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India became part of the British Empire in 1876
India became independent in 1947
India proclaimed itself a republic and the same day their current constitution was issued (1950)
Deccan plateau
Eastern Ghats
Himalayan chain
Ganges
2 archipelagos: -Lakshadweep
-Andaman and Nicobar
29 federal states
6 territories of the union→ex: Laccadive
A territory including the national capital→ Delhi
Most of the federated states follow linguistic
frontiers within their borders. Some regions, instead,
claim their autonomy as new entities federated in
the state.
About 1.3 billion peoples
Human geography→ most cultural variety
Each Indian fellow has a personal concept of himselfas an Indian citizen with his own language and his ownreligion
Melting-pot
4 major groups: -Indo-Ariano
-Dravidico
-Tibeto-Birmano
-Austro-Asiatico
Besides these 4 ethnicities there are at least 400 groupsof tribes.
In India 22 languages are known and spoken but the
most spread are 2:
Hindi: it’s spoken as first language by the 40% of the population
Urdu: it’s different in some characters but has the same grammar as Hindi and is spoken, together withHindi, by the 45% of the Indian people.
If we add the dialects spoken in the Indian federation, we reach the number of 1590 idioms.
English has been the best social glue as to language, but only for the middle classes.
The English language was considered the best push toget the best work.
But for the greatest part of the population the possibility of using the English language was reallycompared with the difference between the privilegedpeople and the others.
Influenced by the Himalayas chain
India includes a wide range of meteorogical and climatic conditions
4 large climatic groups can be identified:
1. Tropical humid
2. Tropical dry
3. Humid subtropical
4. Mountain
89 national parks
ANIMALS▪ 172 endangered species →ex: -Indian rhinoceros
-Vulture
-Bengal tiger
-Indian elephant
Border with Pakistan→vegetation is herbaceus
North→on the Himalaya it’s artic
In the Deccan→savannah
Western Ghats→numerous rain forests grow
Eastern Ghats→jungle
Vegetarian curry with pumpkin and chickpeas
Chicken curry
Chicken tikka masala
Chapati
- Clean pumpkin - Spicy paprika - Red onion - Water - Salt - Dried chickpeas - Curry sauce - Garlic - 40 m of white cooking wine - Black pepper - Extra virgin olive oil - Turmeric - Vegetable stock - Thyme sprigs - Basmati rice - Cloves - Cinnamon stick