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Country: India Capital: New Delhi



The Taj Mahal is a palace in India and is one of the eight wonders of the world. It also inspired lots of poets and musicians. This palace is in the city of Agra (in India).

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Mohandas Gandhi was born in India at October 2, 1869, he made a nonviolence compaign while the British colonized India, until they gain independence at August 15, 1947.



Buddhism first started in India. Siddhartha Gautama was the first person ever to start this religion, at 580 B.C. He was first born as a prince in Lumbini, Nepal, one day he left his home, in the age 29, for the search of enlightenment. After all the days of discipline and meditation, he finally found the way of enlightenment the way with less pain and suffering. So he set on a adventure to teaching people the way of enlightenment.

Over 80% of people in India believes in Hinduism. It is the world's third largest religion in the world. It is polythesim, they believe in many gods (millions of gods. They believe that this universe was created by a creator. However, people who believes in Hinduism believes in multiple of gods. It is the person's choice to pick his/her's god.

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