Shri Essay

Shri Essay

One of the most important aspects required for understanding the contemporary life of the Republic of India is the history of the country. The first human life on the territory of India was found over 9000 years ago. Since then India has always lived out a unique way of life that was not influenced by outside factors. Nothing changed till the invasions of the tenth and the twelfth century conducted by different parts of Central Asia. It was these invasions that made the territory of the future Republic of India stretch greatly over the Indian subcontinent. India’s life in the sixteenth century was marked with the beginning of the trade with United Kingdom, France, Portugal and Netherlands and the appearance of the first colonies that brought European tendencies to India. As the matter of fact the second half of the nineteenth century the majority of the country was under the control of the British Empire(1). These events made the nation strive for independence and strongly fight for it. The First War of Indian Independence did not succeed, but the beginning of the twentieth century was the start of the greatest struggle for independence India has ever known with Mahatma Gandhi as a head. On August 15th, 1947 India became independent from the British Crown and by the 1950 it became the Republic of India with its own newly applied constitution. Nowadays India tries to keep its democracy on the highest level of development.
It is common knowledge that India is the country with the second biggest population in the world. Its population is estimated as one billion people in 2006 (1). This huge population is rather diverse but there are three main things that united the whole nations. They are: language, religion and of course the caste. The language is highly respected by the citizens of the Republic of India and its traditions are kept with strict discipline. The native languages of India are Sanskrit and Tamil. The languages of the population of India are mainly...

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