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States of India Geography Workbook
States of India Geography Workbook
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Table of Contents
Introduction Highlands
Gujarat
Great Plains Madhya Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir Chattisgarh
Himachal Pradesh Jharkhand
Uttarakhand West Bengal
Uttar Pradesh Orissa
Bihar
Sikkim Coastal Plains
Maharashtra
Seven Sister States Goa
Arunachal Pradesh Karnataka
Assam Kerala
Meghalaya Tamil Nadu
Manipur Andhra Pradesh
Mizoram
Nagaland Union Territories
Tripura Andaman and Nicobar Islands,
Chandigarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli,
Desert Daman and Diu, Lakshadweep, National
Rajasthan Capital Territory of Delhi, Puducherry
Haryana (Pondicherry)
Punjab
Picture Credits
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Inttrod
duc
ctio
on
Rive
ers in India
I
Trace thhe rivers in
n the colors indicatedd: Kaveri (rred), Yamu
una (blue),
Tapti (ggreen), Krisshna (orangge), Mahanadi (yello ow), Chenaab (purple),
Godavari (purple), Yamuna (red), Indu us (orangee), Jhelum ((blue),
Ravi (grreen), Sutleej (yellow),, Brahmaputra (orange). Find tthe
Arabian n Sea, unde erline in blue; underline the Baay of Bengaal in
purple; and underrline the In ndian Oceaan in greenn.
3
Moun
ntainss in Ind
dia
Find the mountain range es and undeerline the names in tthe colors
indiccated: Aravvalli (red), Nilgiris (blue), Westeern Ghats (green),
Satpuras (orannge), Eastern Ghats (ppurple), Vindyas (yellow),
damom Hills (red), Himalayas (ggreen).
Card
4
Grreatt Pllain
ns
5
A plain is an area of land thaat is mostlyy flat or wiith gentle hills, often
n bordered
d by
mountaains or the sea. The G Great Plain ns of India,, also called the Indo
o‐Gangetic
Plains, aare in the vvalley form
med by the Himalaya n mountains to the n north and
east, the Vindhya and Satpu ura Hills to the south,, and the Iranian Platteau to thee
west.
Jamm
mu and Kashmir
Himaachal Pradesh
Uttarranchal
Uttarr Pradessh
Biharr
Sikkim
m
Using thhe map to the right,
find eacch state in this area and
color in
n the map o on the
oppositte page as follows:
Jammu and Kashm mir – green;
Himach hal Pradesh h – blue;
Uttarannachal – reed; Uttar
Pradesh h – purple;; Bihar –
orange;; and Sikkim – yellow w.
he bordering areas b
Label th by writing tthe follow
wing namess in the bo
oxes provid ded:
north oof the state
es, the Him malayas; noortheast, tthe Himalaayas; westt, the Iraniaan
Plateauu; south, th
he Vindhyaa and Satp pura Hills.
6
Jam
mmu and
a Kaashmirr
Lamayurru Gompa
Narugyal Tsemo Go
ompa
Aleki Gompa
Chamb a Gompa
M
Matha Gompa
Thikssay Gompa
Hemis Gompa
7
Jammu and Kashm mir has a number of g gompas, BBuddhist m monasteriess STATE
that aree centers o
of both religious prayyer and reliigious stud
dies. SEAL
Gompass usually have a centtral prayer hall with aa statue off Buddha,
benches for monkks or nuns to pray, an nd attacheed living quuarters.
STATE
LANGUAGES
STATE
FFLOWER
STATE
They alsso often haave stupass, mound‐liike buildings said to house TREE
relics, o
or remains,, of the Bud
ddha. Aboove is a phootograph oof a gompaa
in the Ladakh areaa of Jammu and Kash hmir. Can you find thhe stupas iin
the pictture? Circle them.
STATE
A
ANIMAL
There are seven g
gompas maarked on thhe map. U
Use the tradditional
Buddhisst symbol o
of the Whe
eel of Law (Dharmaccakra) to in
ndicate thee
gompa by drawing it in gree
en over the
e corresponding poinnt.
STATE
BIRD
8
Greatter Kashm
mir
The area of Kashm mir has see en several d different ddynasties oover the ceenturies. Inn
recent hhistory, the
e entire area was unified unde r Ranjit Sin ngh, the firrst Maharaaja
of the SSikh Empiree. It then ffell under B
British conntrol after tthe First Anglo‐Sikh WWar,
which wwas a fight between tthe British and the Siikh empiree. When th he British left
India in 1947 Indiaa and Pakisstan broke e into separate statess, but theyy couldn’t
agree on the detaails of wherre the boundary betw ween them m should b be, and that
boundaary runs thrrough Kash hmir. Todaay there is still dispute over thiis issue.
9
The map on the opposite paage shows the area o
of Greater Kashmir. U
Use a purp
ple
pencil to outline tthe entire aarea.
The area can be divided into
o four partts – shade in the map
p as follow
ws:
Part of the
P area is now
w controlleed by Chin a; shade th hat part in
n red.
Part of the
P area is und
der dispute e betweenn China and d India; shaade that part
ue.
in blu
Part of the
P ntrolled byy India; shaade that paart in orangge.
area is con
Part of the
P area is con
ntrolled byy Pakistan; shade that part in grreen.
This is aa recent paainting of R
Ranjit Singh h.
He is famous for h having own ned the Ko oh‐i‐
Noor diamond, on ne of the w
world’s larggest
gems th hat has beeen fought oover and
owned by many d different ruulers. It is
currently part of tthe crown jewels of tthe
British rroyal family.
When R Ranjit Singh
h had the ddiamond, h he
had it seet into an armband tthat he wo ore
in official ceremon nies. Can yyou see the
armban nd and diammond in th his portrait?
Circle it.
The diamond is no ow set in the crown o
of
the Que een of
England d, it sits in tthe
middle of the central
cross. FFind it on this
drawingg, and colo or it
blue.
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Hiimach
hal Praadesh
Tsuglag
T Khang
g
^
The capitaal of Himacchal Pradessh is the city of Shim la. Find Shhimla on thhe map
and draw a red star over the dot for the city.
In the wesst is the Po
ong Reservooir, which has been ddeclared aa wildlife saanctuary.
Color the reservoir in blue andd label it. Itt is one of 25 wetlan
nd sites in India
listed under the inteernational Ramsar Co onvention.
The Pir Panjal mountain range runs diago onally fromm the northhwest corn ner of the
state down through the easterrn border. Draw a cuurved line o of brown
mountainss to mark tthe range. Two of th he highest peaks in H Himachal Prradesh
are Maniraang (6597 m) and Sh hilla (7026 m). There are two m mountains marked
on the maap; label them with th he peak naame (Shillaa is northw west of Man nirang)
and its ele
evation in ffeet).
11
Tibet G
Governm
ment‐in‐‐Exile STTATE
SSEAL
On the map is a Buddhist sh hrine called d Tsuglag KKhang. Find it and
circle it in green. This is locaated in MccLeod Ganjj, which is the home
of the TTibetan Government‐‐in‐Exile, le ed by the D Dalai Lamaa.
There h has been co onflict betwween Tibett and China for centu uries, the
disagree ement being whethe er Tibet is aan indepenndent natio on or a SSTATE
territoryy governed d by China. The Chin nese goverrnment sen nt troops LANGGUAGES
to Tibett in 1950 too secure co ontrol of th he region; in 1959 th he local
Tibetan governme ent rebelleed, and in tthe resultinng violencee the
entire TTibetan govvernment, including the Dalai LLama, fled to
Himachal Pradesh h and were e given refu uge there tto establish a
“govern nment‐in‐e exile”.
STTATE
The Dalai Lama is both a religious and a politicall figure. Hee is
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conside ered to be aa reincarnaation of a TTibetan Buuddhist spiiritual
leader – – once he ddies the seearch begin ns for his reeincarnatio on. The
boy is chosen afte er undergo oing a seriees of tests.
This ppicture is o
of Palden
Lhamo, the Bud ddhist
wrathhful deity that is STTATE
seen aas a protecctor of TTREE
Tibet and of thee Dalai
Lamass in particu ular.
Theree is much symbolism
in thee picture. FFor
example, the ho orse she STTATE
rides has three eyes, two AN
NIMAL
on thee head and d one on
her bo ody wheree she was
hit with an arrow; find
the twwo eyes picctured
here aand circle tthem in
purplee.
STATTE BIRD
12
British Pu
B unjab and the An
nglo‐Sikh
h Wars
The British Easst India Com mpany was formed in
16000 as a grouup of merch hants interrested in
Dalip Singh
estabblishing traade in
Indiaa. It gradually
eased its presence in
incre n
Indiaa, until in 11763 it had
d
achieeved a monopoly –
that is, it had ffull control
Lal Singh
over all trading done by forreign comp panies in Inndia. Overr
the next century tthe East India Compaany expandded its rulee
over larrge parts of India, inccluding the
e Punjab reegion that
encomp passed parrts of mode dia, China and
ern‐day Ind
Pakistann.
Finnd the current capitaal of
Hiimachal Prradesh, Shimla
(w
written herre Simla), oon
th
he map and d circle it in
n
grreen.
Dallip Singh enteering his palace in
Lahhore escorted d by British tro
oops
13
nglo‐Sikh War.
aftter the first An
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Uttaarakhaand
^
^
The capital of Uttaarakhand iss the city o
of Dehraduun. Find Deehradun oon the map p
and draww a red staar over the
e dot for thhe city.
The Yammuna Riverr is a large river in Utttarakhand ; find it on
n the map aand trace iit
in blue.
The Himmalayas runn along thee northern border. D Draw a linee of brown mountains
to mark the mountains. Two o of the higghest peakks in Uttaraakhand aree Nanda
Devi (at 7816 m, the second highest pe eak in Indiaa) and Kammet (7756 m). Theree
are two mountains marked o on the map p; label theem with th
he peak naame (Kameet
west of Naanda Devi) and elevattion in meters.
is northw
15
STTATE
Terai A
Arc Land
dscape P
Program
SSEAL
The World
W Wilddlife Fund d (WWF) establisheed the Terai Arc
Landscaape Prograam in an effort
e to prrotect the migration
n path of
three immportant aanimals – ttigers, Asiaan elephannts, and Grreat One‐
Horned rhinocero os. It runss along the
e border bbetween TTibet and
India, in
ncluding arreas in Uttaarakhand aand Uttar PPradesh.
STATE
The oldest national park in India, the Jim Corbeett Nationaal Park, is GUAGES
LANG
located in Uttaraakhand an
nd is part of the Terai Arc p
program.
Below is a map off the Terai Arc; the twwo westerrnmost parrks are in
Uttarakkhand, andd are marked on the state mapp with a . Locate
these on the map and label,, using the map below w to help yyou.
STTATE
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Uttarakhand
STTATE
TTREE
STTATE
AN
NIMAL
STATTE BIRD
16
Uttarr Prad
desh
17
STTATE
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The capital of Uttar Prad desh is the city of Luccknow. Fin
nd
Luckknow on th he map and d draw a red star oveer the dot for the
city..
There are a nu umber of riivers in Utttar Pradesh; find theeses
ee, and tracce as indicated: Gangga (blue), YYamuna (ggreen),
thre STTATE
and Ghaghra ((purple). LANG
GUAGES
The capital of the Mughu ul Empire wwas locateed in Uttar Pradesh
Agra; Fatehpur Sikri, tthe Taj Mahal, and thhe Red Forrt (Lal
at A
Qila) at Agra aare all impo
ortant locaations in M
Mughal history that
are ffound in U
Uttar Prade esh. Find A
Agra, Fatehhpur Sikri, and the
Taj M
Mahal on tthe map, aand draw a small buil ding icon aat each
corrrespondingg dot. STTATE
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OWER
Labe ures of eacch of the faamous monuments (Agra
el the pictu
Fortt, Taj Mahaal, and Fate
ehpur Sikri) below:
STTATE
TTREE
STTATE
AN
NIMAL
STATTE BIRD
18
Bihar
B
The caapital of Bihar is the ccity of Patn
na. Find Patna on thhe map and d draw a reed
star ovver the dot for the ciity.
Bihar is bordered by which h country tto the nortth? Write the name on your m map.
The Ganges Rive er flows rigght through h the midddle of Biharr, west to eeast. Trace it
e and label it. There are two trributaries o
in blue on this maap, the wesstern one is
the Gaandak and the easterrn one is th he Koshi. TTrace both
h in blue annd label.
The Baarabar cavves are locaated in the e south‐cenntral area o of the state, and are
the oldest survivving rock‐ccut caves in n India, datting from 3322‐185 BC C. Design an
o represen
icon to nt the cavees; find the name on the map and draw your icon next
to the
e location ddot.
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STTATE
Siddarrtha Gau
utama Bu
uddha
SSEAL
Siddarthha Gautam ma was a sppiritual teaacher who founded B Buddhism.
His exacct birth and
d death daates are unnknown, buut are geneerally
believedd to be aroound 563‐4411 BC. Fo or Buddhistts, he is th
hought of aas
the “Enlightened One”; for H Hindus, he e is consideered the avvatar
(incarnaation or ap
ppearance)) of the god d Vishnu; ffor Baha’iss, he is a
prophett. SSTATE
LANGGUAGES
Most off the Buddha’s life was spent trraveling in and aroun nd Bihar.
Below iss a map that shows tthe key points in his life.
STTATE
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STTATE
TTREE
Bihar is marked on the
map, where four rrivers
convergge into one e. Find
the areaa and shad de very
lightly in
n yellow. STTATE
AN
NIMAL
The majjor events in the life of the Bud ddha are mmarked witth differentt
icons. R
Read a boo ok about his life; then
n draw a line conneccting the
eight major sites llisted heree in order, ffrom birth to death ((“final
cessatioon”). Out oof the eigh
ht, how maany are located insidee the
borderss of Bihar? Write the em below:
STATTE BIRD
20
The Gran
T nd Trunkk Road
Part of the Gr
P rand Trunk Rooad during the time of Brittish rule in Ind
dia.
Sher Shah Suri waas governor of Bihar, who then conquered Bengal to become
empero or of India in 1540. AAlthough ro oads had bbeen built aacross partts of the area
before, Shah Suri decided to o link the remotest
areas off his empirre with a new road. TThis road
was theen built on and exten nded by latter rulers,
includin
ng the British. It servved both ass an
importaant trade route and aa means to o deliver
postal m
mail. Today the Gran nd Trunk Road runs
from Koolkata to Peeshawar, P Pakistan.
Sher Shah Suuri
21
On the map below w, find the state of Bihar and shhade it lighhtly in yello
ow. Mark
each of the follow
wing cities tthat are on
n the routee of the Grrand Trunkk Road withh
purple d
dots. Then
n connect tthe dots to o show thee route of tthe Grand Trunk Roaad.
Kolkata (Calcutta)), Allahabad, Kanpur, Agra, Delhhi, Amritsaar, Lahore, Peshawarr
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Sikkim
S
An 1861painting of
Kangcheenjunga.
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The Highest M
Mountain
ns STTATE
SSEAL
Below iss listed the
e highest m
mountain in n each conntinent in tthe world.
Find thee country wwhere each h mountain is located on the m map and
color th
he country (any colorr(s)). Use aan atlas or world map p to help
you. Fo
or Antarcticca and Ausstralia use a detailed map to fin nd each
mountaain, then draw a small icon on tthe map beelow to show
approximately wh here on eacch contine
ent the mountains arre located. STATE
GUAGES
LANG
Kilimanjaro
Africa: K o (Tanzaniaa)
North AAmerica: M Mt. McKinleey (Alaska, USA)
South AAmerica: Ce erro Aconccagua (Arge entina)
Europe:: Mt. Elbrus (Russia)
Asia: Mt. Everest (Nepal/Tib bet)
Antarcttica: Vinsonn Massif
STTATE
Australiia: Mt. Kossciuszko
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STTATE
TTREE
STTATE
AN
NIMAL
STTATE
B
BIRD
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Sev
S ven sissterr stattess
25
The Sevven Sister SStates are aa group off states in nnortheast India. Theyy are groupped
togethe
er and conn nected to tthe main ppart of Indiia through the Siligurri Corridor in
Assam; it is only 2
21 km wide e in some p places.
Arunaachal Pradesh
Assam
m
Megh
halaya
Manipur
Nagaland
Tripura
Using thhe map to the right, find
each staate in this area and ccolor
in the m
map on the e opposite page
as follow
ws: Arunachal Prade esh –
green; AAssam – blue; Meghalaya
– red; M
Manipur – purple;
Nagalan nd – orangge; and Tripura
– yellow
w.
The Sevven Sister SStates share borderss with fivee different countries.. Label theese
on the mmap. Circlle the Siligguri Corrido
or in brow
wn.
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Arrunach
hal Praadesh
h
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SSTATE
SEAL
The larggest Buddhhist monasstery in Ind
dia is locateed in Arunaachal
Pradesh ng. Founded in 16800, it is associated
h at the city of Tawan
with Tib
betan Budd dhism and can house e up to 7000 monks.
Find Taw
wang on th
he map, annd draw th
he Tibetan symbol
Dharma acakra (Wh
heel of Law
w) on the d
dot.
SSTATE
There are three m
main branchhes of Budddhism ‐‐ TTheravada, LAN
NGUAGES
Mahayaana and Vaajrayana. W
While theyy are spreaad around tthe world,
each branch is con
ncentrated n geographhical areas. Color in
d in certain
the mapp below to
o indicate w
where each h branch iss strongestt:
Theravaada (India, Cambodiaa, Laos, Myyanmar, Thhailand) grreen
Mahayaana (China, Japan, Vietnam, Korea, Singappore, Taiw wan) red SSTATE
Vajrayana (Tibet, Bhutan, M
Mongolia, NNepal) bluee FLLOWER
SSTATE
TTREE
SSTATE
ANNIMAL
SSTATE
BIRD
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The Le
edo Road
During WWorld War II, the Briitish were allied withh China agaainst the Jaapanese. TThe
British n
needed a wway to get supplies in
nto China. On the facing page is a map frrom
the US MMilitary Accademy, sh
howing the e various rooutes usedd.
First, ou
utline the b
borders of India with
h orange, thhe borderss of Burmaa with yello
ow,
and the e borders o
of China with red.
Originally, the Brittish sent su
upplies to China via B
Burma – sh hips would d unload att
Rangooon (not on m map, behin nd box inse
ert), then ttravel by train to Lasshio, then b
by
truck along the Buurma Road d to Kunming. Trace this route with a purrple pencil.
Draw soome ships in the Gulff of Bengall, near the area of Caalcutta. On nce unload
ded,
suppliess could travel by bargge up the A
Assam Linee – or theyy could travvel by train
n on
the Ben
ngal and Asssam Railro oad – to Le
edo; then aacross Arunachal Praadesh alongg
the Ledo Road to where it connected with an offfshoot of tthe Burma Road, and d on
to Kunm
ming. Supp plies could also be airlifted from
m Ledo to Kunming. Trace these
routes (both h by barge and
byy train to Leedo, then
aloong the Ledo road orr
airrlifted to K
Kunming) wwith
a bblue pencil.
W
With a greenn pencil, circle
then shade in the areaa
beetween Leddo and thee
Buurma bordeer, which is
today part o
of Arunachaal
Prradesh.
Army tru
ucks driving allong the Ledo
o Road.
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Asssam
The caapital of Asssam is the
e city of Disspur. Findd Dispur on and draw aa
n the map a
red staar over the
e dot for th
he city.
Assamm has two internation nal borderss. Draw grreen lines aalong the b
borders
Assamm shares with two oth her countrries, then w write the co
ountry nam
mes as
appropriate.
There is one main river run nning through Assam m, the Brahhmaputra RRiver; find it
and trrace in bluee, then lab
bel it.
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STATE
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Indian
n Rhinoceros
The Indian Rhinocceros is an endangere ed animal;; only 30000 currentlyy
live in the wild and 2000 of those live in Assam. Compare these threee
photos – what is tthe main difference bbetween thhese typess of
rhinoceros?
STATE
LAN
NGUAGES
inoceros Black Rh
hinoceros White R
Rhinoceros
STATE
Rhinoce eros’ are one of the w
world’s larggest land FLOWER
animalss. Other to
op animals in size include:
Elephan nt, Hippopootamus, Gaur, Girafffe, Walrus,
Saltwater Crocodiile, Wild Assian Waterr Buffalo.
Label eaach picturee below wiith the correct
animal name. Usiing the inte ernet or otther
resource, find thee habitat off each anim
mal, and
circle th
hose animaals that are
e found in India. STATE
TREE
STATE
A
ANIMAL
STATE
BIRD
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Tea
The cityy of Dibruggarh in Assaam is called the “Teaa City of Ind
dia”. Threee‐fourths of
the city was destrroyed in 19950 after a strong earthquake cchanged th he course o
of
the Brahmaputra River. Find Dibrugarrh and draw w a purplee circle aro
ound its
locationn dot.
The larggest producers of teaa in the wo
orld are China, India, Kenya, Srii Lanka and
d
Turkey. Find each
h of these ccountries o
on the worrld map op pposite and d shade them
n.
in green
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34
Megghalay
ya
The capiital of Megghalaya is tthe city of Shillong. FFind Shillong on the map and
draw a rred star over the dot for the citty.
Meghalaaya has one international border. Draw ggreen liness along thee border
Meghalaaya shares with another countrry, then wrrite the country nam me along
that borrder.
There arre three hill ranges inn Meghalayya, indicatted on the map with arc lines.
Find the
e lines and draw seve eral small ggreen hills along them m. Label th
he hills,
west to east – Garro Hills, Khaasi Hills, Jaaintia Hills.
The tow wn of Cherrrapunji haas set seveeral recordss for
amoun nt of rainfall. In 18611 they receeived 370 in
nches of
rain in one month h. Find thee town on the map, aand draw aa
blue drrop of wate er over its dot.
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STATE
Adivassi SEAL
The Adivasi are th
he original peoples off India, diffferent ethnicities andd
tribes. They now account fo or about 8%% of India’’s total pop
pulation.
Using thhe map below, fill in the follow
wing chart wwith the fivve states
with thee greatest percentagge of Adivasi, startingg with the highest.
Na
ame of State % STATE
LAN
NGUAGES
STATE
FLOWER
STATE
TREE
STATE
A
ANIMAL
STATE
BIRD
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Maanipurr
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Proteccted Are
ea Permits STATE
SEAL
To visit Manipur yyou must o obtain a special perm mit called a Protectedd
Area Peermit, in ann effort to protect the e native cuulture. Theere are
seven sttates in Ind
dia that require this permit: Jam mmu and Kashmir,
Himachal Pradesh h, Uttar Praadesh, Arunachal Praadesh, Naggaland,
Manipu ur and Mizo oram. Find d these staates on thee map heree and circlee
in red. STATE
LANGUAGES
STATE
FFLOWER
STATE
TREE
STATE
A
ANIMAL
STATE
BIRD
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Miz
zoram
m
The ccapital of M
Mizoram iss the city o of Aizawl. FFind Aizaw
wl on the m
map and
draw
w a red starr over the dot for the e city.
oram has tw
Mizo wo internaational borrders. Draw w green lin
nes along tthe borderrs
Mizo
oram share es with twoo other cou untries, theen write th
he countryy names
alongg the appropriate bo orders.
biggest rive
The b er in Mizorram is the Kaladan. Find the river markeed on the
map,, trace it in
n blue and label it.
Bamboo forestts cover 30 0% of the sttate; Mizo oram repreesents 40% % of India’s
bamboo produ uction. Using a brown pencil, s hade the ttop third off the statee.
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Christianity in India STATE
SEAL
Christianity is the third largest religion in India after Hinduism and
Islam. Over the centuries, and even today, various missionary
groups have gone to India to spread their religion there. Historically
Christianity has existed in India nearly since its beginning in the early
years of the Common Era.
STATE
Use the data below to color in the map; make sure to color the key LANGUAGES
as well.
Distribution of
Christians in India
STATE
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50+% (Meghalaya, Nagaland, Mizoram)
30% ‐ 49% (Manipur)
20% ‐ 29% (Arunachal Pradesh, Goa)
10% ‐ 19% (Kerala)
5% ‐ 9% (Tamilnadu, Sikkim) STATE
1% ‐ 4% (Punjab, Assam, Tripura, ANIMAL
Jharkhand, Chattisgarh, Orissa,
Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka)
‐1% (Himachal Pradesh,
Uttarakhand, Haryana,
Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh,
Bihar, West Bengal,
Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat,
Maharashtra) STATE
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Naggaland
d
A picturee of the WWII
battlefielld at Kohima,
Nagaland d.
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The Baattle of K
Kohima STATE
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During WWorld War II the Jap panese plan nned to invvade India. Their best
route w
was through h Kohima, which wass the summ mit of a pass from
Burma iinto India. Also, Kohima was in n the midddle of a Brittish supplyy
route between their base in n Dimapur and Imphaal (in Manipur). One
month iinto their ssiege the Jaapanese trroops begaan to run o
out of
suppliess, and evenntually retreated. STATE
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The map above sh hows the aarea of the battle. Finnd Kohimaa, Dimapurr A
ANIMAL
and Imp phal and ciircle their llocation doots in green. The British would d
send supplies by ttrain to Dim mapur, and d then carrry them do own to
Imphal. Trace the e rail route
es in brownn. Trace ovver the dasshed line in
purple – – this is the
e border b between India and Buurma. The Japanese
attacked Kohima aand Imphaal from Burrma – draw w three redd arrows
from Bu urma to Ko ohima and Imphal in India. (Notte: at that time the STATE
British cconsidered d Nagaland d part of Asssam.) BIRD
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Trripuraa
The ccapital of TTripura is tthe city of A
Agartala. Find Agarttala on the map and
draw
w a red starr over the dot for the e city.
Nagaaland has o one internaational borrder. Draw w a green line along tthe borderr
Nagaaland share es with ano other counntry, then wwrite the ccountry naame along
the b
border.
Ujjayantaa Palace w was
built in 1899 by thee
Maharajaa; it now
serves ass home to
the Tripuura
Legislativve Assembly.
Find Ujjayanta Palaace
on the mmap and draaw
a small bbuilding witth
a dome n next to its
location dot.
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Banglaadesh Liberation
n War SEAL
India annd Pakistann became iindepende ent countriies in 19477. At that
time Pakistan had d two sectio ons, West Pakistan aand East Paakistan. Inn
1971 Eaast Pakistan decided it wanted to becomee its own n nation –
Banglad desh. The Pakistani ggovernmen nt refused,, and crackked down o on
the Ben ngali people in East Pakistan; arround 10 m million peo
ople fled too
refugee e camps in West Benggal, Bihar, Assam, Meeghalaya aand Tripuraa. STATE
Aided bby India, Baangladesh became an n independdent counttry in 1971 1 LAN
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after a sshort war wwith Pakisttan (West Pakistan). Today, 700% of the
people in Tripura are Bengali, and 30% % are nativve Indians.
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A
ANIMAL
Find Bangladesh o on the map p and shad
de it in greeen. Shade in purple
part of Nepal to th he northwest, part o of China to the far noorth, Bhutaan
to the nnorth, and Myanmar to the easst. What reemains aree parts of
India. FFind the capitals of thhose Indiann states that accepteed Bengali
refugee es, and coloor their loccation dotss green. STATE
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De
ese
ertt
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The Thaar Desert, o
or Great In
ndian Desert, is in thee northwesst part of India; it lies
mostly in Rajasthaan, but also
o extends into Harayyana, Punjaab, and thee northern n
part of G
Gujarat.
Rajassthan
Haryaana
Punjaab
Using thhe map to the right, find
each staate in this area and ccolor
in the m
map on the e opposite page
as follow
ws: Rajastthan – greeen;
Haryana a – blue; a
and Punjabb –
red.
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Rajaasthann
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The cap pital of Rajaasthan is th
he city of JJaipur. Finnd Jaipur on the map
and draaw a red star over the e dot for thhe city.
Rajasthan has one e internatioonal borde er. Draw aa green linee along thee
border Manipur shares with h one other country, then writee the
countryy name along that bo order.
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The Araavalli Moun ntains run from the ssouthwest of the statte towardss LAN
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the norttheast. Finnd the linee arc on the e map. Draaw a series of small
green hills along tthe line and d label it.
Chittorggarh Fort iss the largest in India.. Find Chitttorgarh an nd draw a
small foort symbol next to itss location d dot. Anothher famouss fort is
Mehran ngarh Fort,, which was built in 1 1459. Find Mehrangaarh and STATE
draw an nother fortt symbol next to its lo ocation do ot. The ruins of a fortt FFLOWER
built in 1452 are located in A Achalgarh.. Find Achaalgarh and d draw
anotherr fort symb bol there. A later forrt (built in 11592) thatt included
both Hindu and M Muslim arch hitectural sstyles is fo
ound at Am mber. Find
Amber aand draw aanother fo ort symbol there.
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Amber FFort 48
Rajputs
R
Rajputs are a grroup of clans in no orthern
India that have the reputation of being
strong warriors. The heiight of their
power as severaal kingdoms was d during
th th
the 9 ‐ 11 cen nturies.
In the medieval period M Muslim arrmies
invade ed India and there was consstant
friction
n between the Rajputs and various
Muslim m rulers. For exammple, Pratap
Singh ((pictured right) fou ught withh the
Mughaal empero or Akbar. For a timme the
Rajputs had an alliance w with the M Mughals,
but eve entually b
banded to ogether w with
other ggroups likke the Sikkhs to fighht
againstt them.
Whe en the last Mughall emperor was
captured by B British forrces, Queeen Victorria
(left)) declaredd herself Empress of India iin
1876 6. Then the Rajputs entereed into an n
nce with the Britissh, after sseveral
allian
mino or wars. TThey werre divided d into
princcely statees, meaning the Raajputs ruled
theirr own small statess, but the British ru uled
overr them. TThe Rajpu ut Princelyy States
were e known ccollectiveely as Rajp putana.
Whe en India ggained inddependen nce from
Britaain in 19447, Rajputtana becaame a staate
of India and w was calledd Rajasthan.
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There wwere 23 priincely state
es in Rajpuutana, see how manyy you can ffind on thiss
1907 Brritish map; circle theiir names in
n purple.
Banswara, Bikaner, B
Alwar, B Bharatpur, Bundi, Dholpur, Dun ngarpur, Jaaipur,
Jaisalmeer, Jhalawaar, Jodhpur, Karauli, Kishangarh, Kotah, K
Kushalgarh h, Pratabgaarh,
Patan‐TTorawati, SShahpura, SSirohi, Ton
nk, Mewar,, Lawa, Valllabhpur.
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Haaryanaa
The ccapital of HHaryana is the city off Chandigarrh. Find Chandigarh on the maap
and ddraw a red star over the dot for the city.
The largest cityy in Haryanna is Faridaabad. Find Faridabadd on the map and
e its locatio
circle on dot in blue.
Theree were thre ee historic battles that were fo
ought at
Panippat – Baburr vs. the Deelhi Sultann, the Mughal emperor
Akbarr vs. Hindu u emperor Hemu, and d the Afgh
han warlord
d
Abdali vs. Maratha ruler B Bhau. Findd Panipat o
on the mapp
and ddraw a smaall symbol of two cro ossed swords.
A depicction of the fiirst Battle of
Panipa
at, a 1598 min niature.
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The Ku
urukshetra War STA
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The Kurrukshetra W War was an ancient b battle betwween two ffamilies,
the Kau uravas and the Pandaavas, in mo odern‐day Haryana. TThe
descripttion of thiss battle is aa main parrt of the Hindu epic
Mahabh harata. The e battle lassted for eigghteen dayys, with su upport for
both siddes from a large num mber of tribbes, and in the end o only twelvee
warriors survived.. On the m map, find K Kurukshetraa and circle it green. SSTATE
See how w many allies of each h side you ccan find. FFor the Kau uravas, LAN
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circle th
heir allies in red; for tthe Pandayyas, circle ttheir alliess in blue.
Kaurava as: Hastinaapur, Angaa, Madra, TTrigartha, D Dwaraka, SSindh.
Pandavas: Kekayaa, Pandya, Cholas, Ke eralas, Maggadha, Pan nchala,
Matsya,, Dwaraka.
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India d
during thhe FLLOWER
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Mahaabharath ha
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Pu
unjab
The capittal of Punjaab is the ciity of Chan
ndigarh. Find Chandiigarh on th he map
and draww a red starr over the dot for the e city.
The largeest city in P
Punjab is Luudhiana. FFind Ludhiaana on thee map and circle its
location ddot in bluee.
A famouss massacre e occurred at the cityy of Amritssar, when B British sold
diers
opened ffire on a crrowd of unarmed citizens in thee beginning of India’s
struggle ffor independence fro om British rule in 19119. There is disagreeement
over howw many peo ople were killed, butt over 350 and perhaps as many as
1500. Finnd Amritsaar on the m map and cirrcle in purpple.
The Goldden Temple e, the mostt importan or Sikhs, is also
nt shrine fo
located inn Amritsarr. Draw a ssmall khanda (the Sikkh symbol)) next to
Amritsar (The khan nda has a ddouble‐blad ded swordd in the mid ddle, with a
small circcle drawn o over at the
e top; thenn two curveed swords on either
side.)
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Punjab, or Panjab, literally m
means the “land of five rivers”. In Persian
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panj meeans ‘five’ and ab me eans waterr. The nam
mes of the five rivers
are give
en here; fin
nd them on n the map below andd trace in tthe color
indicate
ed:
Beas (bllue), Chenaab (green), Jhelum (rred), Ravi ((purple), Su
utlej
(orangee).
STATE
Find Am d Ludhiana and circle them in bbrown.
mritsar and LA
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Sikhism
Around 60% of the people liiving in Punjab are
he only staate in Indiaa with a Sikkh majorityy.
Sikhs, th
Sikhism was found ded in the 15th centu ury in the
Punjab following tthe teachin ngs of Guru Nanek
Dev; Sikkhs believee that his spirit was p passed
down, o one Guru to the nextt, through nine more
gurus, uuntil the fin
nal “guru” which is th he Sikh
religious book Guru Granth Sahib.
This picture from the late 19 9th centuryy shows all
ten guruus, plus Bhhai Bala and Bhai Mardana, two o
compan nions of Gu uru Nanek Dev. Bhaii Bala is
often deepicted fan nning Guru u Nanek, w while Bhai
Mardan na is often pictured w with a reba ab, a
stringedd instrume ent. Find th
he two com mpanions iin this pictture, and circle them.
Are there ten figures remain ning? The larger figuure in the mmiddle is G Guru Nanekk
Dev.
Part of eeveryday life for Sikhhs is the Paanj Kakar, or five artiicles of faitth (also called
the 5 K’’s), which mmust be wo orn at all times. Theese includee: kes (unccut hair),
khanga (small com mb), kara ((circular iro
on braceleet), kirpan ((dagger), kkachchha
(special undergarm ment). Labbel the pictures beloow using th hese termss.
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wara, or Sikh temple,, is the hou use of worrship in Sikhism. Worship
ly consistss of singingg passages from scrippture, and often com
mmunity meeals
ved.
t is a location of religious autho ority for the greater SSikh comm
munity. Thee
kht was bu uilt by the ssixth Sikh G
Guru to sho ow that th
he Sikhs weere politicaally
ndent and show resisstance against tyrannny or subju ugation by other ruleers.
re five Takkhts, listed below. Find the state where eeach is locaated on the
d color it in blue; maark with the Sikh khaanda.
kht, Amritsar, Punjabb Kesshgarh Sahhib, Anandp
pur, Punjab
b
Sahib, Patna, Bihar Hazzur Sahib, N
Nanded, M
Maharashtrra
ma Sahib, Bathinda, Punjab
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High
H hlan
ndss
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The highlands of India are m made up off three platteaus, elevvated areas of mostlyy‐
flat land
d. They are
e called the Malwa P
Plateau, the Deccan PPlateau and the Chotta
Nagpur Plateau. TThe Malwaa Plateau wwas formedd by a volccano and sttill is at higgh
risk for earthquakkes.
Gujarrat
Madh
hya Pradesh
Chhatttisgarh
h
Jharkkhand
Westt Bengal
Orissaa
Using thhe map to the right, find
each staate in this area and ccolor
in the m
map on the e opposite page
as follow
ws: Gujara at – green;;
Madhya a Pradesh – blue;
Chhattisgarh – red; Jharkhaand –
purple; West Ben ngal – oran
nge;
and Orissa – brow wn.
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Gu
ujaratt
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The cap pital of Gujarat is the city of Gandhinagar. Find Gan ndhinagar STA
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on the m map and draw a red star over tthe dot forr the city.
The larggest city in the state is Ahmedaabad. Findd Ahmedab bad and
circle itss location d
dot in oran nge.
Narmad da is the largest riverr in Gujaratt. Find it o
on the mapp, trace it in
blue and label it. Find the fo ollowing bodies of w water on the map and d SSTATE
color thhem blue: Gulf of Kacchchh, Gullf of Khambhat, and tthe Ukal LAN
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Sea.
There iss a large saalt marsh in n northernn Gujarat called the G Great Rann n
of Kachchh. Durin ng the mon nsoon seasson this areea fills with water,
but the rest of the e year it is a desert of salty clayy and mudfflats. Therre
is also aa Little Ran
nn to the so outheast. Find both of these o on the map p
SSTATE
and colo or them brrown.
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The Kacchchh Hills run beneaath the Gre eat Rann. Find the line arc on
the map p. Draw a series of small green n hills alongg the line aand label itt.
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The Narrmada River. STA
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Mohaandas Kaaramchaand Gand
dhi
Gandhi is famous as a politiccal and religious leadder who led India’s sttruggle forr
indepen ndence froom British rrule. He wwas born in 1869 in G Gujarat; aftter studying
law in LLondon, he e returned to India fo or a time beefore traveeling to Soouth Africa to
work fo or an Indian n firm therre. In 19155 he returnned to India and begaan his struggle
for Indiaan indepen ndence, which was aachieved inn 1947.
The keyy to Gandhi’s struggle e was satya agraha, orr nonviolennt resistance; it included
peacefu ul marchess and perso onal fasts.
After independence, there w was considderable connflict betwween Hindu us and
Muslims; some on n both side es wanted to remain a unified IIndia, while others
wanted to separate into two o countriess, a Hindu one and a Muslim one. Abovee all
Gandhi abhorred the violence that eru upted betw ween the ttwo groupss, and begaan a
fast‐untto‐death even as he debated w with community leadeers. In thee end Indiaa
was sep parated intto India and Pakistan.
After th his partition
n, in 1948, a Hindu n nationalist assassinated Gandhii as he wass
walkingg to addresss a prayer meeting.
On the map on the facing paage, trace the path G Gandhi travveled throughout hiss
life. Staart at Porbandar, Gujjarat, wherre Gandhi was born. Find Mum mbai on the
coast off India, the en follow thhe coastlinne north unntil about halfway up p the coastt of
Gujarat; make a small dot fo or Porband dar, and labbel.
In 1888 Gandh hi traveledd to Londonn to study law. Find
London on the e map; draaw a line co
onnecting Porbandarr to
London. Once e he receivved his deggree in 18991 he returrned
ndia to attempt to oppen a law practice in
to In n Mumbai.
Find
d Mumbai on the maap and draw w a line co
onnecting
London to Mu umbai. He was unsucccessful, and so movved
Rajkot, Gujaarat, for w
to R work. Rajko
ot is halfwaay between
Porbbandar on the coast and Ahmeedabad inlaand; find th he
midway point,, make a dot for Rajkkot and lab bel, and
connect Mumbai to Rajkkot.
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After several attempts at starting a business, Gandhi accepted a job offer in 1893
in South Africa. Find Durban, South Africa on the map; draw a line connecting
Rajkot to Durban. In 1915 he returned to Gujarat and from there began his work
towards India’s independence; draw a line from Durban back to Gujarat.
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Madhy
ya Prad
desh
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The cappital of Mad dhya Prade esh is the ccity of Bho
opal. Find Bhopal on
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the map p and draw w a red star over the dot for thee city.
The larggest city in the state is Indore. Find Indorre and circcle its
location
n dot in oraange.
The Narrmada flow ws from the west to tthe east accross Madh hya
Pradeshh. Find it o
on the map p, trace it in blue andd label it. FFind the STATE
followin
ng bodies o of water onn the map and color them bluee: Ghandi LA
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Sea, andd the Tawaa Reservoirr.
There are three hill systemss shown on n the map, two in thee north and d
one souuth. Find the two arcc lines in thhe north; the western one is th he
Panna HHills, and thhe easternn one Kaimur Hills. The arc linee in the
south in
ndicates th he Mahade eo Hills. Drraw a seriees of small green hillss
along eaach line annd label theem. STATE
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There iss a series o
of caves at Bhimbetkaa that havee been decclared a
UNESCO O Archaeollogical Wo orld Heritagge Site; somme of thesse shelters
have beeen lived inn for over 1100,000 ye ears, and thhere are a number o of
ancient cave painttings. Findd Bhimbetkka on the m map and draw a smaall
icon of a cave.
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Ash
hoka the
e Great aand the Maurya Dynastyy
In 322 BBC Chandraagupta Maaurya estab blished thee Mauryan n Empire, q quickly
expanding to inclu ude much of the Indiian subconntinent and d up into PPersia. His
chief ennemies were Macedo onians (Anccient Greeece), and in n particular Seleucus I
Nicotar,, who was a governo or under Alexander thhe Great.
In his olld age Chandraguptaa turned his rule overr to his son n Bindusara. He
expanded the Mauryan emp pire furthe
er, and ruleed for 26 years beforre his son,
Ashoka,, became e emperor.
Ashoka proved to be one off the most importantt figures in Indian history. Wheen
he came e to powerr he contin nued his father and ggrandfatheer’s battles to spread the
Mauryaan Dynastyy. He conquered the remainingg areas of tthe Indian subcontinent,
with thee final batttle being th
he Kalinga War in 26 3 BC. Thiss war was sso violent,
legend ssays the ne earby riverr ran red w
with blood..
he battle Ashoka saw
After th w all the death and deestruction. He then cconverted to
Buddhissm, adopting an officcial policy o of nonvioleence. There are insccriptions off his
edicts (rreligious and politicaal statemennts) on a variety of ppillars, cavees and
boulderrs in India aand Pakistan.
One monu ument Ash hoka had b built
was the G Great Stupaa at Sanchii, in
Madhya PPradesh. Itt is a large,,
dome‐likee structuree said to co over
relics of th
he Buddhaa. It has beeen
designateed a UNESC CO World
Heritage SSite.
The officiaal Emblem m of India
today is taaken from Ashoka’s
Sarnath Liion Capital; it has fou ur
lions facinng each dirrection on the
top, theen four smaller animaals undern neath four each direcction on a ccompass –– a
lion (no
orth), elephhant (east), horse (soouth) and bbull (west). Color thee emblem on
the follo
owing page e.
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Chhaattisgaarh
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The cappital of Chh hattisgarh iis the city o
of Raipur. Find Raipur on the
map and draw a rred star ove er the dot for the cit y.
There iss a hill system shown n on the maap in the nnorthern part of the
state, th
he Maikalaa Range; fin nd the arc line, draww a series oof small
green hills along itt and labell it. STATE
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The area of Dandaa Karanya is famous in the Hinddu epic thee
Ramaya ana; its forrests were the locatio on of several of the hhero
Rama’s adventure es. It was aalso a place known fo or deadly ccreatures
and dem mons, and people sent into exile were sent there. Find Danda
Karanyaa on the map and draaw a group p of small ttrees to ind
dicate the
forest there.
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Ramma and Sita in
n
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thee forest. A
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Forests
F
Chhattissgarh is onne of the teen states in
n India thaat have a laarge percentage of th heir
land covvered with h forest (haalf or more
e). On the map below w, first find
d all counttries
other th
han India sshown and color them m brown. Using a grreen pencill, color in
those sttates in Ind
dia with a llarge perceentage of fforests (listted below).
Andamaan & Nicob bar Islands, Sikkim, M
Mizoram, M
Manipur, H Himachal Prradesh,
Uttarakkhand (Uttaaranchal), Arunachal Pradesh, TTripura, Nagaland, C
Chhattisgarrh.
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The R
Ramayan
na
The Rammayana is aan ancientt Sanskrit e epic written by the Hindu sage Valmiki
th
around the 4 cen ntury BC. It is the sto
ory of Ram ma, whose w wife Sita iss abductedd by
the dem
mon king Ravana. In its story it portrays ideal charaacters – likee the ideall
brotherr, the ideal wife or th ng; so it is nnot just a sstory, but aa religious and
he ideal kin
allegorical one as well.
major kand
There are seven m das, or boo
oks, in the R
Ramayanaa:
1. Rama is born, grows up, and marries Sitaa.
2. Rama is about to be named d king by his father, when hhe is suddenlly exiled to th
he forest insteead.
3. Rama is living in the forest w with Sita, when she is abdducted by Ravvana.
4. Rama meets H Hanuman, the e monkey warrrior; in exchaange for help from the Kiskkindha king, R Rama
helps him gain n his throne. A After searching they discoover Sita was taken to Lankka.
5. Hanuman travels to Lanka aand finds Sitaa; he wreaks hhavoc there then returns tto inform Ram ma
thhat Sita is waiiting for his re
escue.
6. Rama and his aallies go to Laanka, kills Ravvana, and resccues Sita. Ra ma returns home with Sita and
iss crowned king.
7. Rama sends Sita to the fore est after grow
wing rumors aabout her amo ong the peop ple, where shee
giives birth to ttwins; once grrown, the twins return to Rama and Raama then Ram ma returns to his
ceelestial abode e.
Number the follow
wing pictures (there is one for each kandda).
Rama rescues SSita.
Rama’s brotherr at
the court of thee
monkey king.
Ramma and Hanuma
an Rama’s brotheer comes
figh
ht Ravana. to him in exile to try and
bring him hom me.
The caapital of Jh
harkhand iss the city o
of Ranchi. Find Ranch hi on the mmap and
draw aa red star oover the dot for the city.
The largest city iis Jamshed dpur. Find Jamshedppur and circcle its locaation dot
e.
in blue
n the north
There are hills in heast part of the statte called th
he Rajmahaal Hills.
he arced line; draw aa series of small greeen hills alon
Find th ng the linee and label
them.
Dhanb bad is famo ous for its coal miness. Find Dhanbad on tthe map and draw
three small pieces of coal near its loccation dot as an icon n.
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Asian Elephan
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There are over 60 00 elephants living in the forestts of Jharkhhand.
Increasiingly there
e are conflicts betwee en the elepphants and d local
people, with some e people bbeing injureed or killedd by tramp
pling. Also,,
poaching co
illegal p ontinues as people kill elephannts mostly ffor their
ivory tusks.
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Asian ellephants are spread across Sou uth and So utheast Assia. Color LAN
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in the mmap below using a diffferent color for eachh elephantt
populattion amoun nt; be sure
e to color the key apppropriatelyy as well.
Numbbers of Asian SSTATE
NEPAL
N BHUTAN
B
EElephantts FLLOWER
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YANMAR
INDIA VIETTNAM
BA
ANGLADESH LAOSS
CAM
MBODIA
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MALAYSIA
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0‐2
200 Neppal, Vietnam
201
1‐500 Bangladesh, Cammbodia
501
1‐1000 Laoss, Bhutan
100
01‐2000 Indo
onesia, Malayysia
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01‐5000 Myaanmar, Thailaand, Sri Lanka
500
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The cappital of West Bengal is the city o of Kolkata.. Find Kolkkata on thee
map and draw a rred star ove er the dot for the cit y.
The Gan nga River ccuts througgh the middle of the state. Find it on thee
map, traace it in blue and lab bel it. Find where thee Bay of Beengal lies
and label it. SSTATE
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There are two inte ernational borders; u use a greenn pencil too mark alon ng
the borders on the map, the en write thhe name off the counttries as
approprriate alongg the borde ers.
The Darrjeeling Hills are located in the far north o of the state. Find thee
arc line in the norrth; draw a number o of small greeen hills along the linne
and label them. SSTATE
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The Sun ndarbans aare the larggest single block of m mangrove fforests in
the worrld. It is listed as a UNESCO Wo orld Heritaage Site and d is home
to an im
mportant B Bengal Tige
er reserve. Find the SSundarban ns on the
map and draw a ggroup of sm mall trees aaround thee area as an icon.
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Od
disha
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The cappital of Odisha (Orissaa) is the citty of Bhubaneswar. Find
Bhuban neswar on tthe map and draw a red star ovver the do ot for the city.
The main river of Odisha is tthe Mahan nadi River, which cuts through
the Hiraakud Reserrvoir and e east to the sea, endinng in the M Mahanadi
Delta. FFind the rivver and deelta on the map; tracee in blue, aand label. STATE
Color an nd label the reservoir. LAN
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The second majorr river, whiich runs no orth of the Mahanadi, is the
Brahmaani. Find th he river, trace it in blue, and la bel. Find tthe Chilika
Lake and the Upper Kolab Reservoir and color blue. Alongg part of
Odisha’s border iss the Bay o of Bengal. Find this bborder, trace along itt
in blue, and write Bay of Ben ngal alongg the bordeer.
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The Easstern Ghatss run alongg the south heastern bborder of th he state. FLOWER
Find the draw a series of small hills alonng the line,, and label
e arc line, d
them
The ruinns of a majjor ancientt Buddhist universityy have been n found att
Ratnagiri, with evidence of sstudents coming from m as far ass Greece,
Persia aand China. Find Ratn nagiri and ddraw a smaall archwayy as an
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icon.
There iss a group oof ancient ccaves at Ud dayagiri thhat have inscriptions
nd
by Jain monks datting to the 2 centurry BC. Findd Udayagirri and draw w
a smmall cave icon.
Onee of the most famou us SSTATE
sitees in India is the A
ANIMAL
Konnark Sun Temple,
built during the 1200’s in
honnor of the sun god
Surrya. Find the temple
on the map and draw a
smaall sun icon n near its
locaation dot. STA
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Coaastaal Plain
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Mahaarashtraa
Goa
Karnaataka
Kerala
Tamill Nadu
Andh
hra Prad
desh
Using thhe map to the right, find
each staate in this area and ccolor
in the m
map on the e opposite page
as follow
ws: Maharrashtra –
green; GGoa – bluee; Karnatakka –
red; Kerrala – purpple; Tamil Nadu
– orangge; and And dhra Prade esh –
brown.
There aare three bbodies of w
water around this grooup of stattes. Find eeach bodyy of
water, aand label aappropriattely on the
e map on tthe opposiite page.
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Mahaarashttra
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The cap pital of Maharashtra is the city of Mumbaai. Find Mu umbai on
the map p and draw w a red star over the dot for thee city.
Maharaashtra is bo ordered byy a sea. Draw a blue line along this
border, and write the name of the seaa along thaat border.
SSTATE
There are several hill rangess in Maharashtra. Thhe Western n Ghats run
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along thhe western n border; the Balaghaat Range ruuns in the middle of
the statte, with thee Ajanta Hills directlyy north of tthem. Findd the arc
lines, drraw a smalll series of hills alongg each line and label each.
There are several cave syste ems in the state, the most famo ous being
st
the Ajan nta caves wwhich were e created iin the 1 century BC and
contain importantt Buddhist and non‐rreligious arrt. Find the followingg SSTATE
caves on the map, and draw w a small caave icon att each locaation dot: FLLOWER
Ajanta ccaves, Elepphanta cavves, Karla caves, Bhaja caves, Elllora cavess.
One of tthe oldest,, and largeest, craterss formed byy a meteorr hitting th he
earth is in Maharaashtra, callled the Lon nar Crater.. It is now a saltwateer
lake. Trraditional e
estimates have place ed its formation durin ng the
Pleistoccene epoch h. Find the
e Lonar Craater Lake o on the map p, and draww
a small icon of a ccrater nearr its locatio
on dot. STA
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Goa
G
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Portugguese in
n India STA
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Vasco daa Gama firrst landed
in India aat Calicut iin 1498. In
n
1510 thee Protugueese
Admiral Afonso dee
Albuqueerque (pictured left)
attackedd Goa. At tthe time STATE
the areaa was undeer the rule LANGUAGES
of Ottomman Muslim ms; local
Hindus w wanted to be rid of
Muslim rule and asked the
Portuguese to help p.
Once Albbuquerquee STATE
conquerred Goa, hee used it as FFLOWER
a base too make furrther raidss
into Indiia, in hopees of
gaining ccontrol oveer the
spice traade route. Goa
became a wealthyy and
beautifuul city (“Colden
Goa”). Immitating thhe STA
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architectture and liifestyle of
Lisbon, PPortugal.
The area did not rremain peaaceful for long, as thee Dutch an nd other
groups came to trry and grab b control
of the ttrade route
es. In 1812
2 Goa was occupied by the Brittish, and
remaine ed under B
British conttrol until In
ndia becam
me indepen ndent in STATE
1947. A
ANIMAL
There are several World Herritage Sitess that are hhistoric Poortuguese
Christian buildings in Goa. JJust as in SSpanish Eurrope, theree was a Go
oa
Inquisition where Catholic religious leaaders condducted invvestigationss
to wh
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This is aa map of G
Goa from 1750. See iif you can ffind the fo
ollowing plaaces and
circle thhem on thee map: Th
he trade area (La Bouurse), hosp pital, Collegge of St Paul,
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St. Caatherine Cathedral, C
Church of SSt. Anne, V
Viceroy’s Palace (Pala
ais),
Archbishop’s Paalace (Archhvesque), tthe markett (Halle).
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Karrnatakka
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The capital of Karnataka is the city of Bangalore (Bengaluru). Find
Bangalore on the map and draw a red star over the dot for the city.
Karnataka is bordered by a sea. Draw a blue line along this border,
and write the name of the sea along that border. The coastline is
known as the Malabar Coast. Write “Malabar Coast” along this
coastline. STATE
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Find the following reservoirs on the map and color them:
Linganamakki, Bhadra, Tungabhadra. The highest plunge waterfalls
in India are the Jog Falls; find the Jog Falls on the map and draw a
small waterfall icon next to its location dot.
The Western Ghats run along the Malabar Coast in the state. Find
the arc line, draw a series of small mountains along the line, and STATE
label them. FLOWER
Mysuru, or Mysore, was the capital of a kingdom ruled by the
Wodeyar dynasty for 550 years when the British colonized India. It is
famous for its distinctive culture. Find Mysuru on the map and circle
its location dot in purple.
There are a series of historic Hindu temples in the northern half of STATE TREE
the state. Locate them and draw a small temple icon next to each
location dot: Badami temples, Pattadakal temples, and AIhole
temple complex.
The city of Bijapur is famous for its historic Islamic architecture – it
existed for 200 years as an independent Muslim state before it was
conquered by the Mughals and remained under their control until STATE
the British took over in 1818. Find Bijapur and draw a small crescent ANIMAL
and star as an icon.
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Jaainism
Jainism is an ancieent religionn in India tthat promo otes nonvio olence towwards all livving
thh th
beings. Historianss believe Jaainism to h have begunn in the 6 ‐9 centuries; Jains
have be een in Karnnataka sincce the earlyy 1st century BC.
Principles of Jainissm in addittion to non n‐violence include truthfulnesss, non‐
stealingg, celibacy, and non‐m materialism m. Jains arre strict veegetarians, and practice
meditattion. Theyy believe inn reincarnation, that a soul is reeborn untill it achievees
the statte of Nirvana; reincarrnation, what the soul is brougght back ass, is
determined by that soul’s ka arma. Karrma can bee explained d as giving a soul a
distinct color – blaack, blue, aand grey, wwhich meaan the soul will be reborn into
misfortu une; and yyellow, red and white e, which mmean the so oul will be reborn into
good foortune.
There is aa parable tthat explains
the six coolors of thee soul. Reaad
the parab ble, and cirrcle each
person w with his color:
Six travelllers see a tree laden
with fruitt and begin n to think hhow
they coulld get some of the fru uit.
One of thhem suggests uprootting
the entiree tree and eating thee
fruit (blacck). The seecond one
suggests cutting the big branches
to get at the fruit (b blue). The
third onee suggests cutting thee
smaller bbranches (g grey). The
fourth onne suggestss cutting tw wigs
to be ablee to reach the fruit,
sparing tthe branchees and thee
tree (red)). The fifth
h one sugg gests
plucking only the frruit (yellow w).
The last oone suggessts picking up
only the ffruits that have drop pped
on the grround.
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Hinduism
Hinduism is the th hird largestt religion in
n the world after Chrristianity aand Islam. It
has diveerse traditiions and no single fo ounder, havving grown n out of old der religious
traditions such as the Vedic religion, w which existted in Iron Age India..
There iss a range o
of major religious scriiptures in H Hinduism, including most
importaantly the VVedas, and also the Upanishadss, Puranas, Mahabharata and th he
Ramayaana. Hindu us believe in reincarn nation and karma, arre vegetarians and
advocatte non‐viollence.
The conncept of good in Hinduuism is com mplex; manny believe in one god d with man ny
manifesstations, annd they will choose o one manifeestation, o or avatar, to o worship or
perhapss more thaan one. Deevas, or cellestial entities, are also mentio oned in Hin ndu
scripturres and gennerally are
e seen as re esponsiblee for thingss like fire, aair, rain, ettc.
Popularr deities incclude Durgga (goddesss, ten armms), Krishnaa (infant orr young bo oy
playing a flute), Sh
hiva (god, in meditattion or danncing), Gan nesha (god, elephant
head), HHanuman ((god, ape‐llike), Ramaa (god, ofteen depicteed with bow w and arro ow)
and Lakkshmi (goddess, depicted with e elephants,, coins and/or lotus fflowers).
Write each name under the appropriaate picture below.
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Ke
erala
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The cappital of Kerala is the ccity of Thiruvananthaapuram (Trrivandrum). STA
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Find Thiruvananth hapuram o on the map p and draw w a red starr over the
dot for the city.
Kerala is bordered d by a sea. Draw a blue line alo ong this boorder, and
he name off the sea along that b
write th border. Thhe coastline is known n
as the M
Malabar Co oast. Writee “Malabar Coast” allong this co oastline.
STATE
Callicut (Kozhikode) hass witnessed d LAN
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numerous exxplorers, frrom ibn
Batttuta in 13342 to Ma H Huang (a
me ember of C Cheng Ho’ss Chinese
fleeet) in 14033 to Vasco da Gama iin
149 98 (his pictture here sshows himm
lan
nding at Caalicut). Find Calicut oon SSTATE
thee map and draw a gro oup of FLLOWER
small ships att its port.
The e oldest syynagogue in the
British Comm monwealth is located d
in KKochi. Findd Kochi, an
nd draw a
small Star of David as aan icon at itts
loccation dot. STA
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Smmall Muslim m communities grew
alo
ong the Maalabar Coasst as Arab
traders and m merchants came to
Inddia. Draw aa small staar and
creescent at KKasaragod aand
Kutttichira to mark wheere Muslim ms SSTATE
had andd still have a strong ppresence. A
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Casheww trees werre brought to Kollam by the Portuguese; it has sincee
become e the most importantt crop in Ko ollam. Fin d Kollam oon the map p
and draaw a small group of cashew nutts next to its location n dot.
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Tam
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The cap pital of Tam
mil Nadu is the city off Chennai ((Madras). Find STA
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Chennai on the m map and draaw a red sttar over thhe dot for tthe city.
Tamil Nadu is bordered by ttwo bodiess of water. Use a blu ue pencil too
mark th he borders where the ese bodies of water lie, then write the
names aalong the b borders. FFind the Staanley Reseervoir, labeel and color
it in blue.
STATE
Maduraai is the old dest continnuously inh dian
habited cityy in the Ind LAN
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peninsu ula. Find M
Madurai and circle itss location ddot in purp ple.
Nagapp patinam waas colonize ed by the PPortuguesee before beeing
overtakken by the Dutch, when it became one of f their few colonies in n
India. Itt was sold to Great BBritain in 18
845. Find Nagappatinam and
draw a small Dutcch flag near its locatio on dot (thrree horizontal bars, SSTATE
top red,, middle w white, bottoom blue). FLLOWER
The larggest functiooning Hind du temple is located in Tamil Nadu. Find
Ranganathaswam my Temple and draw aa small tem mple icon n next to its
locationn dot.
There iss a famous temple de edicated to o Ganesh aand Shiva ccalled the
Rock Fo ort Temple. Find Tiru uchirappellli on the m
map; draw aa small STA
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temple icon and laabel it.
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Andhraa Prad
desh
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The cappital of Anddhra Prade esh is the city of Hydeerabad. Find
Hyderab bad on the e map and draw a red d star overr the dot fo
or the city..
Andhra Pradesh iss bordered d by one bo ody of watter. Use a blue penciil
to markk the borde er, then wrrite the name along tthe borderr.
STATE
There are two maain rivers, tthe Godvarri and the KKrishna. TThe Godvarri LAN
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h of the Krishna; trace
is north e each rive
er in blue aand label. The world’s
largest masonry d dam is the Nagarjunaa Sagar Dam m, which ccrosses thee
Krishna River. It iss downstreeam from tthe Nagarjjuna Water Reservoir,
which iss the world d’s largest manmade e lake. Follow the Kriishna Riverr
on the mmap, colorr the reservvoir in bluee. Draw a small brow wn line
across tthe river, ju
ust to east of the reservoir, to mmark the ddam.
SSTATE
FLLOWER
Vishakhhapatnam iis the main n seaport, and is homme to the Indian
Navy’s EEastern Naaval Comm mand. Find Vishakhappatnam an nd draw
three smmall boats in the watters next to o this port city.
The Easstern Ghatss run acrosss the soutthern part of the statte. Find th he
arc line;; draw a se
eries of small hills alo
ong the linee, then labbel.
The Tirumala Tem mple in Tiru upati is STA
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dedicatted to Vishhnu and is aa major
Hindu p pilgrimage site. Find Tirupati o on
the map and draw w a small ttemple icon
next to its locatio
on dot.
An anciient dynasty, the Kakkatiya, ruleed SSTATE
most off Andhra PPradesh fro om 1083 CE A
ANIMAL
to 1323 3 CE. Ruinss of their ccapital can
be seen n at Waranngal (the picture left is
an exam mple). Find Warangaal on the
map an nd draw a ssmall archw way icon.
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Union Territories
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There are seven uunion territtories in India. Unionn territoriees are areaas that are
governeed by the ccentral Indian govern nment (fedderal), not by an indivvidual statte.
he map here, mark each territo
Using th ory on the map on th he oppositee page, usiing
or indicated to mark a location dot and to
the colo o write thee name.
Andaman and Nicob bar
Islands
red
Chandigarrh
blue
Dadra and d Nagar Haaveli
orange
Daman an nd Diu
Dadra & Nagarr Haveli purple
Lakshadw weep
green
National C Capital
Territory oof Delhi
brown
Puducherry
(Pondicheerry)
yellow
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Picture credits
Cover
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kids_running_with_Indian_flags.jpg
Introduction
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Indiahills.png
Jammu and Kashmir
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/Thiske.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kashmir_region‐map_2004.jpg
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Portrait_of_Ranjit_Singh,_Maharaja_of_the_Punjab,_1830.jpg
Manu Kaur Saluja, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RanjitSingh_by_ManuSaluja.jpg
http://chestofbooks.com/food/household/Woman‐Encyclopaedia‐2/The‐Coronation‐Regalia.html
Himachal Pradesh
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:PaldenLhamo.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Raja_Lal_Singh,_of_First_Anglo‐Sikh_War,_1846.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pope1880Panjab3.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dalip_singh_winterhalter.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Maharajah_Duleep_Singh_(1838‐
1893),_entering_his_palace_in_Lahore,_escorted_by_British_troops.jpg
Uttarakhand
http://www.wildtiger.org/teraiarc.html
Uttar Pradesd
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flickr_‐_%E2%80%A6trialsanderrors_‐
_Taj_Mahal,_Agra,_India,_ca._1900.jpg
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jahangiri_Mahal_(Agra_Fort)‐6.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Panoramic_vie_of_Fahpur_Sikri_Palace.jpg
Bihar
http://kaladarshan.arts.ohio‐
state.edu/studypages/internal/dl/SouthAsia/Buddhist/pgs/u1/p1/DL0001m.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:GTRoad_Ambala.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Shershah.jpg
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/middle_east_and_asia/india_pol01.jpg
Sikkim
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kanchenjunga_summit_ca._1857.jpeg
http://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/worldant.htm
Arunachal Pradesh
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:African‐americans‐wwii‐009.jpg
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Assam
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Assam.jpg
http://www.euratlas.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rhinoceros_unicornis_‐Buffalo_Zoo‐8.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Uganda_Murchison‐Falls‐Rhinos.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Elephant_in_Botswana.JPG
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kobe_oji_zoo_2009_April_14.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gaur_at_the_Bronx_Zoo.jpg
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Noaa‐walrus22.jpg
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Asiatic_water_buffalo_in_zoo_tierpark_friedrichsfelde_berlin_german
y.jpg
Meghalaya
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cherrapunji.jpg
http://tribes‐of‐india.blogspot.com/2009/01/tribal‐population‐percentage‐in‐india.html
Manipur
http://www.wildlifeinindia.com/keibul‐lamjao‐national‐park.html
Mizoram
Nagaland
http://www.worcestershireregiment.com/wr.php?main=inc/h_kohima
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:IND_003698_Garrison_Hill_Kohima.jpg
Tripura
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:UP2.jpg
http://www.vmapas.com/Asia/South_Asia_Political_Map_2004.jpg/maps‐en.html
Rajasthan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Amber_Fort,_Jaipur,_c1858.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:RajaRaviVarma_MaharanaPratap.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Queen_Victoria_‐Diamond_Jubilee_‐1_cropped.JPG
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rajputana_1909.jpg
Haryana
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http://hindusutra.com/archive/category/mythology/
Punjab
http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/File:Map_rivers.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sikh_Gurus_with_Bhai_Bala_and_Bhai_Mardana.jpg
http://www.emgonline.co.uk/news.php?news=5797
Gujarat
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:JhansiGhat.jpg
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https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the‐world‐factbook/docs/refmaps.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:MKGandhi.jpg
Madhya Pradesh
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bhimbetka_Caves,_Madhya_Pradesh.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Emblem_of_India.svg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sanchi_Stupa_from_Eastern_gate,_Madhya_Pradesh.jpg
Chattisgarh
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Yzq9Ck2Bq3w/TCxDfLKCobI/AAAAAAAAAV8/svtiV35wR1E/s1600/Rama+first
.jpg
http://www.eholidaysindia.com/maps.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rama_and_Hanuman_fighting_Ravana,_an_album_painting_on_paper
,_c1820.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Four_Sons_of_Dasaratha.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rama‐Bharata‐Paduka.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sita_in_the_Hermitage_of_Valmiki.jpg
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Agni_pariksha.jpg
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Episode_from_Kishkinda_Kanda.jpg
Jharkhand
West Bengal
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Odisha
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Konark_Sub_Temple_Front_view.jpg
Maharashtra
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:LonarCrater.jpg
Goa
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mahadev_Temple_in_Tambdi_Surla_.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:%22Plan_de_Goa%22,_in_Histoire_g%C3%A9n%C3%A9rale_des_voya
ges,1750.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Afonso_de_Albuquerque.jpg
Karnataka
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lesyas.jpg
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bhavani_%26_Shivaji.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Krishna_holding_flute.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:India_statue_of_nataraja.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:13th_century_Ganesha_statue.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:StandingHanumanCholaDynasty11thCentury.jpg
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sree_rama_halabeedu.JPG
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hanuman.jpg
Kerala
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Tamil Nadu
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Andhra Pradesh
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Warangal_fort.jpg
Union Territories
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