We want to give you some facts about India. First some "fast facts", for you who do not have much time, and later, you can continue to read, and see some more:
Fast Facts :
Population: 1.027 billion (2001 census)
Unemployment rate: 9.5 %
Inflation : 4.9%
Proportion of females to males : 933 : 1000
Babies born daily : 43.000 (estimated)
Literacy rate : 53.7% (women) and 753% (men)
Doctors / nurses per 100.000 people : 48/45
Life expectancy: 64.8 years (women) and 63.3 Years (men)
Proportion of GDP spent on health 0.9%
Before we continue I will give you some good places to visit the internet, which will taek you inside what nobody else have seen.
1. Incredible India ( www.incredibleindia.org ) The official goverment tourism site, with natioal travel-ralted information.
2. Khoj ( www.khoj.com ) A nifty portal with links to arts, culture, sport and much more.
3. Lonely Planet ( www.lonelyplanet.com ) a god webste for travellers, and a lot of very useful links.
4. Maps of India ( www.mapsofindia.com ) a lot of usefull things. Many, many maps. and other things. The best map site.
5. Redff ( www.rediff.com ) Allows you to track down almost everythinhg abot India.
GOOD LUCK !!
The flag of India:
THE NATIONAL FLAG OF INDIA is in tricolour ( TIRANGA) of deep saffron (Kesari) at the top, white in the middle and dark green at the bottom in equal propotions.
The Indian flag is a horizontal tricolour in equal proportion of deep saffron on the top, white in the middle and dark green at the bottom. The ratio of the width to the length of the flag is two is to three.
In the centre of the white band, there is a wheel in navy blue to indicate the Dharma Chakra, the wheel of law in the Sarnath Lion Capital. This center symbol or the 'CHAKRA', is a Buddhist symbol dating back to 200th century BC. Its diameter approximates the width of the white band and it has 24 spokes, which intends to show that there is life in movement and death in stagnation.
The saffron stands for courage, sacrifice and the spirit of renunciation;
the white, for purity and truth;
the green for faith and fertility.
The design of the National Flag of India was adopted by India's constituent assembly on 22nd july, 1947. It's use and display are regulated by a code. The flag symbolizes freedom.
The late Prime Minister Pandit Nehru called it a flag not only of freedom for ourselves, but a symbol of freedom for all people. | 
