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| alt_flag = Horizontal tricolour of deep saffron, white, and green with a blue Ashoka Chakra at the center | | alt_flag = Horizontal tricolour of deep saffron, white, and green with a blue Ashoka Chakra at the center | ||
| national_motto = "Satyameva Jayate" (Truth Alone Triumphs) | | national_motto = "Satyameva Jayate" (Truth Alone Triumphs) | ||
| national_anthem = | | national_anthem = '''Jana Gana Mana''' | ||
| official_languages = Hindi, English | | official_languages = Hindi, English | ||
| capital = [[New Delhi]] | | capital = [[New Delhi]] | ||
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'''India''' officially the '''Republic of India''', is a country in South Asia. It is the '''seventh-largest country''' in the world by land area and, since 2023, the '''most populous country''', with over '''1.4 billion people'''.<ref>https://www.un.org/development/desa/pd/sites/www.un.org.development.desa.pd/files/wpp2022_summary_of_results.pdf</ref> Since its independence in 1947, India has been known as the world's '''largest democracy'''.<ref>https://www.scirp.org/reference/referencespapers?referenceid=1133498.</ref> | '''India''' officially the '''Republic of India''', is a country in South Asia. It is the '''seventh-largest country''' in the world by land area and, since 2023, the '''most populous country''', with over '''1.4 billion people'''.<ref>https://www.un.org/development/desa/pd/sites/www.un.org.development.desa.pd/files/wpp2022_summary_of_results.pdf</ref> Since its independence in 1947, India has been known as the world's '''largest democracy'''.<ref>https://www.scirp.org/reference/referencespapers?referenceid=1133498.</ref> | ||
India is surrounded by the Indian Ocean in the south, the Arabian Sea to the west, and the Bay of Bengal to the east. It shares land borders with [[Pakistan]] to the west, [[China]], [[Nepal]], and | India is surrounded by the Indian Ocean in the south, the Arabian Sea to the west, and the Bay of Bengal to the east. It shares land borders with [[Pakistan]] to the west, [[China]], [[Nepal]], and ''Bhutan'' to the north, and [[Bangladesh]] and [[Myanmar]] to the east. The island nations of [[Sri Lanka]] and [[Maldives]] lie nearby in the Indian Ocean, and India's [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]] are situated close to [[Thailand]], [[Myanmar]], and [[Indonesia]]. | ||
Modern humans reached the Indian subcontinent from Africa at least 55,000 years ago.<ref>https://www.researchgate.net/publication/334656526_David_Reich_Who_We_Are_and_How_We_Got_Here_Ancient_DNA_and_the_New_Science_of_the_Human_Past_Oxford_Oxford_University_Press_2018_xxxi_and_335pp_28_illustr_pbk_ISBN_978-0-19-882126-7.</ref> This long history gave rise to deep social and cultural diversity. Farming communities began around the Indus Valley more than 9,000 years ago, eventually forming the Indus Valley Civilisation—one of the world’s oldest urban cultures.<ref>Thapar, Romila. ''Early India: From the Origins to AD 1300''. Penguin Books, 2003.</ref> | Modern humans reached the Indian subcontinent from Africa at least 55,000 years ago.<ref>https://www.researchgate.net/publication/334656526_David_Reich_Who_We_Are_and_How_We_Got_Here_Ancient_DNA_and_the_New_Science_of_the_Human_Past_Oxford_Oxford_University_Press_2018_xxxi_and_335pp_28_illustr_pbk_ISBN_978-0-19-882126-7.</ref> This long history gave rise to deep social and cultural diversity. Farming communities began around the Indus Valley more than 9,000 years ago, eventually forming the Indus Valley Civilisation—one of the world’s oldest urban cultures.<ref>Thapar, Romila. ''Early India: From the Origins to AD 1300''. Penguin Books, 2003.</ref> | ||