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Republic of India {{safesubst:#invoke:Separated entries|br}}
Flag Emblem
Motto: "Satyameva Jayate"{{#invoke:Category handler|main}} (Sanskrit) "Truth Alone Triumphs"{{#invoke:Footnotes|sfn}}
Anthem: Jana Gana Mana "Thou art the rulers of the minds of all people"{{#invoke:Footnotes|sfn}}<ref name="india.gov.in">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
National song: Vande Mataram "I Bow to Thee, Mother"{{#invoke:Footnotes|sfn}}<ref name="india.gov.in"/>
Area controlled by India shown in dark green; claimed but uncontrolled regions shown in light green.
Capital		New Delhi {{#invoke:Coordinates|coord}}{{#coordinates:28|36.8|N|77|12.5|E|type:city|| | |name= }}
Largest city		Mumbai {{#invoke:Coordinates|coord}}{{#coordinates:18|58|30|N|72|49|33|E| | |name= }}
Official languages		{{safesubst:#invoke:collapsible list|main}}
Recognised regional languages		{{safesubst:#invoke:collapsible list|main}}
National language		None
Religion		79.8% Hindu 14.2% Muslim 2.3% Christian 1.7% Sikh and others
Demonym		Indian
Government		Federal parliamentary constitutional republic{{#invoke:Footnotes|sfn}}
-	President	Pranab Mukherjee
-	Vice President	Mohammad Hamid Ansari
-	Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
-	Chief Justice	H. L. Dattu<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
-	Speaker of the House	Sumitra Mahajan
Legislature		Parliament of India
-	Upper house	Rajya Sabha
-	Lower house	Lok Sabha
Independence from the United Kingdom
-	Dominion	15 August 1947
-	Republic	26 January 1950
Area
-	Total	3,287,590<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> km2 (7th) 1,269,346 sq mi
-	Water (%)	9.6
Population
-	2015 estimate	1,276,267,000<ref>"India".IMF Population estimates</ref> (2nd)
-	2011 census	1,210,193,422{{#invoke:Footnotes|sfn}} (2nd)
-	Density	/km2 (31st) /sq mi
GDP (PPP)		2015 estimate
-	Total	$8.027 trillion<ref name = imf2>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> (3rd)
-	Per capita	$6,209<ref name=imf2/> (124th)
GDP (nominal)		2015 estimate
-	Total	$2.182 trillion<ref name=imf2/> (7th)
-	Per capita	$1,688<ref name=imf2/> (141st)
Gini (2010)		33.9<ref name="wb-gini">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> medium · 79th
HDI (2013)		0.586<ref name="UN">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> medium · 135th
Currency		Indian rupee (₹) (INR)
Time zone		IST (UTC+05:30)
-	Summer (DST)	not observed (UTC+05:30)
Date format		dd-mm-yyyy (CE)
Drives on the		left
Calling code		+91
ISO 3166 code		IN
Internet TLD		.in {{safesubst:#invoke:collapsible list|main}}

India, officially the Republic of India (Bhārat Gaṇarājya{{#invoke:Category handler|main}}),<ref name=Clementin-Ojha>{{#invoke:Citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=journal }}</ref><ref>"Dunlop illustrated encyclopedia of facts", p. 91, by Norris McWhirter, Ross McWhirter</ref> 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. India is a federal constitutional republic governed under a parliamentary system consisting of 29 states and 7 union territories. A pluralistic, multilingual, and multi-ethnic society, the country is also home to a diversity of wildlife in a variety of protected habitats. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the south-west, and the Bay of Bengal on the south-east, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north-east; and Myanmar (Burma) and Bangladesh to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives; in addition, 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.{{#invoke:Footnotes|sfn}} Four religions—Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism—originated here, whereas Zoroastrianism and the Abrahamic religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam arrived in the 1st millennium CE and also shaped 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 after the Indian Rebellion of 1857, India became an independent nation in 1947 after a struggle for independence that was marked by non-violent resistance led by Mahatma Gandhi.

The Indian economy is the world's seventh-largest by nominal GDP and third-largest by purchasing power parity (PPP).<ref name="imf2"/> Following market-based economic reforms in 1991, India became one of the fastest-growing major economies; it is considered a newly industrialised country. However, it continues to face the challenges of poverty, corruption, malnutrition, inadequate public healthcare, and terrorism. A nuclear weapons state and a regional power, it has the third-largest standing army in the world and ranks ninth in military expenditure among nations.

India sections
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