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diverse. I met some of the most warm and honest people here, but was also irritated
by the endless procession of pushy touts, con-men, and beggars. Certain areas
(especially Jaipur) were unbelievably beautiful, while others (the slums of Bombay and
Dehli) were horrifying. It’s fair to say that India is a country of tremendous contrasts,
and that we really only scratched the surface. To be connected to each
destination's webpage, please click on the photos below, or use the navigation
bars at the top and bottom of this page.
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Area: 3.28 million sq km
Population: 1 billion
Capital City: New Delhi
People: 72% Indo-Aryan, 25% Dravidian, 3% other
Language: Hindi, Gujarati, Urdu, Telugu, Marathi,
Malayalam, Kashmiri, Bengali, Tamil, English
Religion: 80% Hindu, 14% Muslim, 2.4% Christian, 2%
Sikh, 0.7% Buddhist, 0.5% Jains, 0.4% other
Government: federal republic
Head of State: President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
Head of Government: Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan
Singh
GDP: US$2.2 trillion
GDP per capita: US$2,200
Annual Growth: 5.4%
Inflation: 5.4%
Major Industries: Textiles, chemicals, food processing,
steel, transportation equipment, cement, mining,
petroleum, machinery, rice, wheat, oilseed, cotton, jute,
tea, sugarcane, potatoes, cattle, water buffalo, sheep,
goats, poultry, fish
Major Trading Partners: US, Hong Kong, UK, Japan,
Germany, Belgium, Saudi Arabia
Member of EU: No