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Confuzzled
13-02-2007, 16:40
Capital: New Delhi
President: Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
Prime Minister: Dr Manmohan Singh
Government: federal republic
Time zone: GMT +5.5
Area: 3287590
Population: 1000000000
People: 72% Indo-Aryan, 25% Dravidian, 3% other

Languages: Although it is India's national language, Hindi is only spoken as a mother tongue by about 20% of the population

While Hindi was largely adopted by India's Hindu population, the Muslims embraced Urdu, and so the latter is written in the Perso-Arabic script and includes many Persian words.

82% Hindu, 12% Muslim, 2.3% Christian, 1.9% Sikh, 0.8% Buddhist, 0.5% Jains, 0.5% other

Currency: Indian Rupee (Rs)
GDP: Approx. Rs2200000000000

Major industries: Textiles, chemicals, food processing, steel, transportation equipment, cement, mining, petroleum, machinery, rice, wheat, oilseed, cotton, jute, tea, sugarcane, potatoes, cattle, water buffalo, sheep, goats, poultry, fish

Major Trading Partners: US, China, Hong Kong, UK, Japan, European Union, UAE.

Country Dialing Code: 91

Guji-Ji
13-02-2007, 16:57
i didnt know there were more christians than sikhs.

Confuzzled
13-02-2007, 17:00
nor did i till jus now...leme double chek

Guji-Ji
13-02-2007, 17:02
Although 80.5% of Indians report themselves as Hindus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinduism), India's Muslim (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim) population is the world's second largest; they constitute 13.4% of the population. Other religious groups include Christians (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity) (2.3%), Sikhs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikhism) (1.9%), Buddhists (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism) (0.8%), Jains (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jainism) (0.4%), Jews (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jew), Zoroastrians (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoroastrians), Bahá'ís (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%27%C3%AD_Faith) and others.[17] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India#_note-Census)

I guess your its right.

Confuzzled
13-02-2007, 17:22
*Bows*

Thank u :)