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India
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 For other uses, see India (disambiguation).
Republic of India
भारत
 
गणराजय
*
 Bhārat Ga
ṇ
arājya
Flag National Emblem
Motto:
" Satyameva Jayate" 
 
(Sanskrit)
 सयमेव 
 
 यते
 
(Devanāgarī )"Truth Alone Triumphs"
[1]
Anthem:
 Jana Gana Mana
Thou art the ruler of the minds of all people
[2]
National Song
[4]
 
Vande Mataram
I bow to thee, Mother
[3]
Capital
 New Delhi
Largest city
Mumbai
Official languages
Hindi, English
 
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Scheduled languages:
8th Schedule:
 
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Demonym
Indian
Government
Federal republicParliamentary democracy
[8]
 -PresidentPratibha Patil
 
-Prime Minister Manmohan Singh-Chief JusticeK. G. Balakrishnan
Independence
fromBritish colonial rule - Declared15 August 1947-Republic26 January 1950
Area
- Total3,287,240
‡
km²(7th) 1,269,210 sq mi-Water  (%
 
)9.56
Population
- 2008 estimate1,147,995,904
[9]
(2nd
 
)- 2001 census1,027,015,248-Density349/km² (33rd
 
)904/sq mi
GDP
(PPP)2007 estimate- Total$2.965 trillion
[10]
(4th)-Per capita$2,563
[10]
(165th)
GDP
(nominal)2007 estimate- Total$1,100 trillion
[10]
(12th
 
)-Per capita$941
[10]
(132nd
 
)
Gini
(2004)36.8
[11]
 
HDI
(2007)
▲
0.619 (medium) (128th
 
)
Currency
Indian rupee(
₨
) (
INR
 
)
Time zone
IST(UTC+5:30)
 
- Summer (DST)not observed (UTC+5:30)
Internet TLD
.in
Calling code
+91
Non-numbered Footnotes:
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India
, officially the
Republic of India
(Hindi:
भारत 
 
 गणराजय 
 
 Bhārat Ga
ṇ
arājya
; see alsoother Indian languages), is a country inSouth Asia.It is theseventh-largestcountry by geographical area, thesecond-most populous country, and the most populous democracyin the world. Bounded by theIndian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Seaon the west, and theBay of Bengal  on the east, India has a coastline of 7,517 kilometers (4,671 mi).
[13]
It borders Pakistan to thewest;
[14]
People's Republic of China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north-east; and Bangladesh andMyanmar to the east. India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka, the Maldives, and Indonesia in theIndian Ocean.Home to theIndus Valley Civilisationand a region of historic trade routes and vast empires, theIndian subcontinentwas identified with its commercial and cultural wealth for much of its longhistory.
[15]
 Four major world religions, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism originatedthere, whileZoroastrianism,Judaism, Christianity and Islam arrived in the first millennium CE and shaped the region's diverse culture. Gradually annexed by the British East India Company  from the early eighteenth century and colonised by the United Kingdom from the mid-nineteenthcentury, India became an independent nation in 1947 after astruggle for independencethat wasmarked by widespreadnonviolent resistance.India is a republic consisting of 28 states and seven union territories with a parliamentary system of democracy. It has theworld's twelfth largest economy at market exchange rates and thefourth largestin purchasing power . Economic reforms have transformed it into the secondfastest growing large economy;
[16]
however, it still suffers fromhigh levels of poverty,
[17]
illiteracy, andmalnutrition. A pluralistic, multilingual, and multiethnic society, India is also home to a diversityof wildlife in a variety of protected habitats.
Contents
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1 Etymology
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2 History
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3 Government
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4 Politics
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5 Foreign relations and military
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6 Subdivisions
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7 Geography
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8 Flora and fauna
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9 Economy
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