Independence

From India....to “India Inc” … is a journey of 60 years with many milestones… An era of Transformation From... A Ripple …to a Wave. A Country…to a Global Nation. A startup… to a Competitor. A team of 1.12 billion with some “industry bests” and many more in pipeline.

This is what they call growth...We call it a step towards growth History proves "GROWTH" to be a "GOAL" forever

Mera Bharat Mahaan … Time to memorise those Real heroes

…and of course the list goes on….

Vande Mataram History proves "GROWTH" to be a "GOAL" forever

Maa Tuje Salaam Demographics Estimated population of 1.12 billion India is the world's second most populous country. Seventh largest country in the world, India constitutes the major portion of the Indian subcontinent scaling from Kashmir to Kanyakumari. India is the second most culturally, linguistically and genetically diverse geographical entity after the African continent. India is the largest democracy in the world. The Constitution defines India as a sovereign, socialist, secular, democratic republic. Literacy rate 64.8% (53.7% for females and 75.3% for males). . India's median age is 24.9, and the population growth rate of 1.38% per annum there are 22.01 births per 1,000 people per year. Religions: Hindu 81.3%, Muslim 12%, Christian 2.3%, Sikh 1.9%, other groups including Buddhist, Jain, Parsi 2.5% (2000)

A timeline of the conflicts, trends and transformations that helped shape modern India

Sare jaha se achcha hindu sita hamara

Six Decades of Independence

1947: Independence and Partition : Muslim refugees crowd onto a train near New Delhi during the bloody Partition of Hindu-majority India and Muslim-majority Pakistan. Some 15 million people are displaced and an estimated 500,000 killed in the savage violence sparked by Britain's division of its former colony.

Six Decades of Independence

1952: Towards Socialism : The Congress Party, headed by India's first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, triumphs in the young nation's first general election. Nehru establishes a five-year plan for agricultural reform, committing India to a socialist path to development.

Six Decades of Independence

1975: The Emergency : Beset by growing political disorder, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, Nehru's daughter, declares emergency rule. Thousands are detained during India's flirtation with authoritarianism, but the experiment is short-lived: the Emergency is lifted in 1977 and subsequent elections sweep Gandhi and the Congress Party out of power.

Six Decades of Independence

1983: A Win for India : India wins the Cricket World Cup for the first and only time in the cricket-obsessed nation's history, beating tournament favorites West Indies in the final.

Six Decades of Independence

1984: Gandhi Assassinated : Indira Gandhi, returned to power in 1980, is killed by her own Sikh bodyguards, leading to anti-Sikh riots in Delhi where thousands die. She is cremated by her son Rajiv (second from left) and daughter-in-law Sonia (in sunglasses) — a Prime Minister and future head of the Congress Party, respectively

Six Decades of Independence

1992: The Destruction of the Babri Masjid : Far-right Hindu activists raze a 16th-century mosque, the Babri Masjid, in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, claiming it had been erected on top of a Hindu temple. The destruction sparks religious riots throughout India.

Six Decades of Independence

1998: A New Nuclear Power : With its new Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee (third from left) in attendance, India shocks the world by detonating a nuclear weapon beneath the remote Thar Desert on May 11; two weeks later, Pakistan replies with a weapons test of its own. The prospect of two antagonistic nuclear powers on the subcontinent raises fears of nuclear war, especially after India and Pakistan clash again over Kashmir less than a year later.

Six Decades of Independence

2002: Gujurat Burns : After a train carrying Hindu pilgrims is allegedly set on fire by Muslims, a brutal backlash in the western state of Gujarat results in the deaths of nearly a thousand people. The riots, carried live on television nationwide, spark an outcry against the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), whose officials in Gujarat are accused of being complicit in the violence.

Six Decades of Independence

2003: The World's Back Office : India's fourth-quarter GDP growth hits double-digits, thanks to bumper crops and growth in IT and outsourcing. The 10.4% rate is the fastest among emerging nations.

Six Decades of Independence

2007: The Sky's the Limit : In early July, the Bombay Stock Exchange Sensex and Sachin eclipses the 15,000 mark for the first time. The milestone means India's markets have soared fivefold in five years.

Six Decades of Independence

The Elephant Awakes Sustained high growth rates starting in the 1990s have set the stage for India to become one of the world's largest economies

Six Decades of Independence

Longer, Richer Lives The average Indian remains poor, but agricultural advances have ended famine, and steady progress in education means that the majority of citizens can read and write

Six Decades of Independence

An Eclectic Electorate The world's largest democracy is also increasingly pluralistic, with more than 200 national and state political parties

Six Decades of Independence

India at Large Sure, everyone knows India is big. But up close, the scale is truly dizzying

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