how was india formed?

Answer 1

It started off as a big piece of land wiht the other but due to earth quakes and fualt movement it was pushed away. Therefore it was known as the sub continent.

Answer 2

Millions of years ago, India was part of Africa. It drifted northwards and at some point collided with the Asian plate, giving rise to Himalayas.

You would realise this especially if you visit India and see the flora/fauna....many regions resemble african landscape...by the way, it is the only place outside Africa where you still find Lions.....and they are in wild (not imported from Africa....:-))

The northward journey is still going on and Mt. Everest is rising. Recent tsunami and earthquakes in Gujarat, Kashmir are a by product of this movements.

As far as society is concerned, India has been around for more than 10,000 years. Population here has been largely due to migrations from Africa and Central Asia/Europe. Because of cross marriages, you do not see the evident differences today. Moreover, the invading armies (there have been constant invasions into India for thousands of years) of Huns, Greeks, Arabs, also have contributed to population when soldiers did not return after the loot.

The British/French/Portugese were the last to invade. Their primary motive being to loot and feed the dream of a World Empire aspired by rulers in home country, did not allow a large population influx to settle and merge (unlike in South America and other places)....therefore, they could never win over the local populations and eventually had to pack their bags and leave within 2 centuries....one of the shortest rule amongst invading armies.

India today is the microcosm of what the world will be in coming times. Therefore, for all Indians, ironically, world is just an extension of India......do visit it if you are a foreigner and you will love the place....:-)

Answer 3

India was an island mass like Australia before it hit the main land mass...this crash is still happening today..the Himalayas is the result...

Answer 4

Stone Age rock shelters with paintings at Bhimbetka in Madhya Pradesh are the earliest known traces of human life on the Indian subcontinent. The first known permanent settlements appeared over 9,000 years ago, and gradually developed into the Indus Valley Civilization, dating back to 3300 BCE. It was followed by the Vedic Civilization which laid the foundations of Hinduism and other cultural aspects of early Indian society. From around 550 BCE, many independent kingdoms and republics known as the Mahajanapadas were established across the country.

The empire built by the Maurya dynasty under Emperor Ashoka united most of modern South Asia except the kingdoms in the south. From 180 BCE, a series of invasions from Central Asia followed including the Indo-Greeks, Indo-Scythians, Indo-Parthians and Kushans in the northwestern Indian Subcontinent. From the third century CE, the Gupta dynasty oversaw the period referred to as ancient India's "Golden Age." While the north had larger, fewer kingdoms, in the south there were several dynasties such as the Chalukyas, Cholas, Pallavas and Pandyas, overlapping in time and space. Science, engineering, art, literature, astronomy, and philosophy flourished under the patronage of these kings.

Following the invasions from Central Asia, between the tenth to the twelfth centuries, much of north India came under the rule of the Delhi Sultanate, and later the Mughal dynasty, who gradually expanded their reign through large parts of the Indian subcontinent. Nevertheless, several indigenous kingdoms flourished, especially in the south, like the Vijayanagara Empire. In the seventeenth and eighteenth century, the Mughal supremacy declined and the Maratha Empire became the dominant power. From the sixteenth century onwards, several European countries, including Portugal, Netherlands, France and the United Kingdom, started arriving as traders, later taking advantage of the fractious nature of relations between the kingdoms, to establish colonies in the country. By 1856, most of India came under control of the British East India Company. A year later, a nationwide insurrection of rebelling military units and kingdoms, known locally as the First War of Indian Independence (known as the Sepoy Mutiny elsewhere) broke out, which failed even as it seriously challenged British rule. As a consequence, India came under the direct control of the British Crown as a colony of the British Empire.

From early twentieth century, the Indian Independence Movement of the Indian National Congress steadily gained widespread support, largely led by Mahatma Gandhi. Millions of protesters would engage in mass campaigns of civil disobedience with a commitment to ahimsa or non-violence. Finally, on 15 August 1947, India gained independence from British rule not before losing its Muslim-majority areas which were carved out into a separate nation-state of Pakistan. Three years later, on 26 January 1950, India chose to be a republic, and a new Constitution came into effect.

Since independence, India has seen sectarian violence and insurgencies in various parts of the country, but has maintained its unity and democracy. It has unresolved territorial disputes with China, which escalated into the brief Sino-Indian War in 1962; and with Pakistan, which resulted in wars in 1947, 1965, 1971 and in 1999 in Kargil. India is a founding member of the Non-Aligned Movement and the United Nations (as part of British India). In 1974, India conducted an underground nuclear test. This was followed by five more tests in 1998. Significant economic reforms beginning in 1991 have transformed India into one of the fastest-growing economies and an emerging superpower in the world, and added to its global and regional clout.

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Answer 5

If you mean politically , they revolted against Greatbritain when they learned cow fat was being used to Grease the british guns. Remember the cow is sacred to their religion ( Ilearned that in social studies class in the ninth grade in 1976)

Answer 6

By politicians lol

Answer 7

with land