India

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P is for President. Pranab Mukherjee is the presidents name and he's the 13th President of India, in office since July 2012, before he was president he was the Union Finance Minester.

"India." Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 16 Sep. 2016. school.eb.com.proxy.elm4you.org/levels/middle/article/275043#202423.toc. Accessed 1 Dec. 2016.

Q is for Quietus. The quietus (or death)rate in India is 7.3 deaths/1,000 population

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S is for Skkim. Skkim is located northwest of the Himalayas. With an area of 2,740 square miles. Skkim is the second smallest state after Goa. (Para. 4)

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T is for Rabindranath Tagore. Tagore is a poet, musician, playwright, novelist, and a painter. In 1913 he won the Noble Prize for Literature, because he wrote an English version of his version of Gitanjail. (Para.65)

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U is for Uttar Pradesh. Utter Pardesh is one of the most populous in India, it's located in north-central part on India. It has an area on 93,933 square miles. (para. 30)

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V is for Vasco De Gama. He was and investigator trying to get to India from Portuguese, he wanted to get to India because they promised spices and wealth to European traders.

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W is for Ways Of Life. India's population is mostly rural. But, most of the population is high. They have farming, such as Indo-Gastgetic. India has some of the worlds largest cites, and they are the most densely populated on earth.(para. 48)

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X is for Smallpox. Smallpox is once one of the worlds dreaded plagues in the world. It's an acute disease, cause by the virus Varoila major. The disease has been known for thousands of years, it was described as early as 1122bc in China it's referred to in ancient Sanskrit text of India.(para.68)

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Y is for Myanmar. It was Burnma until 1989, it's a country in midland Asia, northwest of India. It's capital is Nay Pyi Taw, a newly built building, in 2006 the government replaced the historical capital of Yangon. (Para.3)

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Z is for Zanskar Range. It's a mountain range in the Indian state of Jummu and Kashmir. It's approximately 100-km long. The average high is 19,700ft high. (Para. 88)

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R is for Rajasthan. It's a northern India state that boarders Pakistan, its capital is Jaipur also called the "Pink City" (para. 4)

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O is for Outer Himalayas. The Outer Himalayas is 1,500 miles long that starts from Indus and then ends in Brahmaputra with a gap of 56 miles. (Para.11)

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N is for New Delhi.New Delhi is the capital of India. It served as the capital of British Indian Empire from 1911 till India became independed in 1947 (para.1)

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