India

Pepijn and Viggo

Languages:
English
Hindi

Hindi is a real Indian language but most people there speak English
because India once was a colony of England.
India was a colony of England since 1858 till 1974. When India was a
colony of England, it was also called the British rule. Because the British
rule happened, they nowadays still speak English.
 Geography of India.
India lies in Asia, next to the countries: China, Bhutan, Nepal, Pakistan,
Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar. It shares water borders with: Sri
Lanka, The Maldives, Thailand and Indonesia. India has 1,380,004,385
inhabitants.

India has 3 big cities: Delhi, Mumbai and Calcutta. Delhi is the capital of
India.

This is a picture of Delhi.

Delhi has 11 million inhabitants.
 Culture.
These are some Indian traditions and the meaning of them.
the greeting/the namaste. The namaste is one of the most popular Indian
customs. The namaste is a greeting where you put your hands together
like this.

you greet people like this. To them it’s kind of like waving.

Family structure.
Family structure is a tradition in India, it means that the whole family lives
together in one place. It’s also called joint family.

In India there are of course many different religions, here are all of them:
Hinduism: 79,80%
Islam: 14,23%
Christianity: 2,30%
Sikhism: 1,72%
 India politics
The Politics of India works within the framework of the country's
constitution. India is a parliamentary secular democratic republic in which
the President of India is the head of state and the Prime Minister of India
is the head of government.

Seats 788 245 Members of Rajya Sabha 543 Members of Lok Sabha
Up here are the member and seats they have.

The President of India is:

Ram Nath Kovind

Fun Fact
The government decided to forbid TikTok in India and all apps that are
Chinese related.
 Indian education.
Indian schools can both be private and public.
you go to primary school for 4 years, to middle school for 6 years and to
junior college for 2 years.
The subjects in India are.
regional, an elective and English language. They also get Mathematics,
Science and Technology, Social sciences, Work/Pre-vocational Education,
Art and Physical Education.
40% of Indian inhabitants are under 18. Around 20% of them go to
school.

Indian sports:
Cricket is the most popular sport in India.
more popular sports are: badminton, football, shooting, wrestling, boxing,
tennis, squash, weightlifting, gymnastics, athletics, table tennis,
basketball, volleyball and cycling.
 Conclusion: Difference between the Netherlands and India.

India has way more inhabitants than the Netherlands.

The language is different.
They do the namaste as a custom and in the Netherlands that is
something we do always.
The school system is really different, we go to school longer.
they play a lot of different sports.
in the Netherlands TikTok isn’t banned and we don’t really use other
Chinese apps.
In the Netherlands more of all kids go to school.
As you can see India is really different from the Netherlands.

The end.