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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 ''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. | 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. |