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About India (Bharat)![]() INDIA is the seventh largest country by area in the world and the second-most populous country with over 1.19 billion people, India also the largest democracy of the world, (The most populous democratic republic in the world). India is broadly a country of immigrants, like North America and Australia. Over 91.85 per cent of people living in India are not the original inhabitants of India. Their ancestors came from outside, mainly from the north-west.In area, India is slightly more than one-third the size of the US. India measures 3,214 kilometres from north to south and 2,933 kilometres from east to west with a total land area of 3,286,263 square kilometres. The land frontier spans 15,200 kilometres and the coastline is 7,516.5 kilometres long. Geographically, India is situated 20 00 N, 77 00 E in South Asia.
India Gate![]() India bound by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the south and west, and the Bay of Bengal on the south and east, it shares borders by land with Pakistan to the west China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north-east; and Burma and Bangladesh to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives and India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand and Indonesia. Home to the ancient Indus Valley Civilisation 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 of the world's major religions Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism originated here. Zoroastrianism, Christianity, and Islam arrived in the 1st millennium CE and also helped shape the region's diverse culture. Gradually annexed by and brought under the administration of the British East India Company from the early 18th century and administered directly by the United Kingdom from the mid-19th century, India became an independent nation in 1947 after a struggle for independence.
India is a federal constitutional republic governed under a parliamentary system consisting of 28 states and 7 union territories. India is a pluralistic, multilingual, and multiethnic society. It is also home to a diversity of wildlife in a variety of protected habitats. For more information please Click Here. previous Page |
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