2. Tables of Content
HISTORY OF INDIA
Ancient India Timeline
RELIGION
CULTURE
ECONOMY
POLITICS
POPULATION
REFERENCE
3. History of India
India is a land of ancient civilization. India's social, economic, and
cultural configurations are the products of a long process of regional
expansion. Indian history begins with the birth of the Indus Valley
Civilization and the coming of the Aryans. These two phases are usually
described as the pre-Vedic and Vedic age. Hinduism arose in the Vedic
period.
The history of this astonishing sub continent dates back to almost
75000 years ago with the evidence of human activity of Homo sapiens.
Amazingly, almost five thousand years ago, the inhabitants of the Indus
Valley Civilization had developed an urban culture based on commerce
and sustained by agricultural trade.
4. Ancient India Timeline
Prehistoric Period: ( 400000 BC - 1000 BC)
Indus Valley Civilisation: (2500 BC - 1500 BC)
Epic Age: (1000 BC - 600 BC)
Hinduism and Transition: (600 BC - 322 BC
Epic The Mauryan Age: (322 BC - 185 BC)ge: (1000 BC - 600 BC)
The Southern Kingdoms: (500 AD - 750 AD)
The Northern Kingdoms: (750 AD - 1206 AD)
6. CULTURE
Indian cultural history spans more than 4,500 years. During the Vedic
period.(c. 1700 – 500 BCE), the foundations of Hindu
philosophy mythology theology and literature were laid, and many
beliefs and practices which still exist today, suchas dharma, karma, yoga,
and mokṣa, were established. India is notable for its religious diversity
with Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Islam, Christianity,
and Jainism among the nation's major religions. The predominant
religion, Hinduism, has been shaped by various historical schools of
thought, including those of the Upanishads, the Yoga Sutras,
the Bhakti movement and by Buddhist philosophy.
7. ECONOMY
According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Indian
economy in 2015 was nominally worth US$2.183 trillion; it is the 7th-
largest economy by market exchange rates, and is, at US$8.027 trillion,
the third-largest by purchasing power parity or PPP.[ With its average
annual GDP growth rate of 5.8% over the past two decades, and
reaching 6.1% during 2011–12, India is one of the world's fastest-
growing economies .However, the country ranks 140th in the world
in nominal GDP per capital and 129th in GDP per capita at PPP.Until
1991, all Indian governments followed protectionist policies that were
influenced by socialist economics. Widespread state intervention and
regulation largely walled the economy off from the outside world. An
acute balance of payments crisis in 1991 forced the nation to liberalize
its economy. since then it has slowly moved towards a free-market
systemby emphasizing both foreign trade and direct investment inflows.
India's recent economic model is largely capitalist.[India has been a
member of WTO since 1 January 1995.
8. POLITICS
India is the world's most populous democracy.[ A parliamentary republic
with a multi-party system it has six recognized national parties including
the Indian National Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and
more than 40 regional parties.
In the Republic of India's first three general elections, in 1951, 1957, and
1962, the Jawaharlal Nehru -led Congress won easy victories. On
Nehru's death in 1964, Lal Bahadur Shastri briefly became prime
minister.
In the 2014 general election, the BJP became the first political party
since 1984 to win a majority and govern without the support of other
parties.[ The Prime Minister of India is Narendra Modi, who was
formerly Chief Minister of Gujarat.
9. POPULATION
At the census 2001, out of 1028 million population, little over 827
million (80.5%) have returned themselves as followers of Hindu religion,
138 million (13.4%) as Muslims or the followers of Islam.
24 million (2.3%) as Christians
19 million (1.9%) as Sikh.
8 million (0.80%) as Buddhists
4 million (0.4%) are Jain.
If current growth rates continue, India will have 1.63 billion people by
2050 and will surpass China, said a report. India on Saturday recorded
a population of 127,42,39,769 which is growing at a rate of 1.6 per cent
a year, and could make the country the most populous in the world by
2050.