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India
India, said to be God's own country, is a huge subcontinent with a rich and vast cultural heritage. Feel free to ask questions about this mystical land.
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What is the most common religion in India?
The most popular religion in India today is Hinduism. It has always been so since the ancient times.
New religions like Jainism and Buddhism cropped up in around 600 years before Christ. You'll be surprised to know that Christianity touched India's shores in just about 50 AD.
Islam is the next most popular religion, next to Hinduism, in India. It started to make its mark in India by about 1000AD. There are about 170 million Muslims in India, surprisingly India is the third most Muslim-population country behind Indonesia and Pakistan.
However, Hindus (believers and followers of Hinduism) form the majority in India, with a following total of about 960 million people.
What is the disadvantage of the mall culture in India?
Malls have changed the entire concept of shopping in India. Earlier Indian consumers had to do their shopping in their local small / medium stores near by their homes. For specialty products they had to travel further in town. There was no parking place for their cars. For different products, they had to travel in different stores in different locations. Stores were unorganized and the consumers had to tolerate the nagging pressure from the sales persons all the times. Malls have made the shopper's life more pleasant and hassle free. There is always ample of parking space in the Malls. The ambience is excellent. All major products are available in the Malls. Apart from Shopping, Food and Entertainment is also available in the Malls. The consumers have the freedom to visit any stores of their liking without the fear of having to face the nagging pressure of the sales persons. Shopping has therefore become a pleasure to the Indian consumers. With all the best amenities under one roof, the Indian consumers, who till now had never ever experienced such great pleasure of shopping, are today patronizing the Malls. Unorganized retailing is gradually diminishing as Malls are taking over the businesses.
What is the total number of Gram panchayats in India?
Gram panchayats are local governments at the village or small town level in India. As per 2002 there were about 265000 gram panchayats in India. ...
What were the events leading to Quit India Movement?
The Quit India Movement (Hindi: भारत छोड़ो आन्दोलन Bhārat Chodo Āndolan), or the August Movement (August Kranti) was a civil disobedience movement launched in India in August 1942 in response to M K Gandhi's call for immediate independence. The All-India Congress Committee proclaimed a mass protest demanding what Gandhi called "an orderly British withdrawal" from India. The call for determined, but passive resistance appears in his call to Do or Die, issued on 8 August at the Gowalia Tank Maidan in Bombay.
The British were prepared to act. Almost the entire Indian National Congress leadership, and not just at the national level, was imprisoned without trial within hours after Gandhi's speech-at least 60,000 people. Most spent the rest of the war in prison and out of contact with the masses. The British had the support of the Viceroy's Council (which had a majority of Indians), of the Muslims, the Communist Party, the princely states, the Imperial and state police, the Indian Army, and the Indian Civil Service. Many Indian businessmen were profiting from heavy wartime spending and did not support Quit India. Many militant students paid more attention to Subhas Chandra Bose, who was in exile and supporting the Axis. The only outside support came from the Americans, as President Franklin D. Roosevelt pressured Prime Minister Winston Churchill to give in to Indian demands. The Quit India campaign was effectively crushed.
The British refused to grant immediate independence, saying it could happen only after the war ended.
(courtesy: Wikipedia)
India has a very diverse climate and can be hot to very cold depending on the time of year and whether north or south. Some parts of India can get to 18 degrees in the winter.
Who is the greatest female singers in India?
The greatest male Indian singer of all time is Mohd. Rafi. As of right now, the best male singer is Sonu Nigam.
The greatest female singer of all time is Lata Mangeshkar. Though Lata and Asha are many times listed as equal or incomparable, Lata is regarded as better in India. As of right now, the best female singer is Shreya Ghoshal.
Other GREAT male singers: Kishore Kumar, Kumar Sanu, Udit Narayan, Shaan, Mukesh, Manna Dey, Yesudas, SP Balasubraniam, Suresh Wadekar
Other GREAT female singers: Asha Bhosle, (The one being compared to Lata) Kavita Krishnamurthy, Alka Yagnik, Sunidhi Chauhan, K.S. Chitra, Sadhna Sargham.
i think the best Indian singer was tansen [male]
and Lata m.[female]
What are the advantages to foreign companies in setting up production in India?
The two main advantages which the foreign companies earn in setting up the production in India are:
1.They get cheap labour, compared to the labour in their countries.
2.They earn more and more profit in unknown countries, such as India.
How many lions there in India?
There are only a few hundred lions left in the wild in India. In 2010, the Gujarat Government reported that there were around 411 lions left in the wild in the forests of Gujarat. The number was in hundreds of thousands around the 1900's and has come down to this number due to extensive hunting
How many cows are there in India approx?
India has more cows than any other country. There are over 280 MILLION (281,700,000) cows in India. That's more than a quarter of the entire world population of cows in JUST ONE COUNT(28.29% to be precise).
To put that into perspective the United States has only 96,669,000 cows (less than half the number of cows that India has). The Indian cow population is higher than the American dog and cat populations combined (77.5 million dogs and 93.6 million owned cats).
In which continent is India located?
The "subcontinent" of India is part of the continent of Asia.
It is called a subcontinent because until it crashed into Asia (and pushed up the Himalayas), it was a continent in its own rite.
The large amounts of the Indian money are usually written in terms of the crores. I Crore is equivalent to 10 million Indian Rupees.
Gold price per 10 grams Indian rupees?
28-07-2010
Price of gold in USD is $1160 per Troy Oz
1 Troy Oz = 31.1 gms
Price of 10 gms of Gold in Indian Rupees = 1160 x 46.65 (usd to inr) x 10/ 31.1
= INR 17400
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PLICATIONS OF GROWING POPULATION IN INDIA
Population growth and its relation to economic growth has been a matter of debate for over a century. The early Malthusian view was that population growth is likely to impede economic growth because it will put pressure on the available resources, result in reduction in per capita income and resources; this, in turn, will result in deterioration in quality of life. Contrary to the Malthusian predictions, several of the East Asian countries have been able to achieve economic prosperity and improvement in quality of life in spite of population growth. This has been attributed to the increase in productivity due to development and utilization of innovative technologies by the young educated population who formed the majority of the growing population. These countries have been able to exploit the dynamics of demographic transition to achieve economic growth by using the human resources as the engine driving the economic development; improved employment with adequate emoluments has promoted saving and investment which in turn stimulated economic growth.
Following are the adverse effects of population growth on the Indian Economy:
1.adverse effects on savings
2. unproductive investment
3.slow growth of Per Capita Income
4.underutilization of labour
5.growing pressure on land
6.adverse effect on quality of population and
7.adverse social impact
What is the significance of the British East India Company?
finance trading ventures
Firstly, there wasnt just one East India Company, the british, french, dutch, spanish, Portuguese, swedish and danish all had east India companies. Secondly, the east India companies all focussed around one particular thing, profit through trading. This was achieved by trading with the forign nations mainly in India and the East Indies such as the Maratha Confederacy and the Mughal Empire. When they traded with them, they did two things, on the voyage there, the ships were full of cheap cargo from Europe and the Americas such as Tobacco, Iron, Steel and Weapons which were sold expensively in India, then they filled the ships with cargo from India such as Spices, Tea and Silk. These ships then sailed back to their home countries and sold these goods in the east India docks to the public expensively as they were very rare commodities in Europe. So basically, the purpose of the East India Companies was to primarily import and export goods which benefited their nations but they also made profit using supply and demand just like most companies do.
A+ (Finance trading ventures)
The First train ran between which two cities of India?
The First train ran between Bomay and Thane at 1853.large deposits of petroleumhave been found near the seabed near Mumbai.this region near BOMBAY HIGH.it is the largest seaport in India.it is in Maharashtra.
Why are baby girls killed in India?
The social order of India is predominatly that men will go out and get jobs and provide a source of income for the family, so it's seen as a good "investment" for the family. While on the other hand, woman commonly aren't expected to get jobs, they would stay home and cook and clean. But that is changing in India, many more women are getting jobs and getting an income.
