By Manvi &Emma

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New Delhi – A local street

• New Delhi• Mumbai – also kown as Bombay• Chennai - also known as Madras• Kolkata – also known as Calcutta• Bangalore• Hyderabad

India has 28 States and 7 Union Territories

• Hindi • Urdu • Kashmiri • Nepali • Oriya • Telugu • Kannada • Bengali • Marathi

• Manipuri• Sindhi• Sanskrit • Assamese • Tamil • Malayalam • Konkani • Punjabi • Gujarati

India has the second largest populationIn the world. India has more then 1 billion

people.

In the City• Buses • Cars • Bikes • Trucks • Trains • Planes • Boats

In the Villages• Camels • Horses • Ox driven carts• Tractors

Also Elephants in the olden times !

India has a wide variety of weather.

It is gets really cold in the North (near the Himalayas) and really hot & humid in the South

In New Delhi (North)Winter: 40 F

Summer: 110 F

In Chennai (South)

Winter: 68 F

Summer: 100 F

• Taj mahal is the 7 wonder of the world. • These are other landmarks in India.• Qutabminat• India gate• Konark Temple• Bhavan• Redford• Rashtrapati

• Kovalam

• Dharmadam• Varkala• Bekal• Shanghuukham• Thirumullavarm• Thangssery• Alappuzha• Tanur

• Beypore• Kapped• Muhappilangad• Arambol• Vagator• Anjuna• Baqa• Calahgute• Candolim

• Himalayas• Mount Everest• Eastern Ghats• Western Ghats

• Swat• Kumon• Nagarjunasagar• Chambal• Doon

• Adyanpara• Arhirapally• Chachai• Dudhsagar• Chunchanakatte• Dudma• Gersoppa

• Godchinamalaki• Gokak• Hogenakal• Jog• Jonba• Kiliyur• Kutralam

• Ganga• Yamuna• Godavari• Krishna• Cauvery• Narmada• Tapi

• Thar Desert

That also goes into Pakistan

CROPS & PLANTS• Rice• Wheat• Cotton• Corn• Sugar Cane• Soybean

• Oak• Cedar• Palm• Coconut• Bamboo

Food/Drinks• Ice cream• Milk• Nuts• Yogurt• Rice• Pudding• Curry• Powder• Sattron• Basmati• Lentils• Eggs• Cumin• Chapatis• Dried fruit• Cinnamon• Pratas• Vegetables• Meat• Tortilla

WEALTHY OR POOR• India has one of the largest Middle class in the

world• The Cities have some very rich people• The Villages are the opposite, they are mostly

poor

• Tigers(National Animal)

• Elephants• Leopards• Wild Boar• Black Bears• Monkeys

• Peacocks(National Bird)

• Storks• Crows• Pigeons• Vultures

• Tika• Bindi• Namaste for respect•T ouching elders feet for blessings• On Holi day you play with colors• Parents are suppose to search for right groom or b ride• Garland • Fasting• Hena

• Diwali• Holi• Dusshera• Ashtami• Baisakhi• Rakhi• Id-ul-Fitr• Maha Shivaratri

• Independence Day

• May Day• Ram Navami• Ganesh Chaturti• Gandhi Jayanti• Christmas

ARTS\CULTUREBeatiful pottery is created.They make baskets are created along with

woodcarving and metal work.Silk , cotton , and other material is used to make

clothingau.

• Mahatma Gandhi• Shah Jahan• Akbar• Jawahar Lal Nehru• Rajiv Gandhi• Sonia Gandhi• Amitabh Bachchan

• Sachin Tendulkar• Mother Teresa• Indira Gandhi• Ratan Tata• Stayajit Ray• Rabindranath

Tagore• Swami Vivekananda

The cash in India is called a rupee.The coins in India are called paise.100 paise=1 rupee!

• wrestling• golf• badminton• chess• cricket• Polo• yoga

• soccer• field hockey tennis

• Lots of coal. • Iron• Mica• Farmland• Forests• bauxite

There are a very few people that recycle there.They have a lot of waste.They pollute all over the place!

• T- Shirts • Shorts• Hardware• Electronics• Oil• Computer

• Equipment • Textiles• Chemicals• Food• Machinery• Jewelry• Mining• Software

•Steel•Transportation•Clothing material•Cement•petrole

Museums

New Delhi has a world National museum theyAlso have the gallery of modern arts.

Books used : majestic India, India and welcomeIndia.Websites used : fact monster, yahoo, worldBook, kids Rex, Google translate, Google, National geographic, kids komeck and countries of the world.People : mom + dad + grandma. The card that told me what the

Indian holidays are.