit bhuva
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 5,000 year old civilization
 325 languages spoken – 1,652 dialects
 18 official languages
 29 states, 5 union territories
 3.28 million sq. kilometers - Area
 7,516 kilometers - Coastline
 1,000,000,000 people in 2000
 Parliamentary form of Government
 Secular democratic constitution
 Worlds largest democracy since 55 years
 4th largest economy
 Fastest growing IT super power
 Indian Railways ,the biggest employer in the world.
HISTORY OF INDIA
•India's history goes back to 3,200
BC when Hinduism was first
founded.
•Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism.
Judaism. Zoroashtrianism,
Christianity and Islam all exist
within the country today.
The Great Indian Epics
Ramayana
The first Indian epic
Mahabharata
Longest Epic in world
literature with 100,000
two-line stanzas
Indus Valley Civilization- one of the world’s
first great urban civilizations.
World’s first university in Takshila –700 B.C
Ayurveda- earliest school of medicine known to humans
Sanskrit Language –most suitable for computer
software
•India is,the cradle of the human
race,the birthplace of human speech,
the mother of history,the
grandmother of legend, and the great
grand mother of tradition.Our most
valuable and most instructive
materials in the history of man are
treasured up in India only.
15th August , 1947
Indian Independence
26th January , 1950
Republic- India
National Emblem
“Truth alone triumphs”
The National Emblem of India
is derived from the time of the
Emperor Ashoka. The emblem
is a replica of the Lion of
Sarnath, near Varanasi in Uttar
Pradesh.
The four lions(one hidden
from view ) – symbolising
power, courage and
confidence- rest on a circular
abacus.
Pillar of Ashoka
• This pillar, on display at
the museum in Sarnath,
India, bears an edict
issued by Ashoka, who
ruled a vast empire in the
Indian subcontinent in
the 3rd century BC.
NATIONAL
ANIMALTiger
National Bird
- Peacock
National
Flower - Lotus
Great Indian
Personalities
Aryabhatta
Invented the Zero.
Aryabhata is the author of several
treatises on mathematic
and astronomy, some of which are
lost. His major work, Aryabhatiyam,
a compendium of mathematics and
astronomy, was extensively referred
to in the Indian mathematical
literature and has survived to modern
times. The mathematical part of
the Aryabhatiya covers arithmetic,
algebra, plane trigonometry, and
spherical trigonometry.
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Father of the nation
Mohandas Karamchand
Gandhi was born
in Porbandar, a coastal town
in present-day Gujarat, India,
on 2 October 1869. His father
is Karamchand Gandhi,
Gandhi studied law in
London, As a lawyer and
later as a political activist, he
effectively fought
discrimination with the
principles of truth,
nonviolence and courage,
which he derived in part from
the teachings of Hinduism.
Swami Vivekananda
Swami Vivekananda was
born in Shimla Pally,
Calcutta at 6:33 a.m on
Monday, 12 January 1863,
during the eve of Makra
Sankranti festivaland was
given the name
Narendranath Datta.
His father Vishwanath
Datta was
an attorney of Calcutta
High Court.
Rabindranath Tagore
1913 – Nobel Prize
in Literature
Mother Teresa
1979 – Nobel Prize in
Peace
DANCE FORMS
45 folk dances
7 Classical Dance forms
Bharata Natyam
kathak
Kuchipudi
Manipuri
Kathakali
Odissi
India - God’s own country
Celebrates more than 65 festivals
More than 15 vocal forms
More than 60 music instruments
Places of historic importance
Tirumala - Tirupati
World’s richest temple
The Golden Temple
Thousand pillar temple
Gateway of India
The Taj Mahal
One of the world's most famous structures, the Tāj Mahal
was under construction from around 1630 to1650. Shah
Jahan built it as a memorial to his wife, who died in
childbirth. It is located south of Delhi in Āgra, where the
Mughal Empire (1526–1858) built its capital.
Construction of this marble mausoleum drew artisans
from far and wide, and the edifice attracts numerous
admirers today.
Calcutta – City of joy
Cherrapunji
Wettest place on earth
Jai Hind
Thanks…
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