Sovereignty rests with the people.
India is a union of 25 states and seven centrally administered union territories. In Asia between latitudes 8 4' and 37 6' north, longitudes 68 7' and 97 25' east, surrounded by the Bay of Bengal in the east, the Arabian Sea in the west, the Indian Ocean to the south and the Himalayas in the north. The entire country is in the northern hemisphere. The peninsula is separated from mainland Asia by the Himalayan mountain range extending 2500 kms across northern India. Flanking the peninsula on either side are the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Bay of Bengal and the Lakshadweep Islands in the Arabian Sea.