India

India, officially de Republic of India, be a country insyd South Asia. Ebe de seventh-largest country by area; de most populous country from June 2023 dey go; den since ein independence insyd 1947, de world ein most populous democracy. Ebe bound by de Indian Ocean for de south, de Arabian Sea for de southwest, den de Bay of Bengal for de southeast, e dey share land borders plus Pakistan to de west; China, Nepal, den Bhutan to de north; den Bangladesh den Myanmar to de east. Insyd de Indian Ocean, India be near Sri Lanka den de Maldives; ein Andaman and Nicobar Islands dey share a maritime border plus Thailand, Myanmar, den Indonesia. Politics den government Administrative divisions India be a federal union wey dey comprise 28 states den 8 union territories. States Andhra Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh Assam Bihar Chhattisgarh Goa Gujarat Haryana Himachal Pradesh Jharkhand Karnataka Kerala Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Manipur Meghalaya Mizoram Nagaland Odisha Punjab Rajasthan Sikkim Tamil Nadu Telangana Tripura Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand West Bengal Union territories Andaman and Nicobar Islands Chandigarh Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu Jammu and Kashmir Ladakh Lakshadweep National Capital Territory of Delhi Puducherry References Bibliography Overview Robinson, Francis, ed. The Cambridge Encyclopedia of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan and the Maldives (1989) Etymology Barrow, Ian J. (2003). "From Hindustan to India: Naming change in changing names". South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies. 26 (1): 37–49. doi:10.1080/085640032000063977. S2CID 144039519. Clémentin-Ojha, Catherine (2014). "'India, that is Bharat...': One Country, Two Names". South Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal. 10. Archived from the original on 28 September 2015. Thieme, P. (1970). "Sanskrit sindu-/Sindhu- and Old Iranian hindu-/Hindu-". In Mary Boyce; Ilya Gershevitch (eds.). W. B. Henning Memorial Volume. Lund Humphries. ISBN 978-0-85331-255-0. Politics Banerjee, Sumanta (22 July 2005). "Civilising the BJP". Economic & Political Weekly. 40 (29): 3116–3119. JSTOR 4416896. Malik, Yogendra K.; Singh, V. B. (April 1992). "Bharatiya Janata Party: An Alternative to the Congress (I)?". Asian Survey. 32 (4): 318–336. doi:10.2307/2645149. JSTOR 2645149. Foreign relations den military Pandit, Rajat (16 March 2021). "India's weapon imports fell by 33% in last five years but remains world's second-largest arms importer". The Times of India. Retrieved 3 February 2022. Pandit, Rajat (1 February 2022). "Strong push for indigenous weapons amidst modest hike in defence budget". The Times of India. Retrieved 3 February 2022. Economy "India world's second largest textiles exporter: UN Comtrade". The Economic Times. 2 June 2014. Archived from the original on 5 June 2014. Retrieved 17 October 2021. Culture Hansa Research (2012). "Growth: Literacy & Media Consumption" (PDF). Indian Readership Survey 2012 Q1 : Topline Findings. Media Research Users Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2012. External links Government Official website of the Government of India Government of India Web Directory General information India. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. India from BBC News Geographic data related to India at OpenStreetMap Key Development Forecasts for India from International Futures