INDIA : SIZE AND LOCATION
82°30′E STANDARD MERIDIAN OF INDIA
- THE EARTH HAS BEEN DIVIDED INTO 24 TIME ZONES OF 1 HOUR EACH. EACH OF THESE ZONES COVER 15 DEGREES OF LONGITUDE EACH. - THE SUN RISES 2 HOURS EARLY IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH AS COMPARED TO GUJRAT. -TO AVOID CONFUSION, 82°30′E EASTERN LONGITUDE IS TAKEN AS THE STANDARD MERIDIAN FOR THE WHOLE COUNTRY.
INDIAN OCEAN
-INDIA IS THE ONLY COUNTRY WHICH HAS THE CREDIT OF AN OCEAN NAMED AFTER IT. - THE ARABIAN SEA AND THE BAY OF BENGAL LIE TO THE WEST AND EAST OF THE INDIAN PENINSULA AND THE INDIAN OCEAN LIES TO ITS SOUTH. - IT IS INDIAS EMINENT POSITION IN THE INDIAN OCEAN WHICH JUSTIFIES NAMING THE OCEAN AFTER INDIA.
WHY IS INDIA CALLED A SUBCONTINENT?
-ITS A DISTINCT GEOGRAPHIC UNIT SEPERATED FROM THE ASAIAN CONTINENT BY THE MAJESTIC HIMALYANS AND ITS EXTENSTIONS. IT HAS ITS OWM CULTURE DISTINCT FROM THE REST OF ASIA. THE CLIMATE OF INDIA IS CHARACTERISED BY MONSOON TYPE.
THE SOUTHERN MOST POINT OF THE INDIAN UNION , DESCRIBE ITS LOCATION AND CURRENT SITUATION.
-THE SOUTHERNMOST POINT OF THE INDIAN UNION IS KNOWN AS THE INDIRA POINT. -IT IS LOCATED ON THE NICOBAR ISLANDS, THE SOUTHERN SECTION OF THE ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS. -THE ISLANDS ARE LOCATED IN THE BAY OF BENGAL LYINF TO THE SOUTHEAST OF INDIA. -THE INDIRA POINT GOT SUBMERGED IN THE SEA ON DECEMBER 2004 DURING THE TSUNAMI THAT HIT THE ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS.
WHAT ARE THE 7 LARGEST COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD?
1 RUSSIA 2 CANADA 3 USA 4 CHINA 5 BRAZIL 6 AUSTRALIA 7 INDIA
STANDARD MERIDIAN OF INDIA
FROM GUJRAT TO ARUNACHAL THERE IS A TIME LAG OF TWO HOURS . STANDARD MERIDIAN OF INDIA 82°30′E PASSING THROUGH MIRZAPUR IN UTTAR PRADESH IS TAKEN AS A STANDARD TIME OF THE WHOLE COUNRTY.
INDIA'S NEIGHBOURS IN THE SOUTH
IN SOUTH ACROSS THE SEA CONSISTS OF TWO ISLAND NEIGHBOURS SRI LANKA AND MALDIVES. MALDIVES ISLANDS ARE SITUATED TO THE SOUTH OF THE LAKSHWADEEP ISLANDS.
WHAT IS INDIA LAND BOUNDARY AND LENGTH OF THE COASTLINE?
INDIA HAS A LANBONDARY OF ABOUT 15,200 KM AND THE TOTAL LENGTH OF THE COASTLINE INCUDLING ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR AND LAKWSWADEEP IS 7,516.6 KM.
NORTHWEST, NORTH , NORTEAST AND SOUTH
INDIA IS BOUNDED BY THE YOUNG FOLD MOUNTAINS IN THE NORTHEAST, NORTH, AND NORTHWEST. SOUTH OF ABOUT 22 DEGREE NORTH LATITUDE THE INDIAN OCEAN DIVIDING INTO TWO SEAS THE ARABIAN SEA AND THE BAY OF BENGAL.
INDIA'S NEIGHBOURS IN THE NORTHWEST
INDIA SHARES ITS LAND BOUNDARIES AND AFGANISTAN IN THE NORTHWEST.
INDIA'S NEIGHBOURS IN THE NORTH
INDIA SHARES ITS LAND BOUNDARIES WITH CHINA, NEPAL, AND BHUTAN IN THE NORTH
MEASURE OF INDIA
IT HAS AN EAST-WEST EXTENT OF 2933KM FROM ARUNACHAL PRADESH TO KACHCHH IN GUJRAT,AND NORTH- SOUTH EXTENT OF 3214KM FROM KASHMIR TO KANYAKUMARI.
LOCATION OF INDIA
India is located ins South Asia it is in the Northern Hemisphere
SOUTHERN MOST POINT OF THE INDIAN UNION
LIES 'INDIRA POINT' GOT SUBMERGED INTO THE SEA WATER IN 2004 DURING THE TSUNAMI.
INDIA'S NEIGHBOURS IN THE EAST
MYANNMAR AND BANGLADESH IN THE EAST
EUROPE AND INDIA
SINCE THE OPENING OF THE SUEZ CANAL IN 1869 INDIA DISTANCE FROM EUROPE HAS BEEN REDUCED BY 7,000KM.
SRI LANKA
SRI LANKA IS SEPERATED FROM INDIA BY A NARROW CHANNEL OF SEA FORMED BY THE PAL STRAIT AND THE GULF OF MANNAR.
SIZE OF INDIA
THE LAND MASS OF INDIA HAS AN AREA OF 3.28 MILLION SQUARE METER. INDIA TOTAL AREA IS 2.4% OF THE TOTAL GEOGRAPHICAL AREA OF THE WORLD.
LATITIUDES AND LONGTITIUDES
THE MAIN LAND EXTENDS BETWEEN 8°4′ N to 37°6′ N AND LONGTITUDES 68°7′ E to 97°25′ E.
BEFORE 1947 THERE WERE 2 TYPES OF STATES?
THE PROVINCES AND THE PRINCELY STATES. PROVINCES WERE DIRECTLY RULED BY BRITISH OFFICIALS APPOINTED BY THE VICEROY. PRINCELY STATES WERE RULED BY LOCAL HEREDITARY RULERS.
WHT DIVIDES INDIA INTO EQUAL PARTS?
THE TROPIC OF CANCER 23°30′N DIVIDES THE COUNTRY IN TO TWO EQUAL PARTS.
SOUTH WEST OF INDIA
TO THE SOUTH WEST LIES THE LAKSHWADEEP ISLANDS IN THE ARABIAN SEA.
SOUTHEAST OF INDIA
TO THE SOUTHEAST OF INDIA'S MAINLAND LIES ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLAND IN THE BAY OF BENGAL.
