Friday, 30 June 2017

The great country India

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India, the most beautiful land on the earth.

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India, officially the Republic of India (Bharat Gaṇarajya),is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh- largest country by area, the second-most populous country (with over 1.2 billion people), and the most populous democracy in the world. It is surrounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast. It shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the northeast; and Myanmar (Berma) and Bangaladesh to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives. India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand and Indonesia.


The name India is derived from Indus, which originates from the Old Persian word Hindu.The latter term stems from the Sanskrit word Sindhu, which was the historical local appellation for the Indus River. The ancient Greeks referred to the Indians as Indoi , which translates as "The people of the Indus".
Hindustan  is a Persian name for India dating back to the 3rd century BCE. It was introduced into India by the Mughals and widely used since then.
Some facts about India
Republic of India

Bharat Gaṇarajya
File:Flag of India.svg
File:Emblem of India.svg
                        Flag
State emblem
Motto: "Satyameva Jayate" (Sanskrit)


"Truth Alone Triumphs"

Anthem: "Jana Gana Mana ( Hindi)
National song


"Vande Mataram" (Sanskrit)

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 .
Capital 

New Delhi

Largest city

    Mumbai

 Official languages

Hindi
English
Recognised regional languages



   Assamese ,Bengali
   Bodo · Dogri  Gujrati
   Kannad · Kashmiri ·Kokborok
   Konkani ·Maithili · Malayalam
   Manipuri·Marathi·Mizo·Nepali 
   Odia·Punjabi·Sanskrit·Santali
   Sindhi·Tamil·Telugu.Urdu

National langauge

   None
Religion


79.8% Hiduism
14.2% Islam
2.3% Christianity
1.7%  Sikhism
0.7%  Buddhism
0.4%  Jainism
0.9% others
Government
Federal Parlimentory
Constitutional Republic

  President

Pranab Mukherjee
 Vice President
Mohammad Hamid Ansari
• Prime Minister
Narendra Modi

• Chief Justice

Jagdish Singh Khehar

Lok Sabha Speaker

Sumitra Mahajan

Legislature

Parliment Of India

• Upper House

Rajya Sabha

• Lower House

Lok Sabha

Independance from United Kingdom
• Dominion
       15 August 1947
• Republic
        26 January 1950

Area
• Total
3,287,263  km2 (1,269,219 sq mi)(7th)
• Water (%)
9.6
Population
• 2017 estimate
       1,326,572,000  (2nd)
• 2011 census
       1,210,854,977  (2nd)
• Density
       392.6/km2 (1,016.8/sq mi) (31st)
GDP (PPP)
       2017 estimate
• Total
       $9.489 trillion (3rd)
• Per capita
       $7,153 (122nd)
GDP (nominal)
       2017 estimate
• Total
       $2.454 trillio  (7th)
• Per capita
       $1,850 (141st)

GINI (2013) 
       33.9
       medium · 79th
HDI (2015)
        Description: Increase 0.624
        medium · 131st
Currency
       Indian Rupee () (INR)
Time zone
       IST (UTC+05:30)
       DST is not observed
Date format
       DD-MM-YYYY
Drives on the 
       Left
Calling code
       +91
States In India


No.
State
Capital
Population

1
Andhra Pradesh
Hyderabad
84,665,533

2
Arunachal Pradesh
Itanagar
1,383,727

3
Assam
Dispur
31,205,576

4
Bihar
Patna
104,099,452

5
Chhattisgarh
Raipur
25,545,198

6
Goa
Panaji
1,458,545

7
Gujarat
Gandhinagar
60,439,692

8
Haryana
Chandigarh
25,351,462

9
Himachal Pradesh
Shimla
6,864,602

10
Jammu and Kashmir
Srinagar
12,541,302

11
Jharkhand
Ranchi
32,988,134

12
Karnataka
Bengaluru
61,095,297

13
Kerala
Thiruvananthapuram
33,406,061

14
Madhya Pradesh
Bhopal
72,626,809

15
Maharashtra
Mumbai
112,372,972

16
Manipur
Imphal
2,855,794

17
Meghalaya
Shillong
2,966,889

18
Mizoram
Aizawl
1,097,206

19
Nagaland
Kohima
1,978,502

20
Orissa
Bhubaneswar
41,974,218

21
Punjab
Chandigarh
27,743,338

22
Rajasthan
Jaipur
68,548,437

23
Sikkim
Gangtok
610,577

24
Tamil Nadu
Chennai
72,147,030

25
Telangana
Hyderabad
3,943,323

26
Tripura
Agartala
3,673,917

27
Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow
199,581,477

28
Uttarakhand
Dehradun
10,086,292

29
West Bengal
Kolkata
91,276,115





No.
Union Territory
Capital
Population

1
Delhi
Delhi
16,787,941

2
Puducherry
Pondicherry
1,247,953





No.
Union Territory
Capital
Population

1
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Port Blair
380,581

2
Chandigarh
Chandigarh
1,055,450

3
Dadra and Nagar Haveli
Silvassa
343,709

4
Daman and Diu
Daman
243,247

5
Delhi
Delhi
16,787,941

6
Lakshadweep
Kavaratti
64,473

7
Puducherry
Podicherry
1,247,953


India is one of the world's oldest civilizations and one of the most populated countries in the world. The Indian culture, often labeled as an amalgamation of several various scultures, spans across the  Indian subcontinent and has been influenced and shaped by a history that is several thousand years old Throughout the history of India, Indian culture has been heavily influenced by Dharmic religions. They have been credited with shaping much of Indian Philosophy, literature, architecture,art and music. Greater India was the historical extent of Indian culture beyond the Indian subcontinent.
India is the birthplace of Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism, collectively known as Indian religions.  Today, Hinduism and Buddhism are the world's third and fourth-largest religions respectively, with over 2 billion followers altogether, and possibly as many as 2.5 or 2.6 billion followers Followers of Indian religions – Hindus, Sikhs, Jains and Buddhists make up around 80–82% population of India.

India is one of the most religiously and ethnically diverse nations in the world, with some of the most deeply religious societies and cultures. Religion plays a central and definitive role in the life of many of its people. Although India is a secular Hindu-majority country, it has a large Muslim population.
There are various religions, caste,sub-castes,differences in 

dressing,eating habits existed in India. Many sub cultures 

existed within a broader Indian culture.

But what is specialty of India ?

The answer is Unity In Diversity. 
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