TODAY'S KALAM INDIAN GLANCE

India at a glance :
Official Name	Bharat (Hindi), Republic of India (English)
Capital	New Delhi
Population	1, 027, 015, 247 (2001 Census)
Area	3.3 million square kilometers
Geographical Location	Lies between latitudes 8 ° 4' and 37 ° 6 ' north and longitudes 68 ° 7 ' and 97° 25' east
Coastline Length	7600 km
Languages	India has two National languages (Central administrative). They are English (associate official) and Hindi (in the Devanagiri script). The Indian Constitution also officially recognizes 22 regional languages.
Major Religions	Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism
Literacy	65.38%
President	Smt. Pratibha Patil
Prime Minister	Dr. Manmohan Singh
National Anthem	Jan gana mana written by Rabindranath Tagore
National Song	Vande Mataram, composed in Sanskrit by Bankimchandra Chatterji
National Emblem	Replica of the Lion Capital of Sarnath
National Flag	Horizontal tricolor in equal proportion of deep saffron on the top, white in the middle and dark green at the bottom. In the center of the white band is a wheel in navy blue color
National Animal	Tiger (Panthera tigris)
National Bird	Peacock
National Flower	Lotus
National Tree	Banyan
National Fruit	Mango
National Currency	Rupee (One Rupee=100 paise)
National Sport	Hockey