India
Sahasra
Intresting Info
- In India there are so many wild monkeys
- If you want to go to a monkey zoo its right outside you house or apartment
- The enemy of India is Pakistan
- Can you believe it India shares its border with six other countries
- British hurt many people in India
- The capital of India is New Deli
- Indira Gandhi was the first women to become prime minister in India
- The first Indian boxer to win a gold medal was MC Mary Kom
landmarks
- The Taj Mahal is famous
- its famous because the India rulers wife and kids died
- The Taj Mahal is where they are right now
Food
- Indian food is mostly made with rice or wheat
- India is known for its spicy and tasty food
- The food is spicy because they use hot chilli peppers , and curry
- They also use other spices
- India has bread called naan
- Most indian people eat vegetarian food
- India has so many sweets
- People in India use there hands , spoon's , and forks to eat there food
Religon
- The major religion practiced in India is Hindu
- 80.5 percent people practice Hindu
- Christian and 2.3 percent people practice it
- Sikh is a religion that 1.9 percent people practice it
- muslim is also practiced
- 13.4 percent people practice it
- unspecified religons are practiced and 0.1 percent people practice it
- other religions are practiced and i.8 percent people practice it
language
- Their major language are: English , and Hindi
- There are different language
- The language are called :
- Telgue
- Malayalam
- Tamil
- Kanada
- Sanskrit
- Mariti
- and Gujarathi
- there are many more than listed
- So many you can't remember
Flag
- The flag is saffron, white, and green
- The saffron stands for sacrifice and dedication
- The white stands for truth
- The green stands for the fertility and growth of land
- In the center there is a blue wheel
- It means there is life In movment
Art
- For art many people wear henna and its called body art
- you can make pretty design's with henna
- People put it on there feet and hands
- its like writing on a piece of paper
mucic
- There are different type of music in India
- there are Rough and soft types
- The music goes with the theme of the movie
- if love music its love
- if hate music its hate
dance
- There are different type of dance in India
- There are different types of dances and there long
- There is one that you might wacth and it Bollywood
Famous People
- Jawaharlal Neheru became the first prime minister in India
- Indira Gandhi was the first girl prime minister
- Indira Gandhi is the daughter of Jawaharlal Neheru
- Jawaharlal Neheru's grand son is Rajiv Gandhi
- He served prime minister
famous person
- Rabindranath Tagore was a poet from India
- He wrote poems in a language called Bengail
- he wrote his belives
- like how he belives that god is in nature
- During Tagore's life India was ruled by United Kingdom
- so he wrote how he wished India would be free
- The sad part was that India was free six years after he died
- The exact day was 1947.
weather
- In India its almost always hot in India
- There's only three season's
- The cool season is from October to Febuary
- The hot season is from march to June
- The rainy season mostly lasts from June to September
celebration
- Holi is a celebration
- To celebrate Holi you take powder
- then you throw it at people
- you throw it till your covered
- its a big celebration
celebration
- Weddings are spacial so they wear really pretty saris
- They also wear henna
- Its a traditon to wear henna on hand and feet when getting married
- Wedding are special
clothing
- India has comfortable clothes to wear
- Clothing in india is made with cotton
- children wear traditional and modern clothing
- Indian women wear saris
- boys that are not kids wear dhoti
- dhoti is cloth that is wrapped around you waist and is pulled between legs
- men also wear something called turban
- its cloth that wrapped around their head
sources
- if you want to find more info go to :
- World Book
- Books from Library
- Mom/Dad
- Grama
- Kids InfoBites
- Info trac
- Natinal Geographic Kids
- T.V
- Because that's where I got my info