Posted on November 26, 2019
The Constituent Assembly of India adopted the nation's constitution on this date in 1949. The first Constitution Day - celebrated in 2015 - was a big deal (you know, compared to most nations' Constitution Days!), with essay contests and online quiz competitions, lectures and readings in schools, debates in universities - lots of opportunity to discuss ideas and learn about the constitution!
There was even a "Run for Equality"!
When a constitution is adopted in 1949, why start celebrating it in 2015? Well, the main writer of India's constitution, B. R. Ambedkar, was born in 1891, so 2015 was the year of the 125th anniversary of his birth. Indians celebrated Ambedkar's contributions and ideas all year long!
India by the numbers:
#7 in size3.3 million km
#2 in population
1.35 billion people!
#19 in population density
412 people per square km
# 7 in Gross Domestic Product - in other words, how wealthy is the nation as a whole?
3.16 trillion USD (United States Dollars)# 141 in GDP per capita - in other words, if that wealth were evenly spread out among all those people, how much would each person have?
$2,036 USD per person per year
(As a comparison, GDP per capita in the U.S. is around $62,000 per person per year!)
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| Obviously, there is a lot more to be done, but India has halved the number of people living in poverty in just one decade! |
Languages:
Hmm...a whole lot of numbers here!
Official languages: 2
Scheduled languages (kind of like official): 22
Classical languages (considered to have a rich heritage and independent nature): 6
Sign languages: 2
Major languages: 122
Other languages: 1,599
Number of UNESCO World Heritage Sites: 35
Number of major world religions that originated in India: 4
Number of national parks in India: 104
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