# India

India

country, sovereign state| Year dem found am | 15 August 1947  |
| Official name | भारत गणराज्य, Republic of India  |
| Short name | Inde, India, ꠁꠘ꠆ꠖ, भारत, हिंद  |
| Ethnic group | Indo-Aryan peoples, Dravidian people  |
| Participant insyd | BASIC countries, G4 nations, Group of Five, Kashmir conflict  |
| Dem name after | Indus River  |
| Official language | Hindi, English  |
| Anthem | Jana Gana Mana  |
| Culture | culture of India  |
| Motto | Satyameva Jayate  |
| Motto text | सत्यमेव जयते  |
| Continent | Asia  |
| Country | India  |
| Capital | New Delhi  |
| Located in time zone | Indian Standard Time, Asia/Kolkata, UTC+05:30  |
| Located in or next to body of water | Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal, Indian Ocean  |
| Located in/on physical feature | South Asia  |
| Coordinate location | 22°48′0″N 83°0′0″E  |
| Coordinates of easternmost point | 28°0′42″N 97°23′44″E  |
| Coordinates of northernmost point | 35°40′28″N 76°50′40″E  |
| Coordinates of southernmost point | 6°44′48″N 93°50′33″E  |
| Coordinates of westernmost point | 23°37′34″N 68°11′39″E  |
| Highest point | Kanchenjunga  |
| Lowest point | Kuttanad  |
| Government ein basic form | republic, constitutional republic, democratic republic, federal republic  |
| Office held by head of state | President of India  |
| State ein head | Droupadi Murmu  |
| Office head of government hold | Prime Minister of India  |
| Government ein head | Narendra Modi  |
| Executive body | executive branch of the Government of India  |
| Legislative body | Parliament of India  |
| Highest judicial authority | Supreme Court of India  |
| Central bank | Reserve Bank of India  |
| Public holiday | Republic Day, International Workers' Day, Independence Day, Gandhi Jayanti  |
| Currency | Indian rupee  |
| Driving side | left  |
| Electrical plug type | Europlug, AC power plugs and sockets: British and related types, BS 546  |
| Dey follow | British Raj  |
| Significant event | independence of India, political integration of India, Emergency  |
| Studied by | Indology  |
| Dema official website |   |
| Hashtag | India, भारत, india  |
| Flag | flag of India  |
| Coat of arms | Emblem of India  |
| Official symbol | Emblem of India  |
| Geography of topic | Geography of India  |
| Get characteristic | free country  |
| History of topic | history of India  |
| ‎most populous urban area | Delhi  |
| Railway traffic side | left  |
| Open data portal | Open Government Data Platform India  |
| Bibliography | bibliography of India  |
| Economy of topic | economy of India  |
| Demographics of topic | demographics of India  |
| Commonwealth Sport country code | IND  |
| Mobile country code | 405, 404  |
| Country calling code | +91  |
| Trunk prefix | 0  |
| Emergency phone number | 112, 100, 101, 102, 108  |
| GS1 country code | 890  |
| Licence plate code | IND  |
| Maritime identification digits | 419  |
| Stack Exchange tag |   |
| Unicode character | 🇮🇳  |
| Has list | list of cities and towns in India  |
| Category for maps or plans | Category:Maps of 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

1. Andhra Pradesh
2. Arunachal Pradesh
3. Assam
4. Bihar
5. Chhattisgarh
6. Goa
7. Gujarat
8. Haryana
9. Himachal Pradesh
10. Jharkhand
11. Karnataka
12. Kerala
13. Madhya Pradesh
14. Maharashtra
15. Manipur
16. Meghalaya
17. Mizoram
18. Nagaland
19. Odisha
20. Punjab
21. Rajasthan
22. Sikkim
23. Tamil Nadu
24. Telangana
25. Tripura
26. Uttar Pradesh
27. Uttarakhand
28. West Bengal

#### Union territories

1. Andaman and Nicobar Islands
2. Chandigarh
3. Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
4. Jammu and Kashmir
5. Ladakh
6. Lakshadweep
7. National Capital Territory of Delhi
8. Puducherry

### 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.

**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