10 Indian Questions.

1. What is the current population of India?The population of India is 1,173,108,018 people.
2. What is the total fertility rate in India?The total fertility rate of India is 2.65 children born per woman.
3. What percent of Indias population lives below the poverty line?25 percent of India lives below the poverty line.
4. Briefly Describe two terrorist attacks in India. In New Dehli, India a bakery was attacked by a bomb. Nine people were killed and over 50 people were wounded. The attack has not been linked to any certain terrorist organization yet. The bomb came from an explosion inside a backpack. This came from http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/14/world/asia/14india.html?ref=terrorism. The next attack came from New Dehli also. The day before Indias Republic day celebrations. Two pakastani militants were killed in a shootout in a suburb of New Dehli. They were seupposively hard core pakistan terrorists and were heavilt armed with assault rifles and grenades. this came from http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/26/world/asia/26india.html?ref=terrorism
5. The human development report of the United Nations ranks the countries of the world by poverty. Where is India ranked on this list?India ranked 119th poorest country out of 169 countries.
6. Briefly describe the effects of monsoons on India. Monsoons have deadly effects on India and its people. They kill hundreds of people from floods everytime they strike. They kill even more from disease like cholera that is left in the aftermath of the flooded and dirty streets. Dams are broken and whole cities can be flooded. Monsoons are extremely deadly and a big problem in India.
7. What are some problems India has getting clean water to their people? India has many problems with getting clean water to residents. First off there are so many people in India at times they don't have enough clean water for everyone. This is because most of the water is dirty whihc brings me to my next point. That is most of their water is runined by sludge, sewage, and waste being dumped in the river. This renders a lot of the water undrinkable. Finaly they don't have a good sewage system to get rid of sewage or a good water system to distribute water. These are some reasons why India has difficulty distrubuting clean water.
8. What is the literacy rate in India? The literacy rate in India is 61 percent for the total population.
9. What are the major religions in India? The major religions in India are Hindu, Muslim, Christian, and Sikh.
10. When did India achieve independence and from what country? India achieved independence in 1947 from Britain with help from Ghandi and his nonviolent ideas of achieving freedom.