A language of Assam that's spoken by nearly 60 percent of the State's population.
Bengali
An official language of West Bengal, now spoken by nearly 200 million people in West Bengal and in Bangladesh.
Bodo
Assam
Dogri
Jammu and Kashmir
Gujarati
It is the official language of Gujarat. 70 percent of the State's population speak Gujrathi but it the most spread language not only in India but also abroad.
Hindi
The official language of India, accent and dialect differs with different regions but almost every Indian has a working knowledge of Hindi.
Kannada
A language of Karnataka and is spoken by 65 percent of the state's population.
Kashmiri
Though the language is mistaken as a state language of Kashmir only 55 per cent of the state's population speak Kashmiri.
A branch of the Indo-Aryan family, is the official language of the State of Orissa.
Punjabi
The official language of the State of Punjab. It is written in Gurmukhi script, created by the Sikh Guru, Angad.
Sanskrit
The classical language of India that has lost it's value in the modern world. It is also one of the oldest languages in the world- perhaps the oldest to be recorded. All the ancient scripts are found to be written in the same language.
Santhali
Santhal tribals of the Chota Nagpur Plateau (comprising the states of Bihar, Chattisgarh, Jharkhand, Orissa)
Sindhi
Is spoken by a great number of people in the Northwest frontier of the Indian sub-continent comprising parts of India and Pakistan.
Tamil
The State language of Tamil Nadu. Tamil literature goes back to Centuries before the Christian era and is spoken by more than 73 million people.
Telugu
A language of Andhra Pradesh. It is numerically the biggest linguistic unit in India.
Urdu
The state language of Jammu and Kashmir and is spoken by more than 28 million people in India. Urdu is written in the Persio - Arabic script and contains many words from the Persian language.
Gulzarilal Nanda - May 27, 1964-June 9, 1964 and January 11, 1966-January 24, 1966
Lal Bahadur Shastri- June 9, 1964-January 11, 1966
Indira Gandhi- January 24, 1966-March 24, 1977 and January 14, 1980-October 31, 1984
Morarji Desai- March 24, 1977-July 28, 1979
Choudhary Charan Singh- July 28, 1979-January 14, 1980
Rajiv Gandhi- October 31, 1984-December , 1989
Vishwanath Pratap Singhi- December 2, 1989-November 10, 1990
Chandra Shekhar- November 10, 1990-June 21, 1991
PV Narasimha Rao- June 21, 1991-May 16, 1996
Atal Behari Vajpayee - May 16, 1996-June 1, 1996, March 19, 1998-May 22, 2004
HD Deve Gowda- June 1, 1996-April 21, 1997
Inder Kumar Gujral- April 21, 1997-March 19, 1998
Dr Manmohan Singh- May 22, 2004-till date
Dr.Rajendra Prasad- Jan. 26, 1950 to May 13, 1962
Dr.Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan - May 13, 1962 to May 13, 1967
Dr.Zakir Husain- May 13, 1967 to May 3, 1969
Varahagiri Venkatagiri- May 3, 1969 to July 20, 1969(acting)
Justice Mohammed Hidayatullah- July 20, 1969 to August 24, 1969(acting)
Varahagiri Venkatagiri- August 24, 1969 to August 24, 1974
Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed- August 24, 1974 to Feb. 11, 1977
B.D.Jatti- Feb. 12, 1977 to July 25, 1977
Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy- July 25, 1977 to July 25, 1982
Giani Zail Singh-July 25, 1982 to July 25, 1987
R.Venkataraman - July 25, 1987 to July 25, 1992
Dr.Shanker Dayal Sharma- July 25, 1992 to July 25, 1997
K. R. Narayanan- July 25, 1997 - July 25, 2002
A P J Abdul Kalam - July 25, 2002 - July 25, 2007
Pratibha Patil- July 25, 2007 - till date
About India’s history
India was under British Raj(rule) from 1858 to 1947. For many years, India strive for it’s independence. It achieved independence through non-violence which was the idea of the great Mahatma Gandhi who is known worldwide for his non-violent act idea.
Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism, Islam, Judaism, Zoroastrianism and Christianity are the religions followed in India. India’s standard of living is rising at a great pace. India is developing very fast. It is usually compared to China in terms of economic growth and development. India is largest democracy country in the world.
