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This is a filler week video and by popular request we are doing the states of India

Now the thing about India is that it's actually kind of broken up quite a few times since independence from the original 14 states mostly

Because of the people groups are the languages stuff like that. So before we get into this, just keep in mind

I am NOT Indian. I have never even been to India

So in order to make this video I had to talk to a lot of you guys

I've read a lot of your emails and comments and I compiled as much information as I possibly could based off of what you guys

The Indian jogger peeps have said so kind of you know, if I get anything wrong it's you know kind of your fault

So let's just jump into it the 29 states and the 7 union territories

andhra, pradesh the capital amaravati

Now there's an interesting state because it kind of had like the fastest growing GDP in all of India over 16 percent in the past

few years over here

They speak Telugu and this guy wrote this play which is kind of considered like the most prominent

Telugu play in all of Indian history

Otherwise, they're famous for the Kuchipudi dance

One of the 8 classical styles of Indian dance and I yeah

They have great beaches and caves Otto notch all Pradesh capital Otunga. This is the region that's kind of disputed with China

Although it is administered by India in order to get in as a foreigner

You will need a restricted area permit. Otherwise culturally it kind of takes cues from Tibet, you know

The whole like Buddhism thing going on. There's quite a few Buddhists here people here are super friendly

They're famous for their wood carvings and their carpets. Ah some capital D support

Now if you watch the in the episode, you're all that I talked about the Seven Sisters in northeast

India a some is kind of like the big sister

this place is known for disputable having the nicest tea and

Silk and the silks are kind of made based off of what they actually feed the silkworms. It's interesting

They're also known for preserving the incredibly rare one-horned Indian Rhinoceros

And the longest bridge opened up in 2017 over here as well Assam. It's awesome Bihar capital Patna

This is kind of like the Buddhist state lots of famous sites for Buddhism

Supposedly they have the Bodhi tree that Siddhartha Gautama sat under otherwise on the Hindu side

I was told that they're very big on the Rama and Krishna

I was also told that they're very hardworking people Chuck these God capital

Right Poole from what I was told this is kind of like a somewhat militant ish type of area

They're known for producing a lot of cool and they are kind of one of the poorest states

and there is a noticeable community of people that kind of have Maoist Knox all

Ideologies and it kind of clashes with the main Indian government

But otherwise generally the people here are just nice but there's just a little bit of controversy. That's all go on

This is the Vegas of India. It was a former Portuguese colony

And now it's known for having a ton of Russian tourists that just flock over and take over everything great beaches

Bars and cool things happening. But the funny thing is the people in Goa like the actual citizens are pretty chill and normal

It's just the tourists that give it the crazy vibe

But yeah, Goa it's like where everybody wants to go to for vacation. You want to go? Ahh to go Wow

Gujarat capital Gandhinagar Prime Minister Narendra Modi is from here. Now. This place is famous for a few things

First of all, it's kind of like a desert and they have one of the largest salt deserts in the world

They have this forest which has the last of the Asiatic lions in the world. I forgot Gandhi was also from here

They are voted the number one ease of business State in India

The people here are very good at doing business and they're really good at trading also

No alcohol is allowed in this state, but that's okay because they go to one of the union territories that we'll talk about later

Yeah, basically, uh people that can handle money really well come from Gujarat Haryana capital Chandigarh

Which is shared with Punjab long story. Oh, yeah. Ah, I was told is kind of like the rougher tougher brother of Punjab

It's known as like the wrestling and boxing

Capital of India and they have one of the highest male to female sex ratios

Like there's more men than women and this place is famous for having a lot of people that are hired to become

Bodyguards for other people in other states like this is the bodyguard state Himachal Pradesh

Which has two capitals the summer one Shimla and the winter one Dharmashala

This is kind of known as the state that hosts the Dali Lama

But it's actually kind of known as like the beautiful holiday destination that Indians love to visit

It's known as the abode of snow one of the snowiest places in all of India culture wise again

They take a lot of cues from their Tibetan neighbors up north

But yeah, cool state lots of culture. Lots of beautiful landscape people like to visit for vacations Jammu and Kashmir

So has two capitals summer one Srinagar and then winter one Jammu. I have to be very very careful with this one

Why because if you watch the India episode you'll know that Pakistan and China and India are all kind of vying for

Ownership of this one area basically the area that is kind of operated by India. We'll talk about besides Lakshadweep

It has the highest percentage of Muslims in all of India at about 68%

It used to be ruled under these princely states and it's funny because like the people here are so nice and welcoming

Even though they've gone through like multiple Wars. Yeah. It's like the world's most beautiful

Conflict zone. Jaqen capital Ranchi. It's kind of like the sibling of chuck. Discard

A lot of people here kind of also have the same MAOIs ideology

However, it also does have one of the holiest sites in Jainism

What have you pronounce it the Chicago G known for having a lot of minerals that they mine and famous cricketer Dhoni

Came from here as well Karnataka capital Bengaluru

Formerly known as Bangalore capital Bengaluru is kind of known as like the Silicon Valley of India

So many IT companies and startups are coming out in this city

And they have the lowest unemployment rate in all of India at less than 1% Otherwise

They're known for having the humpy ruins

And now they speak Kannada or is that I was told it's pronounced, Kannada

But some people have said Canada like what is it? Kerala capital?

Thiruvananthapuram

Thiruvananthapuram say that three times fast. Keep it one on top of Mt. Obama on top of them

This place is kind of famous for being known as the spot where Jesus

Apostle Thomas kind of landed and spread the Christian gospel and today you see kind of like a lot of Catholics and Christians

And they all kind of speak Malayalam a little bit of a tongue twister. Say it with me my like y'all

Um, it's not Malay a more mal

I am its mother yalom backwater is a very famous place and yeah

Kerala is kind of like the state that's like doing pretty well

Overall and a lot of things like literacy and HDI and all that other stuff all the other states are like, hmm

maybe we can kind of take pointers from Kerala Madhya Pradesh capital pawpaws the heart of

India the history state with tons of religious and historical sites. You have to be Medeco rock shelters

You have the Hadron whole temples which depicts all those you know

Kamasutra, sexually explicit image is going on

A lot of you have told me to mention the Bhopal gas tragedy that happened in

1984 and I was also told that the people here seem to be really big devotees of Ganesh

Maharashtra capital Mumbai. This is the richest state and the second most populous third-largest an area

It's kind of like the New York and Los Angeles of India

It's like the economic hub and the entertainment hub Bollywood is over here tons of people flock over to pursue their dreams

I mean aside from all that though. They do have a lot of like Marathi forts and like historical sites as well

But yeah, Maharashtra is kind of like this central nucleus that everything kind of builds off of and expands outwards from it pushes

India forward money poor capital Impa

This is one of the seven sister states a lot of the people here just like all the other southern sisters have a little bit

More of like an East Asian look to them. They're known for having their own distinct hill tribes

five-time world amateur boxing champion Mary Coleman came from here

They're also known for having these cool floating islands floating islands and boxing women Meghalaya capital

She long this place is known as the abode of

Rain, and they're kind of like the water people of India these two villages get the most rain in all of India

They have really interesting metro lineal tribes and they have really cool foggy hills

But yeah

Cool Hill people with their own customs and the water people meter on capital eyes on the land of Blue Mountains

This is the most forested state in all of India at over 90% Pretty eco-friendly may even have eco tours

It's kind of like the Costa Rica of India

The people here are just really chill and they just kind of like sell their handicrafts at the market

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Nagaland capital Kojima, this is like the most Christian state of India

But they also still kind of retain their own indigenous tribal cultures and customs

famous for the hornbill

festival and it's funny because like they're very westernized but they know that the tours come in and so they kind of have to like

Put on their traditional costumes and put on a show

but it's like hey and whenever whatever makes us money or disha formerly known as Orissa capital poop on my known as the land of

Cyclones also known for being like the is arroz launch site for their satellite programs

This is one of the three states that never broke up throughout all of Indian statehood history

It's kind of known as like the state that bridges the north and south they speak the OREA language

They have an amazing wetland and mangrove Park. We can find like tigers and elephants

Probably the most famous landmark being the Sun Temple of Konark Punjab capital Chandigarh shared with Haryana. Keep in mind

This is only part of the larger Punjab territory, which is also shared with Pakistan

A lot of you guys had stuff to say about to a job overall

A lot of you said that Punjab is probably the most loved state in India partially. Thanks to Bollywood

They got really good food really nice people. They have the largest Sikh community in all of India

They also have the holiest site in Sikhism the Golden Temple and there's a ton of forts and palaces like this one

Rajasthan capital Jaipur the land of Rajas or Kings

It's the largest state in area at 341 square kilometers

It is also one of the states that never broke up and there are just endless

Forts and palaces found in this state. It has things like a camel Fair supposedly

I was told they have like the best henna

artists keep in mind food wise they keep things very spicy and it is at about 75% of the population the most

Vegetarian state in India vegetarian kings in the sand sea Kingdom capital gotten talk now

There's an interesting one because it kind of joined India in 1975 to kind of avoid the Chinese

It used to be its own Kingdom and these people are very similar to the people of Bhutan

they can kind of generally understand each other's languages lots of

Tibetan Buddhist type of culture going on here as well and it is as of right now the most

environmentally friendly state in all of India

It is almost completely organic as in they don't believe in using chemicals or pesticides in their agriculture. Very clean air

They love nature and they love they're just it's kind of like the Bhutan of India Tommy on that du capitole

Chennai now if you want real like South

Dravidian Indian culture you come here. This is like straight up the southern capital of India main language

They speak of course is Tomeo which is completely unintelligible to Hindi they have so many temples including the largest

Functioning Hindu temple in the world technically Angkor Wat is a bigger Hindu temple, but it's no longer active

So it kind of doesn't count. I was told they are big fans of

Orogeny and Telangana capital Hyderabad the youngest state of India. They literally split up from Andhra Pradesh in

2014 I was told it's kind of like the whole, you know, Catalina Spain thing where they're like, hey

We're making a lot of money, but you guys are dragging us down

So we're gonna kind of split off and make our own thing

And then under the pradesh was like no you can't do that and they're like, yes we can and we're gonna take Hyderabad

They're like no, you can't do that. Like yes, we can make your own capital. Yeah messy divorce. Anyway, they're also famous for

Hollywood or Telugu

Hollywood and it's interesting because they still kind of retain a little bit of the Persian culture. That was brought over from the

Moguls and Nizam's you can find it in things like the painting and their shadow puppets to be pure capital agava

I was told is this even India it's like to state that very few people even know much about

It's like all sides of their state are surrounded by Bangladesh. So no chakra. They have a lot of Bangladeshi immigrants