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India
at a Glance |
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Full name: Republic of India
Official name: India (also known as 'Bharat' and 'Hindosthan')
Area: 3,287,590 sq km
Population: 1.04 billion
Capital: New Delhi
People: 72% Indo-Aryan, 25% Dravidian, 3% other
Language: Hindi, Urdu, Tamil, Bengali, Kashmiri, English
Religion: 80% Hindu, 14% Muslim, 2.4%
sChristian, 2% Sikh, 0.7% Buddhist, 0.5% Jains, 0.4% other |
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Government |
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Government Type: federal republic
Head of State: President
Head of Government: Prime Minister.
Independence: August 15, 1947.
Constitution: January 26, 1950.
Branches: Executive--president (chief of state), prime minister (head of government), Council of Ministers (cabinet). Legislative--bicameral parliament (Rajya Sabha or Council of States, and Lok Sabha or House of the People). Judicial--Supreme Court.
Political parties: Congress (I), Bharatiya Janata Party, Janata Dal (United), Communist Party of India, Communist Party of India-Marxist, and numerous regional and small national parties
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History |
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The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years B.C., but India's known history goes back to 3,200 BC when Hinduism was first founded..
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Geography
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India is a land of sky-touching mountains and mighty rivers. Extensive are its plains and no less wide are its plateaus. A vast land with such varied relief is inhabited by more than 1000 million people. The country consists of three main physical divisions. They are the Great Mountains of the North, the Great Plains of Northern India and the Great Plateau of Peninsular India. The southern plateau is flanked by the narrow coastal strips which are a part and parcel of the peninsular land mass.
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