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Information About India |
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India is a
vast continent that is tailored for the independent holiday
maker. We invite you to discuss your travel plans with us and
allow us to create a tailored package to meet your budget and
needs. Below is a small selection of tours that we have chosen
for their special qualities, whether it is the architectural
splendour of the world famous Taj Mahal, the palaces of the
Maharajahs or the opportunity to step back in time aboard the
magnificent Palace on Wheels
The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world,
goes back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest
invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier
inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab
incursions starting in the 8th century and Turkish in 12th were
followed by European traders, beginning in the late 15th
century. By the 19th century, Britain had assumed political
control of virtually all Indian lands. Nonviolent resistance to
British colonialism under Mohandas GANDHI and Jawaharlal NEHRU
led to independence in 1947. The subcontinent was divided into
the secular state of India and the smaller Muslim state of
Pakistan. A third war between the two countries in 1971 resulted
in East Pakistan becoming the separate nation of Bangladesh.
Fundamental concerns in India include the ongoing dispute with
Pakistan over Kashmir, massive overpopulation, environmental
degradation, extensive poverty, and ethnic and religious strife,
all this despite impressive gains in economic investment and
output.
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People
India is a land
of great diversity, more heterogenous than any other country in
the world. Four major racial groups have met and merged in India
resulting in a complex demographic profile. The pale-skinned
Europoid entered from the western mountain passes, encountering
settled
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Religion
The word Hindu
originally meant people living on the banks of the river Sindhu.
Now it has religious-cum-philosophical connotations. The roots
of Hindu Philosophy are the ideas of the Vedas. The Vedas are
called Shruti or `that which is heard' and are regarded as
revelations to sages passed
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History
By the twentieth
century, most such tribal (see Glossary) groups, although
constituting a substantial minority within India, lived in
restricted areas under severe pressure from the caste-based
agricultural and trading societies pressing from the plains.
Because this evolution took place over
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Climate
The Himalayas
isolate South Asia from the rest of Asia. South of these
mountains, the climate, like the terrain, is highly diverse, but
some geographers give it an overall, one word characterization
violent. What geographers have in mind is the abruptness of
change and the intensity
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Geography
Size:
Total land area in India - 2,973,190 square kilometers. Total
area, including territorial seas, claimed is 3,287,590 square
kilometers.
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Festivals
India is a
country of sub continental dimensions. It is an ancient
civilization and an inheritor to a rich and diverse cultural
tradition. The Fairs and Festivals celebrated across the length
and breadth of the land present a fascinating pageant and
showcase the resplendence of its arts
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