Explanation:
India is one of the ancient civilisations in the
world. It has achieved multi-faceted socio- economic progress during the last five decades. It has moved forward displaying remarkable progress in the field of agriculture, industry, technology and overall economic development. India has also contributed significantly to the making of world history.
LOCATION
India is a vast country. Lying entirely in the Northern hemisphere (Figure 1.1) the main land extends between latitudes 8°4'N and 37°6'N and longitudes 68°7'E and 97°25'E.
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The Tropic of Cancer (23° 30'N) divides the country into almost two equal parts. To the southeast and southwest of the mainland, lie the Andaman and Nicobar islands and the Lakshadweep islands in Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea respectively. Find out the extent of these groups of islands from your atlas.
• The southernmost point of theIndianUnion–‘IndiraPoint’gotsubmergedunder the sea water in 2004 during the Tsunami.
SIZE
The land mass of India has an area of 3.28 million square km. India’s total area accounts for about 2.4 per cent of the total geographical
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