India

India declared its independence from the UK on August 15^th, 1947. It is the 7^th largest country in the world. Similar to the U.S., it is broken up into 28 states and 7 union territories. The country’s motto is “Sataymeva Jayate” which means “Truth Alone Triumphs”. The capital is New Deli. The largest city is Mumbai with a population of 12,478,447 which is 4,303,314 more people than New York City has. The total population of India is 1,189,172,906. The average age is 26.2 years. (The average of male and female age.) India is a federation with a parliamentary system governed under the Constitution of India. Their common law system is based on the English model. There are separate personal law codes that apply to Muslims, Christians, and Hindus. India is turning into an open-market economy but there are some aspects of its past are still intact. The Congress is considered liberal. There is a high risk of infectious disease and is the world’s largest producer of licit opium for the pharmaceutical trade. Some environmental issues include air pollution, water pollution, soil erosion and the massive population is using up the natural resources rather quickly. The available military force is estimated to be at 319,129,420 for men age 16-49 and 296,071,637 for woman of the same age group. India has almost 200,000 refugees from countries such as Tibet/China, Sri Lanka, and Afghanistan. There was a sex trafficking trade exposed in Mumbai where woman were sold and made very little money. In past years, there have been 500,000 female babies have gone missing each year because of illegal sex trafficking selection and abortions. 450 million people in India live below the poverty line, which is 42% of the world’s poor. Half of the world’s IT services are based out of India which makes it a $47 billion industry. India is the second largest importing country of weapons and has spent $50 billion on defense in the last 10 years. India’s Cherrapnuji gets 425 inches of rain every year.

http://www.businessinsider.com/amazing-facts-about-india-2010-12

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/in.html