GMS 691 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: High Modernism, Pranab Mukherjee, Narendra Modi
24 Apr 2016
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Religions: hindu (80. 5, muslim (13. 4%, christian (2. 3%, sikh (1. 9%, other 1. 8%) Languages: hindi 41, bengali 8. 1, telugu 7. 2, marathi 7, tamil 5. 9, urdu 5, gujarati 4. 5, kannada 3. 7, malayalam 3. 2, oriya 3. 2, punjabi 2. 8, assamese 1. 3, maithili 1. 2, other 5. 9% English: english is the official language for national, political and commercial communication. Gdp composition: agriculture (15. 8%, industry (25. 8%, services (58. 4% Federal and state legislatures: president pranab mukherjee, prime minister narendra modi. Early signs as far as 3000 bc indus valley civilization . The first real civilization is believed to have descended from central asia and part of europe aryans (1500 bc) The aryans gave rise to hinduism and gave the popular hindu scriptures mahabharata and vedas. The maurayas - reign of ashoka (268bc to 233bc) Invasions by the mughals ruled india for more than 200 years. Until 1896, india was the only source for diamonds to the world. Ayurveda is the earliest literature of medicine known to humans.
