India By Lizbeth Espinoza Elizeth Ruelas Carolina Grajeda

India By: Lizbeth Espinoza, Elizeth Ruelas, Carolina Grajeda, Taylor Olson, April Gonzalez, Lily Hubler, Cade Carlson

Location and Size India is located in Asia south of China and east of Pakistan. India’s size comparison to China, Pakistan, and the United States of America.

Topography India is the seventh largest country in the world. source: India has almost all the important topographical features, such as, mountains, plateaus, wide plains, and great rivers. http: //www. nih. ernet. in/rbis/india_information/topographic. htm India contains the Himalayas, which are the major mountain ranges in the world.

weather extremes in india It can get up to 104 F and as low as 50 F

Natural Resources ➔ ➔ ➔ ➔ ➔ forestry fishing coal oil natural gas copper zink iron ore Ilmenite marble

Historical Highlights ● 2500 BC the Indus civilization started around the Indus River ● 302 -550 India is ruled by the Gupta empire and is under the rule of Guptan kings

Continuing ● ● ● 1526 -the mongolian empire takes over 1858 Great Britain overthrows the mongolian empire 1947 -India gains independence from England

Continuing ● 1996 -Indria Gandhi becomes the prime minister and the one of the first elected women to lead a nation ● ● ● 1998 - India tests its first nuclear weapons 2000 - Indias population exceeds 1 billion 2007 - Pratibha Patil becomes first female president of india

➔ A holy man claimed that the spirit of a 19 th century king, Rao Ram Bux Singh, told him there was treasure buried in a village in Uttar Pradesh, so now hundreds are digging to find it. Oct. 21, 2013 ➢ The headmistress of a school was charged with murder, killing 23 children. The childrens food was cooked with pesticide instead of mustard oil. Even though the cook reported a foul smell she told her to serve the food anyway. Oct. 21, 2013 Source: http: //online. wsj. com/public/page/news-india. html