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Capital: New Delhi Area: 3,287,263 kmē Population: 998 million (December 2000 est.) Ethnic groups: Indo-Aryan (72%), Dravidian (25%) Official language(s): English and Hindi Religion(s): Hindu (80%), Muslim (14%), Christian (2.4%), Sikhism (2%) Currency:
         
         
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Ahmedabad Alwaye-Cochin Bangalore Bawana Bhakatpara Bhimtal Bhopal Bhubaneshwar Bir Bylakuppe Chennai Dehradun Dharamsala Faridabad Gopalpur Greenfields Guwahati Hojai Hyderabad Jaipur Jammu Khajuri Kalan Kolkata Latur Leh-Ladakh Mussoorie Mussoorie Tibetan Homes Pune Rajpura Rourkela Shillong Trichur Varanasi Visakhapatnam
Ahmedabad Alwaye-Cochin Bangalore Bawana Bhakatpara Bhimtal Bhopal Bhubaneshwar Bhuj Bir Bylakuppe Chennai Dehradun Dharamsala Faridabad Gopalpur Greenfields Guwahati Hojai Hyderabad Jaipur Jammu Khajuri Kalan Kolkata Latur Leh-Ladakh Mussoorie Mussoorie Tibetan Homes Pune Rajpura Rourkela Shillong Trichur Varanasi Visakhapatnam
Capital: New Delhi
Area: 3,287,263 kmē
Population: 998 million (December 2000 est.)
Ethnic groups: Indo-Aryan (72%), Dravidian (25%)
Official language(s): English and Hindi
Religion(s): Hindu (80%), Muslim (14%), Christian (2.4%), Sikhism (2%)
Currency: 1 Indian rupee = 100 paise
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In 1963, met the then Prime Minister of India, Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru. Both Nehru and his daughter Indira Gandhi were impressed with the SOS concept and assured Gmeiner that he would have the full support and co-operation of the Indian government. A committee chaired by Indira Gandhi was formed.

On 12 May 1964, 'SOS Children's Villages of India' was registered as a society under the Societies Registration Act of 1860. A society registered under this act has its own statutes and is entitled to carry out welfare activities in all the states of India. The construction of the first SOS Children's Village in India, the SOS Children's Village Greenfields, started in 1967. The first families moved in in 1968; Indira Gandhi officially opened this SOS Children's Village on 22 January 1971.


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