India Mini Project

1.) The current population of India is about 1,173,108,018.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/in.html

2.) The total fertility rate in India is 2.65 children born per woman.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/in.html
3.) 26% of the Indian population lives below the poverty line.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/19/world/asia/19iht-letter.html?ref=india

4.) One of the terrorist attacks in India was when nine people were killed when a bomb hidden in a bag detonated in the western city of Pune. Another terrorist attack was when another bomb ripped through an eatery in Pune.

http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/india/terrorism/index.html?offset=25&s=newest
5.) India ranked 119 on the list of poverty.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/19/world/asia/19iht-letter.html?ref=india
6.)The monsoons in India have pretty much "swallowed" the cities, killing hundreds of people and animals and causing the city to lose millions of dollars in damages.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/01/world/asia/01india.html
7.)  India struggles to get clean water to its people because the water contains trash, human waste, methane gas, and even dead bodies.
http://video.nytimes.com/video/2006/09/28/world/1194817098866/part-1-water-woes-in-india.html
8.) The literacy rate in India is 61% of the total population: 73.4% are male and 47.8% are female.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/in.html
9.) The major religions in India are Hindu (80.4%), Muslim (13.4%), Christian (2.3%), Sikh (1.9%), and other (1.8%).
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/in.html

10.) India achieved their independence on August 15, 1947 from the United Kingdom.

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/in.html