What is the current population of India? - 1,173,108,018 - CIA Factbook

What is the total fertility rate of India? - 2.65 children born/women - CIA Factbook

What percentage of the Indian population lives below the poverty line? - 25% of India - CIA Factbook

Briefly describe two terrorist attacks inside India? On February 13th, people thought to be Islamic terrorists bombed a restaurant in the northern city of Pune , killing 17 people and Dec. 13th. A heavily and suicide squad assaulted Parliament House here today in a brazen attack on the world's largest democracy, killing 7 people and injuring 18 before dying themselves. No elected official was harmed. - New York Times article.

The Human Development Report of the United Nations ranks the countries of the world by poverty. Where does India rank on this list? The dam 50 miles upstream overflows and leaves parts of India flooded. - New York Times Monsoon

Briefly describe the effects of the monsoons on India. Water brimmed well past the permitted level at 350-foot Ukai Dam. In less than 3 days more than 120 people died, more than 4,000 animal carcasses were later hauled out of the mud. India lost $60 million dollars. - The New York Times, Asia Pacific 

What are some of the problems India has getting clean water to its people? Indians are lacking basic services like water and sewage disposal. -New York Times, Video

What is the literacy rate in India? - 61% - CIA Factbook

What are the major religions in India? Hindu 10.5%, Muslim 13.4%, Christian 2.3% Sikh 1.9%, other 1.8% unspecified .1% - CIA Factbook

When did India achieve independence, and from what country? August 15th, 1947