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3. Ajab India Ki Kahani

9. 15 th August , 1947 Indian Independence 26 th January , 1950 Republic- India

14. August 15th, Independence Day in India

15. India's Independence Day on August 15 th commemorates the end of British rule in 1947.

16. The day is a national holiday in India and celebrated all over the country.

17. This is also the day when India and Pakistan were divided into two separate countries.

18. On August 15th, you’ll find tricolor flags and buntings everywhere.

19. … while buildings of national importance are illuminated. Public Domain picture from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:20060302-16_d-1386-515h.jpg

21. The Prime Minister of India hoists the national flag at the Red Fort in New Delhi.

22. Families and friends get together for lunch or dinner, or for a picnic.

23. The homes are decorated with saffron, white, and green, the colors of the Indian flag.

24. Happy Independence Day

25. Carried With Care

26. Coated with Pride

27. Dipped in Love

28. Fly in Glory

29. Moments of Freedom in Shades of Joy

31. India never invaded any country in her last 10,000 years of history.

32. Nationals

33. National Flag - Tricolour (Tiranga)

34. National Emblem - Satyameva Jayate

35. National Song – Vande Matram

36. National Anthem – Jana Gana Mana

37. National Animal - Tiger

38. National Bird - Peacock

39. National Flower - Lotus

40. National Festivals – Indian Independence Day, Gandhi Jayati, Republic Day

41. National Emblem “ Truth alone triumphs”

42. Great Indian Personalities

43. Invented the Zero Aryabhatta / Aryabhattacharya

44. Mahatma Gandhi Father of the nation Embodiment of Non- Violence

45. Swami Vivekananda Champion of humanitarianism

47. Great Indian Mathematician Postulated and proved 3,542 theorems Ramanujam

48. Rabindranath Tagore 1913 – Nobel Prize in Literature

49. 1930 - Nobel Laureate in Physics Work on scattering of light and Raman effect C.V Raman

50. 1968 - Nobel Laureate in Medicine Work on interpretation of the genetic code Har Gobind Khorana

51. 1979 – Nobel Prize in Peace Mother Teresa

52. Subramanyan Chandrasekhar 1983 - Nobel Laureate in Physics Work on structure and evolution of stars

53. Dance Forms

54. More than 45 folk dances

55. 7 Classical Dance forms

56. Bharata Natyam- Tamil Nadu

57. Kathak-Noth Indian States

58. Kathakali- Kerla

59. Kuchipudi- Andhra Pradesh

60. Manipuri-Manipur

61. Mohini Attam-Kerla

62. Odissi- Orissa

63. More than 15 vocal forms More than 60 music instruments

64. India - God’s own country Celebrates more than 65 festivals

65. Places of Historic Importance

66. Tirumala - Tirupati World’s richest temple

67. Saint Thomas Cathedral Statue of Virgin Mary brought from Portugal in 1543

68. The Golden Temple

71. Jamma Masjid The biggest mosque in India

72. Thousand pillar temple

73. Gateway of India

74. Jantar Mantar – 1716 Modernistic structures to observe the movement of stars

75. Mysore Palace Illuminated by 97,000 light bulbs

76. Buddha Statue Largest monolithic statue in Asia

77. Dal Lake Jewel in the crown of Kashmir

78. The Taj Mahal

79. Calcutta – City of joy

80. Cherrapunji Wettest place on earth

81. Facts & Figures

82. 5000 year Civilization

84. 3.28 million sq. kilometers Area 7,516 kilometers Coastline

85. 1,326,597,003 people in 2000

86. Parliamentary form of Government

87. Secular democratic constitution

88. 4 th Largest Economy

89. Worlds largest democracy since 60 years

90. One of the fastest growing IT super power

91. Indian Railways, the world’s biggest employer in the world

92. Capital – New Delhi

93. Largest City – Mumbai

94. Currency – Indian Rupee

95. Calling Code – +91

96. Independence: 15 th August, 1947

97. History

98. Future

103. Yoga - Made in India Origin –5000 BC Documented by 200 BC – 300 AD

104. Origin of Martial arts – 200 BC Kalarippayat

105. Chess... MADE IN INDIA

106. has the largest number of Post Offices in the world

107. Until 1896, India was the only source of dia monds in the world (Source: Gemological Institute of America)

108. India exports software to 90 countries.

109. Islam is India's and the world's second largest religion.

110. Jainism and Buddhism were founded in India in 600 B.C. and 500 B.C. respectively.

111. National Emblem “ Truth alone triumphs”

112. India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta .

113. The place value system, the decimal system was developed in India in 100 BC.

114. This method of graduated calculation was documented in the Pancha-Siddhantika (Five Principles) in the 5th Century But the technique is said to be dating from Vedic times circa 2000 B.C.

115. The value of pi was first calculated by Budhayana, & he explained the concept of what is now known as the Pythagorean Theorem British scholars have last year (1999) officially published that Budhayan's works date back to the 6th Century, which is long before the European mathematicians

116. Algebra, Trigonometry & Calculus came from India.

117. Quadratic equations were by Sridharacharya in the 11th Century

118. The largest numbers the Greeks and the Romans used were 10**6(10 to the power of 6) whereas Hindus used numbers as big as 10**53(10 to the power of 53) with specific names as early as 5000 BCE during the Vedic period Even today, the largest used number is Tera 10**12(10 to the power of 12) ‏

119. The World's first university was established in Takshila in 700BC. More than 10,500 students from all over the world studied more than 60 subjects. The University of Nalanda built in the 4th century BC was one of the greatest achievements of ancient India in the field of education.

120. Sanskrit is the mother of all the European languages. Sanskrit is the most suitable language for computer software reported in Forbes magazine, July 1987.

121. According to the Forbes magazine, Sanskrit is the most suitable language for computer software

122. Bhaskaracharya calculated the time taken by the earth to orbit the sun hundreds of years before the astronomer Smart. Time taken by earth to orbit the sun: (5th century) 365.258756484 days

123. Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to humans.Charaka, the father of medicine consolidated Ayurveda 2500 years ago. Today Ayurveda is fast regaining its rightful place in our civilization.

124. The art of Navigation was born in the river Sindh 6000 years ago. The very word Navigation is derived from the Sanskrit word NAVGATIH. The word navy is also derived from Sanskrit 'Nou'.

125. According to the Gemological Institute of America, up until 1896, India was the only source for diamonds to the world.

126. Chess (Shataranja or AshtaPada) was invented in India

127. Sushruta is the father of surgery. 2600 years ago he and health scientists of his time conducted complicated surgeries like cesareans, cataract, artificial limbs, fractures, urinary stones and even plastic surgery and brain surgery. Usage of anesthesia was well known in ancient India

128. Over 125 surgical equipment were used Deep knowledge of anatomy, physiology, etiology, embryology, digestion, metabolism, genetics and immunity is also found in many texts

129. When many cultures were only nomadic forest dwellers over 5000 years ago, Indians established Harappan culture in Sindhu Valley(Indus Valley Civilization) ‏

131. Mythology

132. AUM or OM The first sound of the Almighty Oneness with the supreme

133. G enerates - Brahma O bserves - Vishnu D estroys - Shiva Brahma-Vishnu-Shiva The Trinity Our GOD :

134. The Great Indian Epics Ramayana Mahabharata Longest Epic in world literature with 100,000 two-line stanzas (DOHA) The first Indian epic

136. But this INDIA today is gifted to us By the sacrifices of our leaders who gave us independence.

137. FREEDOM FIGHTERS

138. Lala Lajpat Rai (1865 – 1928 )

141. Bal Gangadhar Tilak ( 1856 -1920 )

144. Jawaharlal Nehru ( 1889 – 1964 )

146. Jawaharlal Nehru as the first Prime Minister

147. Mahatma Gandhi ( 1869 – 1948 )

148. Young Mohandas K. Gandhi, 1876

149. Gandhi as a Young Barrister in Natal

150. Gandhi as a Lawyer in Johannesburg, So. Africa

151. Gandhi and His Wife, Kasturba, 1915

152. Gandhi spinning cloth

153. Gandhi and His Grandaughters, 1947

154. 1948: The news of Gandhi's assassination hits the streets. A stunned crowd gathers in Calcutta.

155. 1948: Crowds in New Delhi wait for a glimpse of Gandhi's funeral procession.

156. Subhash Chandra Bose

159. Last Viceroy of India Lord Louis & Lady Edwina Montbatten

160. Movements to Freedom

161. Non Co-operation Movement

163. Dandi March

167. Quit India Movement

170. Civil Disobedience Movement

173. Partition of India

174. A Library being divided at the time of partition. Heart trembles to see this sight and it is tough to imagine the state of the nation at the moment when people needed to hold hands

179. “ 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 constructive materials in the history of man are treasured up in India only” Mark Twain

180. "India was the motherland of our race and Sanskrit the mother of Europe's languages. India was the mother of our philosophy, of much of our mathematics, of the ideals embodied in Christianity... of self-government and democracy. In many ways, Mother India is the mother of us all." - Will Durant - American Historian 1885-1981

181. “ If there is one place on the face of this Earth where all the dreams of living men have found a home from the very earliest days when Man began the dream of existence, it is India." Romain Rolland - French Philosopher 1886-1944

182. “ We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made” Albert Einstein

183. “ India conquered and dominated China culturally for 20 centuries without ever having to send a single soldier across her border.” Hu Shih, former Ambassador of China to USA

184. “ Many of the advances in the sciences that we consider today to have been made in Europe were in fact made in India centuries ago” Grant Duff British Historian of India

185. The future belongs to India . Jai Hind.

188. Mera Bharat Mahan

189. Let’s Be Like This Child

191. Be Proud of Being an Indian J a i H i n d !