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Indiya i tiko ra Axiya
Republic of India Bhārat Gaṇarājya | |
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Area controlled by India shown in dark green; claimed but uncontrolled regions shown in light green. | |
Ntsindza-doroba |
New Delhi 28°36′50″N 77°12′30″E |
Largest city |
Mumbai 18°58′30″N 72°49′40″E |
Tindzimi-Ximfumo |
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Recognised regional languages |
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National language | None[8][9][10] |
Religion |
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Demonym | Indian |
Membership | United Nations, World Trade Organisation, BRICS, South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, G8+5, G20 |
Government |
Federal parliamentary constitutional socialist[12] republic[1] |
• President | Ram Nath Kovind |
• Vice President | Venkaiah Naidu |
• Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
• Chief Justice | Dipak Misra |
• Speaker of the Lok Sabha | Sumitra Mahajan |
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[5] km2 (1,269,219 sq mi)[lower-alpha 4] (7th) |
• Water (%) | 9.6 |
Population | |
• 2016 estimate | 1,324,171,354[13] (2nd) |
• 2011 census | 1,210,854,977[14][15] (2nd) |
• Density | [convert: invalid number] (31st) |
GDP (PPP) | 2018 estimate |
• Total | $10.385 trillion[16] (3rd) |
• Per capita |
$7,783[16] (116th) |
GDP (nominal) | 2018 estimate |
• Total | $2.848 trillion[16] (6th) |
• Per capita | $2,134[16] (133rd) |
Gini (2013) |
33.9[17] medium · 79th |
HDI (2015) |
0.624[18] medium · 131st |
Currency | Indian rupee (₹) (INR) |
Time zone | IST (UTC+05:30) |
DST is not observed | |
Date format | dd-mm-yyyy |
Drives on the | left |
Calling code | +91 |
ISO 3166 code | IN |
Internet TLD | .in |
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