The Republic of India (Hindi: à¤à¤¾à¤°à¤¤ à¤à¤£à¤°à¤¾à¤à¥à¤¯ BhÄrat Gaá¹arÄjya), commonly known as India, is a sovereign country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second most populous country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world. India has a coastline of over seven thousand kilometres, bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the west, and the Bay of Bengal on the east. India borders Pakistan to the west;[1] China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north-east; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka, Maldives and Indonesia.
Home to the Indus Valley civilization and a region of historic trade routes and vast empires, the Indian subcontinent was identified with its commercial and cultural wealth for much of its long history. Four major world religions, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism originated here, while Islam, Christianity, Judaism and Zoroastrianism arrived in the first millennium CE and shaped the region's variegated culture. Gradually annexed by the British East India Company from the early eighteenth century and colonised by Great Britain from the mid-nineteenth century, India became a modern nation-state in 1947 after a struggle for independence that was marked by widespread use of nonviolent resistance as a means of social protest.
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Republic of India
Flag Emblem
Motto
"Satyameva Jayate" (Sanskrit)
सतà¥à¤¯à¤®à¥à¤µ à¤à¤¯à¤¤à¥ (Devanagari)
"Truth Alone Triumphs"
Anthem
Jana Gana Mana
Capital New Delhi
28°34′N, 77°12′E
Largest city Mumbai
Official languages Hindi, English and 21 other official languages
Government Federal republic
- President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
- Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
Independence from the United Kingdom
- Declared 15 August 1947
- Republic 26 January 1950
Area
- Total 3,166,414† km² (7th)
1,222,559 sq mi
- Water (%) 9.56
Population
- 2007 estimate 1,126,000,000 (2nd)
- 2001 census 1,027,015,248
- Density 329 /km² (31st)
852 /sq mi
GDP (PPP) 2006 estimate
- Total $4.042 trillion (4th)
- Per capita $3,737 (118th)
GDP (nominal) 2006 estimate
- Total $796.1 billion (12th)
- Per capita $820 (132th)
Gini? (1999–00) 32.5 (medium)
HDI (2006) 0.611 (medium) (126th)
Currency Rupee (₨) (INR)
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
- Summer (DST) not observed (UTC+5:30)
Internet TLD .in
Calling code +91
2007-04-24 12:19:22
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answer #2
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answered by neil 3
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Australia,Indian ocean side
2007-04-24 08:54:24
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answer #8
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answered by fatdadslim 6
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MABUHAY!!
I come from The Pearl of the Orient,
THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES!
2007-04-24 09:03:51
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answer #10
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answered by marcelino angelo (BUSY) 7
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