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India size and location
India is big and vast country
India is one of the ancient civilizations in the world
India attained multi-faceted socio-economic progress in
last 5 decades
Displaying the remarkable progress in the field of
agriculture, technology, industry and overall economic
development
Location
Lying entirely in northern hemisphere
The latitudinal extent of India is 8.4’N and 37.6’N
The longitudinal extent of India is 68 o7’E and 97.25’E
The tropic of cancer (23o30’ N) divides the India into
almost half
In southeast the Andaman and Nicobar Islands located
In southwest the Lakshadweep islands is located
The southern most point on Indian union Is Indira point
got submerged in 2004 during the tsunami
SIZE
The landmass of India has an area of 3.28 million square
km
India total accounts for about 2.4% of the total geo
graphical area of the world
India is the 7th largest country in the world
Land boundary of India is 15,000km
Total length of coastline of the mainland, including
islands is 7,156.6km
India is bounded with young fold mountains
South of India about 22o north
It begins Taper in south and extends towards Indian
ocean dividing into two seas Arabian sea and the Bay of
Bengal
The longitudinal and latitudinal extent about 30o.
From the Gujarat to Arunachal Pradesh there is a time
lag of two hours hence, time along the standard meridian
of India(82o30’E) passing through Mirzapur in Uttar
Pradesh is taken the standard time for whole country.
The latitudinal extent influences the duration of the day
and night, as one moves from south to north.
India and the
world
The India landmass has the central location between
east and west Asia
India is the southward extension of Asia
The trans Indian routes which connect countries to of
Europe in the west and the countries of east Asia,
provide the strategic position
Since, the opening of Suez Canal in 1869, India’s distance
from Europe has been reduced by 7000km
Deccan peninsula protrudes in Indian ocean ,thus helping
India to establish good contact with west Asia, Africa
and Europe from the western coast and with south east
and east Asia from the eastern coast
The Ideas of Upanishads, Ramayana, the stories of
Panchatantra and the Indian numerical and decimal
system thus could reach many parts of the world
The spices, muslin and the other merchandise were
taken from India to different countries
India’s neighbors
India occupies an important strategic position in south
Asia
India has 28 states and 8 union territories
India shares its land boundaries with Pakistan,
Afghanistan in the northwest, China, Tibet, Nepal,
Bhutan in the north and Myanmar and the Bangladesh
in the east
Our southern neighbors across the sea consist of two
islands Sri Lanka and Maldives
Sri Lanka is separated by India through a narrow channel
called as gulf of mannar or Palk strait
Maldives islands are situated to the south of the
Lakshadweep Islands
Before 1947, there were two types of states in India the
provinces and the princely state.
The provinces are directly ruled by British officials, who
are appointed by viceroy, Princely state was ruled by
local, hereditary rulers
