Important Points you should know about India

Friends, in this post we shall discuss some basic Important Points you should know about our country, India. As we've already mentioned in our previous lesson , India is the second most populous and the seventh largest country (based on the area) in the world. 

• National Bird : Peacock
• National Flower : Lotus
• National Animal : Tiger
  
• National Flag :
• Designed by : Pingali Venkayya (Andhra Pradesh
• Date of Adoption by the Constituent Assembly : 22nd July 1947
• Presented to the Nation on : 14th August 1947
• National Emblem :
• Adapted From : Saranath Lion Capitol of Emperor Ashoka
• The Words "Satyameva Jayate" (Truth Alone Triumphs)Taken from : Mundaka Upanishad
• National Anthem :
• Jana-gana-mana
• Writer & Composer : Rabindranath Tagore
• First Published : "Tatva Bodhini Patrika" with the name "Bharat Vidhata" in 1912
• English Translation : Tagore in 1919 with the name "Morning Song of India"
• First Sung : 27th December 1911 at Calcutta
• Date of Adoption by the Constituent Assembly : 24th January 1950
  
• National Song :
• Vandemataram
• Writer & Composer : Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
• First Published : A novel named "Ananda Math" in 1882
• English Translation : Sri Aurobindo
• First Sung : 1896 session of the congress
• Date of adoption by the Constituent Assembly :  24th January 1950
• National Calender (Saka)
• Introduced from : 22nd March 1957 (Saka, 1879)
• Based on : Saka Era which began with vermal equinox of AD 78
• First Month : Chaitra
• Last Month : Phalguna
•  Measurements :
• 3,214 Kms from North to South
• 2,933 Kms from East to West
• Total Area : 3,287,263 sq.km
• Land Frontier : 15,200 Km
• Coastline : 7,516.5 Km
• Bigger State : Rajasthan (3,42,239 Sq Km)
• Smallest State : Goa (3,702 Sq Km)
• Boundaries of India :
• East : The Bay of Bengal
• West : The Arabian Sea
• North : The Great Himalayan Range
• South : The Indian Ocean
  
• Political Borders :
• East :  Bangladesh & Barma
• West : Pakisthan & Afghanisthan
• North : Sinkiang Province in China, Nepal and Bhutan
• States : 29 States 
• New States : 
• 2014 - Telangana
• 2000 - Chattisgarh, Uttaranchal & Jharkhand
• Union Territories : 6 (Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Puducherry, Chandigarh, Daman and Diu and Lakshadweep)
• National Capital Territory : 1 (Delhi)
• Number of Villiages : 6,05,224
• Number of Towns : 3,949
• 77 % of Population lives in Rural Areas