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 Republic of India

India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: Bhārat Gaṇarājya),^[24] is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded 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;^[f] China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives; its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand, Myanmar and Indonesia.

Republic of India Bhārat Gaṇarājya (see other local names)States and Capitals There are 29 states and 8 Union Territories S.no States Capitals Founded Year Languages   Andhra Pradesh Amaravati, Hyderabad 1. Oct. 1953 Telugu   Arunachal Pradesh Itanagar 20. Feb. 1987 English   Assam Dispur 26. Jan. 1950 Assamese   Bihar Patna 26. Jan. 1950 Hindi, Urdu   Chhattisgarh Naya Raipur 1. Nov. 2000 Hindi     Goa Panaji 30. May. 1987 Konkani, Marathi   Gujarat Gandhinagar 1. May. 1960 Gujarati   Haryana Chandigarh 1. Nov. 1966 Hindi, Punjabi     Himachal Pradesh Shimla 25. Jan. 1971 Hindi, English   Jammu and Kashmir Srinagar (Summer), Jammu (Winter) From 31 Oct 2019 Urdu   Jharkhand Ranchi 15. Nov. 2000 Hindi, Urdu   Karnataka Bangalore 1. Nov. 1956 Kannada     Kerala Thiruvananthapuram 1. Nov. 1956 Malayalam     Madhya Pradesh Bhopal 1. Nov. 1956 Hindi   Maharashtra Mumbai 1. May. 1960 Marathi   Manipur Imphal 21. Jan. 1972 Meitei, English   Meghalaya Shillong 2. April. 1970 English, Khasi   Mizoram Aizawl 20. Feb. 1987 English, Hindi, Mizo   Nagaland Kohima 1. Dec. 1963 English     Odisha Bhubaneswar 1. Nov. 1956 Odia     Punjab Chandigarh 26. Jan. 1950 Punjabi   Rajasthan Jaipur 1. Nov. 1956 Hindi, English     Sikkim Gangtok 16. May. 1975 English, Bhutia, Gurung, Lepcha, Limbu, Manggar, Mukhia, Newari, Rai, Sherpa, Tamang   Tamil Nadu Chennai 26. Jan. 1950 Tamil, English   Telangana Hyderabad 2. Jun. 2014 Telugu, Urdu[38]     Tripura Agartala 21. Jan. 1972 Bengali, Kokborok, English   Uttar Pradesh Lucknow 26. Jan. 1950 Hindi, Urdu     Uttarakhand Dehradun 9. Nov. 2000 Hindi, Sanskrit     West Bengal Kolkata 1. Nov. 1956 Bengali, Nepali, Hindi, Urdu, Santali, Odia and Punjabi   Union Territories and Capitals   S.no Union Territories Capitals Founded Year Language   Andaman and Nicobar Islands Port Blair 1. Nov. 1956 Hindi, English   Chandigarh Chandigarh 1. Nov. 1966 English     Dadra and Nagar Haveli Silvassa 11. Aug. 1961 Gujarati, Hindi   Daman and Diu Daman 30. May. 1987 English, Gujarati, Hindi, Konkani   Delhi New Delhi 9. May. 1905 Hindi, Punjabi, Urdu   Lakshadweep Kavaratti 1. Nov. 1956 English, Hindi   Puducherry Pondicherry 7. Jan. 1963 English, Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu   Ladakh Leh From 31 Oct 2019 Bhoti
Flag State emblem
Motto: "Satyameva Jayate" (Sanskrit) "Truth Alone Triumphs"[1]
Anthem: "Jana Gana Mana"[2][3] "Thou Art the Ruler of the Minds of All People"[4][2]
National song "Vande Mataram" (Sanskrit) "I Bow to Thee, Mother"[a][1][2]
Area controlled by India shown in dark green; regions claimed but not controlled shown in light green
Capital	New Delhi 28°36′50″N 77°12′30″E
Largest city	Mumbai (city proper) Delhi (metropolitan area)
Official languages	Hindi English[b][7]
Recognised national languages	None[8][9][10]
Recognised regional languages	State level and Eighth Schedule[11] Assamese Bengali Bodo Dogri Gujarati Hindi Kannada Kashmiri Kokborok Konkani Maithili Malayalam Manipuri Marathi Mizo Nepali Odia Punjabi Sanskrit Santali Sindhi Tamil Telugu Urdu Native languages 447 languages[c] Religion  (2011) 79.8% Hinduism 14.2% Islam 2.3% Christianity 1.7% Sikhism 0.7% Buddhism 0.4% Jainism 0.23% Unaffiliated 0.65% Others[14] Demonym(s) Indian Government Federal parliamentary constitutional republic • President Ram Nath Kovind • Vice President Venkaiah Naidu • Prime Minister Narendra Modi • Chief Justice N. V. Ramana • Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla Legislature Parliament • Upper house Rajya Sabha • Lower house Lok Sabha Independence  from the United Kingdom • Dominion 15 August 1947 • Republic 26 January 1950 Area • Total 3,287,263[2] km2 (1,269,219 sq mi)[d] (7th) • Water (%) 9.6 Population • 2018 estimate  1,352,642,280[15][16] (2nd) • 2011 census 1,210,854,977[17][18] (2nd) • Density 414.3/km2 (1,073.0/sq mi) (19th) GDP (PPP) 2022 estimate • Total  $11.353 trillion[19] (3rd) • Per capita  $8,079[19] (122nd) GDP (nominal) 2022 estimate • Total  $3.25 trillion[19] (6th) • Per capita  $2,313[19] (145th) Gini (2011) 35.7[20] [21] medium · 98th HDI (2019)  0.645[22] medium · 131st Currency Indian rupee (₹) (INR) Time zone UTC+05:30 (IST) DST is not observed Date format dd-mm-yyyy[e] Mains electricity 230 V–50 Hz Driving side left[23] Calling code +91 ISO 3166 code IN Internet TLD .in (others) .in (others)