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India achieved independence  only in 1947 after 300-400 years of foreign domination and exploitation . India is a land of about ten major languages which had developed literatures for 1000 years. Each language is spoken by not less than 30 to 40 million people . India is birth place of great philosophies –the great ancient Aryan Vedic philosophy , the Ramayana-Mahabharatha philosophy,the great Buddhist, Jain and Sikh philosophies etc. In India people of different races existed since  ten thousand years and established their own cultures and customs with great vigor . But many tens of millions of people of weaker sections lived in utter poverty and neglect for untold centuries in spite of great reform movements by great people like Lord Buddha. People of different races and unreachable faraway   geographic regions  formed into different castes and sub castes. The castes were mainly to protect their racial and cultural identity. The subcastes were like modern trade unions ,but hereditary trade unions continuing for centuries, to protect their hereditary occupations and skills. But we can call these rigid social divisions as things of the past(at least from an academic angle). The modern governments in India at both centre and states treat all Indians---irrespective of language,color,race,region,religion, caste and subcaste—as one people eligible for all rights.For backward sections special reservations are guaranteed in constitution in educational institutions , government jobs and houses of legislature.

Now let us turn to economic realities,the most important thing in survival of people. India is mainly an agricultural country. Though agriculture was mostly backward,now government is modernizing all agricultural practices and food production has increased many fold. Modern communication( for journey) is being established in every nook and corner of country. The instant telephone communication is upgraded with modern electronics technology and there are a few hundred million electronic phones. The newspapers are well established in all language regions .  The television and cinema entertainment have spread to every corner of India. Many irrigation projects were built and many more are being built to supply water to agricultural land in all regions. Education also developed with many world standard universities and technical institutions. Road and rail communication are being upgraded to world standards. Air communication (airplanes) has surprisingly picked up speed and now a few million people have developed interest in air travel. In energy sector—great progress was achieved in petroleum and gas fuel sector, electrical production , solar energy, wind energy etc. There is great progress in industrial sector and defence sector and world is really impressed.

Ramayan and Mahabharat gave Indian people a high moral orientation for 2000 years. Helped Mahatma Gandhi to train even rural Indians into brave freedom fighters 


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