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It has achieved multifaceted socio-economic progress during the last 60 years of its Independence. India has become self-sufficient in agricultural production, and is now the tenth industrialized country in the world and the sixth nation to have gone into outer space to conquer nature for the benefit of the people. It covers an area of 32,87,263 sq km, extending from the snow-covered Himalayan heights to the tropical rain forests of the south. As the seventh largest country in the world, India stands apart from the rest of Asia, marked off as it is by mountains and the sea, which give the country a distinct geographical entity. Bounded by the Great Himalayas in the north, it stretches southwards and at the Tropic of Cancer, tapers off into the Indian Ocean between the Bay of Bengal on the east and the Arabian Sea on the west.</TD></TR> <TR> <TD class="BodyText PadLeft10 PadRight20 PadTop20" style="HEIGHT: 35px" colSpan=2>Lying entirely in the northern hemisphere, the mainland extends between latitudes 8°4' and 37°6' north, longitudes 68°7' and 97°25' east, and measures about 3,214 km from north to south between the extreme latitudes and about 2,933 km from east to west between the extreme longitudes. It has a land frontier of about 15,200 km. The total length of the coastline of the mainland, Lakshadweep Islands, and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands is 7,516.6 km.</TD></TR> <TR> <TD class="PadRight20 PadTop10" align=right colSpan=2><A class=BodyTextLink href="about.htm">More&gt;&gt;</A></TD></TR> <TR> <TD class="PadLeft10 PadTop10" vAlign=top width=60><IMG height=50 src="about_files/img1.jpg" width=50></TD> <TD class="PadLeft10 PadRight20 PadTop10"><SPAN class=SubHeading>Climate</SPAN><BR><SPAN class=BodyText>Lying entirely in the Northern Hemisphere, the Country extends between 8° 4' and 37° 6' latitudes north of the Equator, and 68°7' and 97°25' longitudes east of it. 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Within New Delhi, public transport services like Taxis, buses and metro trains are available. </SPAN></TD></TR> <TR> <TD class="PadTop20 PadLeft10"><IMG height=52 src="about_files/img5.jpg" width=52></TD> <TD class="PadLeft10 PadRight20 PadTop20"><SPAN class=SubHeading>Passports </SPAN><BR><SPAN class=BodyText>Please contact the nearest Indian Embassy or the travel agent to find out the passport and visa requirements for traveling to India. </SPAN></TD></TR> <TR> <TD class="PadTop20 PadLeft10"><IMG height=50 src="about_files/img6.jpg" width=50></TD> <TD class="PadLeft10 PadRight20 PadTop20"><SPAN class=SubHeading>Health Insurance</SPAN><BR><SPAN class=BodyText>It is strongly recommended that all participants take insurance cover for medical care and hospital treatment. Medical care in India is of a high standard and there are several good hospitals in New Delhi. </SPAN></TD></TR> <TR> <TD>&nbsp;</TD> <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR> <TR> <TD class="BodyText PadLeft10 PadRight20 PadTop20" style="HEIGHT: 240px" vAlign=top bgColor=#d7e5ed>5,000 year old ancient civilization <BR>325 languages spoken ? 1,652 dialects <BR>18 official languages <BR>29 states, 5 union territories <BR>3.28 million sq. kilometers - Area<BR>7,516 kilometers - Coastline <BR>1.3 Billion population. <BR>5600 dailies, 15000 weeklies and 20000 periodicals in 21 languages with a combined circulation of 142 million. <BR>GDP $576 Billion. (GDP rate 8%) <BR>Parliamentary form of Government <BR>Worlds largest democracy.<BR>Worlds 4th largest economy.<BR>World-class recognition in IT, bio-technology and space. <BR>Largest English speaking nation in the world.<BR>3rd largest standing army force, over 1.5Million strong. <BR>2nd largest pool of scientists and engineers in the World. </TD></TR> <TR> <TD class=BodyText style="HEIGHT: 15px" vAlign=top bgColor=#d7e5ed></TD></TR> <TR> <TD class=SubHeading style="HEIGHT: 29px" vAlign=top bgColor=#d7e5ed>Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948): </TD></TR> <TR> <TD class="BodyText PadLeft10 PadRight20 PadTop20" style="HEIGHT: 19px" vAlign=top bgColor=#d7e5ed>Gandhi was once asked what he thought about Western Civilization. His response was: "I think it would be a good idea.? "The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.? ?You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.? ?The only devils in this world are those running around inside our own hearts, and that is where all our battles should be fought.? ?If all Christians acted like Christ, the whole world would be Christian.? ?Woman, I hold, is the personification of self-sacrifice, but unfortunately today she does not realize what tremendous advantage she has over man.? ?Indians, will stagger humanity without shedding a drop of blood.? ?An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.? </TD></TR> <TR> <TD vAlign=top bgColor=#d7e5ed></TD></TR> <TR> <TD class=SubHeading style="HEIGHT: 30px" vAlign=bottom bgColor=#d7e5ed>India</TD></TR> <TR> <TD class="BodyText PadLeft10 PadRight20 PadTop20" vAlign=top bgColor=#d7e5ed>It is the only society in the world which has never known slavery. India never invaded any country in her last 10,000 years of history. India was the richest country on Earth until the time of the British in the early 17th Century Robert Clive?s personal wealth amassed from the blunder of Bengal during 1750?s was estimated at around £401,102 It has been estimated that the total amount of treasure that the British looted from India had already reached £1,000,000,000 (£1Billion) by 1901. Taking into consideration interest rates and inflation this would be worth close to $1,000,000,000,000 ($1Trillion) in real-terms today. </TD></TR> <TR> <TD class=SubHeading style="HEIGHT: 30px" vAlign=bottom bgColor=#d7e5ed>A Brief History of Time</TD></TR> <TR> <TD class="BodyText PadLeft10 PadRight20 PadTop20" style="HEIGHT: 30px" vAlign=bottom bgColor=#d7e5ed>Vedic Civilization <BR>Indus &amp; Saraswati Civilizations <BR>Rise of Jainism and Buddhism <BR>Mauryan Period <BR>Golden Age of Indian Arts &amp; Sciences <BR>Muslim Invasions <BR>The Mughal Empire <BR>Portuguese Invasion <BR>The British East-India Company <BR>The British Empire <BR>India's Freedom Struggle <BR>Independence <BR>Modern India 2020 Vision </TD></TR> <TR> <TD class="BodyText PadLeft10 PadRight20 PadTop20" style="HEIGHT: 30px" vAlign=bottom bgColor=#d7e5ed></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR><!--body part end--></TBODY></TABLE></TD><!--right panel end--></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR><!--fotter--> <TR> <TD vAlign=top colSpan=3 height=2></TD></TR> <TR> <TD class=FootterBg style="HEIGHT: 31px" vAlign=center colSpan=3> <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD class="footterText PadLeft10" style="HEIGHT: 19px" width="55%">SACOSAN - III Secretariat, Block 11, 6th Floor, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi - 110 003, India</TD> <TD style="HEIGHT: 19px" width="45%"></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR><!--fotter end--></TBODY></TABLE></FORM><MAP id=Map name=Map><AREA shape=RECT coords=74,6,111,18 href="home.htm"></MAP></BODY></HTML>