India


 

 

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Country: Republic of India (Hindi: Bhãrat Ganarãjya)

Georgian transcript: ინდოეთი

Capital: New Delhi (ნიუ-დელი)

Largest city: Mumbai (city proper — მუმბაი), Delhi (metropolitan area — დელი)

Continent: Asia

Official languages: Hindi, English

Recognised national languages: None

Recognised regional languages: 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

Religion: Hinduism (79.8%), Islam (14.2%),  Christianity (2.3%), Sikhism (1.7%), Buddhism (0.7%), Jainism (0.4%)

Motto: Satyameva Jayate (in Sanskrit: Truth alone triumphs)

Government: Federal parliamentary constitutional republic

Independence: 15 August 1947 (from the UK)

Member of the Commonwealth of Nations: 1947

Population: 1 394 325 588 (2021)

Demonym: Indian

Currency: Indian rupee (INR) (ინდური რუპია)

Driving side: left

Time zone: UTC +05:30 (IST)

Date format: dd/mm/yyyy

Calling code: +91

Internet TLD: .in

Website: National Portal of India

Neighbouring countries: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar (Burma), China, Nepal, Pakistan

 

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