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| Official Name | Republic of India(Bharat) |
| Date of Independence | August 15,1947 |
| Area | 3.28 million sq.km |
| Population | 1,21,05,69,573 |
| Climate | Ranges from temperate to tropical |
| Time | 5 hours and 30 minutes ahead of GMT |
| Capital | New Delhi |
| No. of States | 29 |
| No. of Union Territories | 7 |
| Geographical Location | Lies between latitude 8° 4' and 37° 6' north and longitude 68° 7' and 97° 25'east. |
| Neighbours | West:Pakistan and Afghanistan;North:Tibet, china,Nepal and Bhutan;East: Bangladesh and Myanmar,South:Sri Lanka separated by the Palk strait and the Gulf of Mannar. |
| Land | 15,200 Km |
| frontier Coastline | 7516.6 km |
| Railways | 63,974 km |
| Route Length National Highway | 70,934 km |
| Language | Official language is Hindi.22 main language and about 844 dialects.Also English widely used. |
| Currency | Rs |
| Fiscal year | April 1 to May 31 |
| Literacy Rate | 74.04 percent(2001) |
| Religions | Hinduism,Islam,Christian,Buddhism,Sikhism,Jainism. |
| National Anthem | Jana Gana Mana by Rabindranath Tagore. |
| National Song | Vande Mataram by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee |
| National Calender | Based on the Saka era accepted |
| National Emblem | Replica of the Lion Capital of Saranatrh near Varanasi |
| National Flag | Horizontal Tricolour In equal proportion of Saffron on the top,White in the middle and dark Green at the bottom.In the centre of the white band,there is a wheel in navy blue colour. |
| National Animal | Tiger(Panthera tigris) |
| National Bird | Peacock(Pavo cristatus) |
| National Flower | Lotus(Nelumbo nucifera) |
| National Fruit | Mango(Mangifera indica) |
| National Tree | Banyan(Ficus bengalensis) |
| National Game | Hockey |
