tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66876276412982422932011-04-21T11:55:19.405-07:00ambigahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00093911392863600597noreply@blogger.comBlogger31100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687627641298242293.post-76395560076383335092008-07-03T10:00:00.001-07:002008-07-03T10:00:34.401-07:00President--Pratibha Patil<br />Vice President--Mohammed Hamid Ansari<br />Prime Minister--Dr. Manmohan Singh<br />Home Minister--Shivraj Patil<br />Minister of External Affairs--Pranab Mukherjee<br />Ambassador to the U.S.--Ronen Sen<br />Ambassador to the UN--Nirupam Sen<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6687627641298242293-7639556007638333509?l=indiainfo2u.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ambigahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00093911392863600597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687627641298242293.post-90591930599910855992008-07-01T08:54:00.000-07:002008-07-01T09:02:49.723-07:00<dl><dd> <div class="noprint relarticle mainarticle"><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sports_of_India" title="Sports of India"><br /></a></i></div> </dd></dl> <p>India's national sport is FIELDHOCKEY and cricket is the most popular sport in India. In some states, particularly those in the northeast<span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span> and the states of West Bengal, Goa, and Kerala , football<span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span> (soccer) is also a popular sport. In recent times, tennis also gained popularity . Chess <span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span>, commonly held to have originated India, is also gaining popularity with the rise in the number of Indian grandmasters . Traditional sports include kabaddi,khokho <span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span>, and gilli-danda<span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span>, which are played nationwide. India is also home to the ancient Martial arts , Kalarippayattu <span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span>and Varma kalai .<br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6687627641298242293-9059193059991085599?l=indiainfo2u.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ambigahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00093911392863600597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687627641298242293.post-64216514423470382992008-07-01T08:16:00.000-07:002008-07-01T08:46:47.465-07:00<dl><dd> <div class="noprint relarticle mainarticle"><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_India" title="Names of India"><br /></a></i></div> </dd></dl> <p>The name <i>India</i> is derived from Indus , which is derived from the Old Persian word Hindu, from <i>Sanskrit Sindhu</i>, the historic local appellation for the Indus River . The ancient Greeks referred to the Indians as <i>Indoi</i> , the people of the Indus. The Constitution of India and common usage in various Indian languages also recognise <i>Bharat</i> as an official name of equal status ,Hindustan which is the Persian word for “Land of the Hindus” and historically referred to northern india, is also occasionally used as a synonym for all of India.</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6687627641298242293-6421651442347038299?l=indiainfo2u.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ambigahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00093911392863600597noreply@blogger.com0