Every Region Of India Explained In 10 Minutes

India is a large country with a diverse landscape of cultures, economics, politics, and geographies, a true land empire. And while we might be familiar with Rajasthan, the 7 Sisters, or Maharashtra, what defines each geographic and cultural region of India? How many Indian regions are there? This is every cultural region of India explained, exploring the geography, history, culture, and background of every region in India.

India is a massive country, not just in the size of its geography, but in its population, it is what can be called a land empire, a country that houses several diverse people, regions, cultures, lifestyles, religions, politics, and histories. Today we explain every cultural region of India, what they contribute to the country, what they are like, and how they differ from the rest of India's regions.

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[zachsmith]

Interesting fact about North East India is that the state of Nagaland has a higher proportion of its population being Baptists than Mississippi.

[xijinpig]

Note

1. Hindi is not actually the spoken language of the vast majority of the land shown in that language map and specifically the Hindi region. A lot of distinct and sometimes completely unrelated smaller languages are classified as Hindi for political purposes.

Some of the actual languages spoken in that region but misgrouped as Hindi:

Marwari - Rajasthan
Mewari - Rajasthan
Malwi - Rajasthan and Madhya P.
Bagri - Rajasthan and Punjab
Bhojpuri - Bihar and Uttar P.
Magadhi - Bihar and Jharkhand
Garwhali - Uttarakhand
Kumaoni - Uttarakhand
About 3 dozen different dialects of Pahari and Pahadi more closely related to Nepali than Hindi - Himachal Pradesh and parts of the Jammu region

The real Hindi related dialects are the ones in the heartland from Delhi to Central Uttar Pradesh, such as Haryanvi, Awadhi, Kannauji, Khari Boli, Kauravi, Bundeli, Bagheli and Chhattisgarrhi. These are the only languages that could be classified under Hindi.

2. While Tripura has a Bengali speaking majority, the indigenous tribes speak Tripuri/Kokborok.

3. Manipur is divided between the inner Imphal Valley and the outer hills. Imphal Valley is inhabited by Meitei speaking Hindus while the outer hills are inhabited by Kuki and Naga Christians.

4. Arunachal Pradesh has dozens of languages but Hindi has been put as the main state language as a lingua franca, despite the Arunachali languages being mostly Tibeto-Burmese in origin.

5. Jammu and Kashmir comprises of many different cultures, languages and people groups. The actual 'Kashmir' is the Kashmir Valley, surrounded by the Pir Panchal range to the south and west and the Himalayas in the east. More accurately, the actual Kashmir is the Jhelum River Valley that begins at Verinag in the south, Gantamulla in the west, Sharda in the north and Sonamarg in the east. The rest of Jammu and Kashmir is not Kashmiri in any sense at all.

6. The rest of Jammu and Kashmir comprises of the Dogra region, the Ladakh region, the Pahari region, the Baltistan region and the Dardistan region. The westernmost areas outside the Pir Panchal range like Poonch and Rajouri are Pahadi speaking. The southern region like Jammu, Udhampur, Katra are inhabited by Hindu majority Dogra speakers. Doda and Kishtwar districts however are Kashmiri majority but have significant populations of Kashmiri Hindus, unlike the Kashmir Valley. Ladakh and Baltistan are Tibetan cultural extensions where the Indus River flows through from Western Tibet (Zhangzhung region) before draining into Dardistan. Dardistan is the mountainous land to the extreme northwest of Jammu and Kashmir, part of the Greater Dardic region, home to speakers of Dardic languages such as Shina, Kalasha, Kohistani, Khowar, etc. Only Kashmiri is distinct from Dardistan, despite Kashmiri itself being a Dardic Indo Aryan language.

[yellowishyoutubechannel]

All types of landscapes found in India
Cold Desert, Hot desert, Beaches, Plain, plateau, Taiga, Tundra, Wetland, Mountain, Mountain range, Coast, Littoral zone, Glacier, snow, Shrubland, Forest, Rainforest, Woodland, Jungle, Moors, Steppe, Valley, Islands, Volcano 🌋 also in Andaman and Nicobar Islands of India.
It is also land of spirituality, peace. And last but not the least it has unity in diversity. 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳
I am 19 and I as Indian went to every State of India but still every city to city and village to village are different region, wonderful cultures and Architecture you will get to see, Even in Languages and food also.
You have to spent many years to explore whole India.

[caseclosed]

The Andaman Islands are also a setting of one of the best Sherlock Holmes stories - the Sign of Four

[ExistentialDodo]

The entire state of Gujarat being included in "Greater rajasthan"💀

[ananthapadmanabhan]

Bro Finally mentioned india 🗣️🔥
Commenting this from 'Karrala' region of southern India
Lol

[HunterGalvius]

I fully expect this video to get a ton of views for no reason in particular.

[abc_cba]

Vidarbha is one region in Central India, we have a lot of unique things that are indigenous to us.

Same for Mithila, Brij, Mewad, other regions of India.

[TheSujanroy]

I respect you for showing India with its correct borders. As an Indian I must say you have done a great job of explaining the country which is quite a confusing mixture of cultures, languages, races and religions who happen to enjoy being a country together.

[cbartz]

I think you should redo this but include Pakistan and Bangladesh. I don’t believe anyone could really understand the Indian subcontinent without looking at it as a whole. Otherwise I think it was pretty good.

[AnshikaSingh-ol]

It's a shame u missed out the Andaman and Nicobar Isles and The Lakshadweep

[chadcj]

Tripura only became Bengali in the 1970s, Tripura is the home of the Indigenous Tipra people who have lived there for centuries.
Sadly they have been culturally and economically been Marginalized due to the policies of the Tripura gov which is dominated by non-indigenous people.

[ev]

Kerala historically has been a cultural hub, and center of trade throughout Ancient history, of various different migration groups, especially from the Middle East settling there, and during European Colonization, it was a Dutch colony, Portuguese Colony, before it became a British colony. For my Christians out there Kerala/Tamil Nadu is also where St. Thomas the Apostle evangelized and was martyred in AD 52. Also where ancient communities of Cochin Jews that came in colonies during the time of King Solomon exists. It was too this community that St. Thomas came, converting also other native Brahmins/Buddhists at the time. Till this day, the liturgical language of Kerala Christians, aka Malankara Nasranis, is Syriac, the Edessean Dialect of Aramaic. Much of the Cochin Jews migrated to Israel during Zionism, though a small population still exists. Also its where 2 Catholic Sui Luris churches, which is the East Syriac Rite Syro Malabar Church, and the West Syriac Rite Syro Malankara Church come from. Also where Protestant churches like the St. Thomas Evangelical Church, and the Mar Thoma Syrian Church(in the Anglican Communion) are located. And where the Oriental Orthodox Churches of the Malankara Syriac Orthodox Church(Jacobites), Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church and Malabar Independent Syrian Churches exist aswell. And also the Nestorian Church, aka the Chaldean Syrian Church has a diocese there too. So much rich history of Christianity in Kerala.

[MMX-fhtn]

Kerala/Malabar Coast is it's own region... the lost city of Muziris, that's considered by many to be the New York City of the Old World was located in this region, and found just to the north of Kochi/Ernakulam which sprung out of the ruins of the lost city..

[SlapStyleAnims]

I love this series. Keep making these!

[hellachan]

Rather than talking india as country you should talk about india as subcontinent.

[ganeshbabukarunanithi]

Maharastra and Tamil Nadu is literally cooking for all !

[xijinpig]

Giving consideration to the fact that Indian state borders are already quite considerate of cultural, geographic, linguistic and ethnic lines, id change less things. However, id like to break up much of North India into smaller states, with consideration to ethno-linguistic lines and population size. It is also important to remember that many ethnic groups are torn between borders. Awadhi, Kumaoni, Maithili are spoken on both sides of the India - Nepal borders, and its quite weird to me to create a new state of Awadh, Mithila or Kumaon when part of their ethnic homeland is in another country. Unlike most countries, India has put in much consideration to protect the minor languages across India. They survived for millenia due to the decentralised nature of Hinduism and Buddhism, and shouldnt die out in a political entity that unites most of the Indic people in the modern day.

[Rhythm]

This video is the best for school students as it explains many chapters and geography enthusiasts as it discusses about the vast geography of India.
Thank You for this good video, I also suggest you to make videos on bigger countries like China, Brazil, DRC, Argentina etc…

[NK-femd]

Good analyses, and as someone of Indian origin, I appreciate you not stereotyping and judging.