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Facts - Activities - Things to make Contents include: Introducing India -- Around India -- Indian food -- Vegetable curry -- Life in India -- Putting on a sari -- Sport and leisure -- Religion in India -- Festival time -- Putting on a shadow show -- Arts and crafts -- Getting about -- Hi-tech India -- History of India
Summary: The sights, smells, wealth and poverty of India have fascinated visitors for hundreds of years. Its history is one of trade and invasion from the Aryans to the British Raj. Each has left its mark, adding to India's extraordinary diversity. In 2022, it is 75 years since India gained independence from its latest conquerors, the British. Today, India is the world's largest democracy with a burgeoning economy, and active technology, space and nuclear programmes. Tradition co-exists alongside modernisation, giving an interesting mix of old and new.Learn about the history of India, from the extraordinary Indus Civilisation of 2500 BCE to the present day; Indian life and culture; people, places, food, clothing, religions, festivals, languages and stories. It includes activities such as how to wear a sari, make a vegetable curry and build your own puppet theatre