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= **India** =

**Facts:**
India is a big country in South Asia. India is one of the world’s largest countries. India has a population of over a billion and the population grows. The capital is New Delhi, which is one of the world’s top global cities. India is also the most populous democracy in the world. (In the Indian society there is differences between prosperity and culture. Many people are religious. The four major religions are Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism.

**History:**
India has a long past. India was a British colony from 1858 and up to 1947. In the early 1900, the congress party made a passive resistance against the British, which became the first fight for independence. It didn’t go well, in terms of violence. After the Second World War a new period for India began. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was an important person this period, and still are. Since around 1950, India became an independent and modern republic. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi // Celebrting India's independence Day 15th og August.

**Language:**
India has fifteen official languages. Hindi is the national language and English is the second official language. Which means that English is the main language of government, business and higher education. English is important in education, especially as a medium of higher education. The reason for thay speak English, is because India was a British colony. A big part of the population speak english even after India's Independence Day.

**Culture:**
Since India became independent, could only 14% of the population write and read. The government decided that children between 6 and 14 years should be able to have 8 years free and mandatory education. In 1999 almost 100% of the children went to a primary school, and 50% went to lower high school. India is a country of festivals and events. Bollywood is a huge and glamorous film industry and it’s the centre of film making in India. Bollywood is situated in Bombay. Films made in Bollywood are sold over the whole world. They nearly always feature singing and dancing in their film, and that's what BollyWood-movies is most known by. Sari is a strip of unstitched cloth worn by females. Sari is from four to nine metres in legth, and draped over the body in various styles. It's used in other countries too. As, Nepal, Bangladesh, Siri Lanka Bhutan, Burma and Malaysia. media type="youtube" key="YZzn2F3_FL0?version=3" height="278" width="490"
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**Food:**
India is very known by the food. It’s exotic, very special, and sometimes even spicy. This food usualy contains indian spices, herbs, vegetables and fruit. The do also have lots of vegetarian food, like Chapati, Samosa Naan, Paratha and so on. **Sources:** []

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