An Overview of India- Part I

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India is a vast peninsula with a total land area of about 33 million sq kilometers and population exceeding 800 millions. Its length from north to south is about 3,200 kilometers and breadth from east to west is nearly 3,000 kilometers. Because of its huge size both in area and population India is generally referred to as sub-continent.

India owes its name to the mighty river Sindhu (the Indus, which is now in Pakistan). The huge river which carries an annual inflow twice that of the Nile and thrice the combined inflow of Tigris and Euphrates was the most imposing feature of north-western part of the Indian sub-continent. Read more

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