Sovereignty rests with the people.
India is a union of 25 states and seven centrally administered union territories. The Council of Ministers . 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.