SOCIAL SCIENCE

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INDIA-SIZE AND LOCATION

Location India is a vast country. It is lying

entirely in the northern hemisphere.

The tropic of cancer divides the

country to 2 equal halves. The main

land extends between latitudes

8degree4’N and 37degree6’N and

longitudes 68degree7’E and

97degree’25E.

Time zone

The 820 30' E longitude is taken as the

Standard Time Meridian of India, as it

passes through the middle of India (near

Allahabad).

It means that when it is noon in Allahabad,

the time for the whole of India is taken as

noon.

This is so despite the fact that at places

lying east of 820 30' E, I.e., the Standard

Meridian, it is already past noon, and at

places lying west of Allahabad noon is yet

to come. (India, for such a large country, is

not divided into different time zones.)

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Size

India has a total landmass area of

3.28 million sq.kms. It is the seventh

largest country . India has a

coastline boundary of 15,200km and

7,516.6 km .

The standard meridian of India is

82degree30E which passes through

Mirzapur in Uttar Pradesh .

India and The World

India’s landmass has a central

location between East and West

Asia. India is a southward extension

of the Asian Continent. The trans

Indian ocean routes which connect

the countries of Europe from the

west and countries of East Asia.

Deccan plateau helps India to have

contact with West Asia, Africa and

Europe .

India and neighboring

countries

India shares its land boundaries with Pakistan and Afghanistan in northwest ,China ,Nepal and Bhutan in the north and Myanmar and Bangladesh in the east.

The southern neighbors across the sea are Sri lanka and Maldives

India also shares historical links with its neighbors.

Facts of India

The southernmost point of Indian-’indira point’ got submerged in sea water in 2004 Tsunami .

Since the opening of Suez canal in 1869,india’s distance from Europe has been reduced by 7,000km .

Before 1947 there were 2 types of states i.e. is provinces and princely.

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