because Maharashtra, Bombay, Pune, are all located in the south. but i hear the north is more developed industrially. if this is true, then that would make india very similar to china.

lots of the northern indian lands i know is very valued for the fertile land so maybe its more agricultural in the north.. yeah i agree. many of the developed cities are in the south

And your point is?

He doesn't have to have a point, he just asked a question. And yes South is more developed than north.

Vikas stop being so defensive about everything!

Uh.....North and South India are both deveolped....its just that they each advance in their own areas of development.

i think the north is more heavily populated and more developed

I think north has 80% of indian population, and many industries. But if you see through a core-periphery theory, north would be the periphery or "hinterland" and south would be "heartland". Canada is a periphery while US is the core. Sheer number wise North would be more developed as it has larger population and area, but % wise south would be more developed, and most essential industries of india are in South, including space industry.

Maharashtra (which includes Mumbai and Pune) is actually located in Central India, not the South... but the South has Karnataka, which includes Bangalore, where most of India's technology labs are. The North doesn't have many developed areas, except Calcutta (in West Bengal), which has well-developed railway and underground transport systems.

THat's correct, Maharashtra is central, its neither north or south. But even if u exclude it, the fact that major auto industries are in chennai, space technology related are in bangalore and hyderabad. The major IT coporations are ofcourse in Bangalore.

new delhi and its suburbs are supposed to be getting heavily developed. Also, isn't hyderabad the place where they put indian nukes?

Punjab is highly developed also, in addition to having some of the most fertile farmlands. New Delhi and its surrounding areas are also highly developed, especially Gurgoan.

Isn't punjab one of India's most successful states? Does Punjab have any major industry besides agriculture?

They have military, steel, railway, and politics.

Some tech industry has started to bloom there also.

Historically a big industry has been Metallurgy, and many metalic products have been produced in Punjab for years (pipes, pumps, silverware, jewelry, etc.)

I didn't know Gurgoan was in Haryana, but man that place is booming like nuts.

Yeah, their growth has been massive. When I went there in 2003, they had like 5 Mega Malls (like the ones in LA)!!!!