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ABOUT INDIA |
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The north of the country by the
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Himalayas, the highest mountains in the world. On the
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east, India
from Burma by |
foothills of the Himalayas. The Ganges is geographically
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the most important river, and
sacred
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by
most Indians. |
Basically, the year in India can
into three
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seasons: hot, wet and cool. |
The capital consists of two cities. Old Delhi, which
in 1648 by Shah |
Jehan,
the Moghul emperor and builder of the Taj Mahal, and New Delhi, which
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by the British as the imperial capital in 1931.
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Sixteen official languages and 820 dialects
in India. |
Most workers (70%)
on
the land, but India is also one of the world's |
major industrial powers and
recently major efforts
to move Indian
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industry
into modern 'high tech' areas. |
Textiles
all over the
world from India. |
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