Are you Indian? Do you know all this?

A friend of mine got a foreign nationality and he was really happy about it.I was wondering why he was so happy any ways, it is his choice of contentment. So I was just wondering just being patriotic won't be enough so I guess there are some preliminary things every Indian must know about his\her own country. I bet these things even our netas and babus don't know .. anyways I really don't care abt those !@# H%^$S. So here is the list of things I believe every Indian should know.

1. National Flag Tiranga
2. National Bird The Indian peacock, Pavo cristatus
3. National Flower Lotus, Kamal
4. National Tree Indian fig tree, Ficus bengalensis
5. National Anthem:

   Jana-gana-mana-adhinayaka, jaya he
   Bharata-bhagya-vidhata.
   Punjab-Sindh-Gujarat-Maratha
   Dravida-Utkala-Banga
   Vindhya-Himachala-Yamuna-Ganga
   Uchchala-Jaladhi-taranga.
   Tava shubha name jage,
   Tava shubha asisa mange,
   Gahe tava jaya gatha,
   Jana-gana-mangala-dayaka jaya he
   Bharata-bhagya-vidhata.
   Jaya he, jaya he, jaya he,
   Jaya jaya jaya, jaya he!

6. National Song:

   Vande Mataram!
   Sujalam, suphalam, malayaja shitalam,
   Shasyashyamalam, Mataram!
   Vande Mataram!
   Shubhrajyotsna pulakitayaminim,
   Phullakusumita drumadala shobhinim,
   Suhasinim sumadhura bhashinim,
   Sukhadam varadam, Mataram!
   Vande Mataram, Vande Mataram!

7. National River Ganga
8. National Aquatic Animal River Dolphin is the National Aquatic Animal of India
9. State Emblem The emblem is in two parts. It has a crest and the base. The crest shows four lions. the base shows a horse to the left, a bull to the
   right and wheel in between. Below the crest is written Satyameva Jayate.
   It means Truth alone triumphs.
10. National Calendar:The national calendar based on the Saka Era, with
    Chaitra as its first month and a normal year of 365
    days was adopted from 22 March 1957 along with the Gregorian calendar.
11. National Animal:The magnificent tiger, Panthera tigris
12. National Fruit Mangifera indica, the mango
13. National GameHockey

!! Jai Hind !!

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