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NCERT Class 9 Geography Chapter 1: India Size & Location
NCERT Class 9 Geography
Chapter 1: Size & Location
Location
- Latitudes 8°4′N and 37°6′N
- Longitudes 68°7′E and 97°25′E
- Tropic of Cancer (23° 30′N) divides India in almost two equal halves
- Southernmost point of Indian Union – ‘Indira Point’ - submerged under water in 2004 during the Tsunami
- Area - 3.28 million square km
- 2.4% area of the world
- 7th Largest
- Land Boundary – 15,200 km
- Coastal Boundary including Islands -
- Gujarat to Arun. P. – Time Diff – 2 hr
- Standard Meridian of India (82°30′E) passing through Mirzapur (in UP)
- India has longest coastline with Indian Ocean – Eminent Position – Only Ocean named after a COUNTRY
Suez Canal (1869) – Distance B⟋W India & Europe ↓ by 7000 Km
Historical Ties
- What reached the world?
- Upanishads and the Ramayana
- Panchtantra
- Indian numerals
- Decimal system
- Species
- Muslin
- Greek – Sculpture in India
- West Asia – Domes & minarets
- 29 States
- 7 UTs
- Smallest in Area – Goa
- Largest in Area – Rajasthan (92 times of Goa)
- Least Population – Sikkim
- Largest Population – UP
Bordering Pakistan | J & K, Punjab, Rajasthan and Gujarat |
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Bordering China | J & K, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh |
Bordering Nepal | Bihar, Uttarakhand, UP, Sikkim and West Bengal |
Bordering Bangladesh | West Bengal, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Tripura and Asom |
Bordering Bhutan | West Bengal, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh and Asom |
Bordering Myanmar | Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur and Mizoram |
Bordering Afghanistan | J & K (Pakistan-Occupied Area) |
Before 1947 – Types of States
- Provinces: Ruled directly by British officials who were appointed by the Viceroy
- Princely states: Ruled by local, hereditary rulers, who acknowledged sovereignty in return for local autonomy?
- B⟋W Sri Lanka & India: Palk Strait & Gulf of Mannar
- Maldives Islands: South of the Lakshadweep Islands
- Kanyakumari (Cape Comorin – Tamil Nadu) – 3 seas Meet
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