Know India

India, officially the Republic of India (Bharat Ganrajya), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the south-west, and the Bay of Bengal on the south-east, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north-east; and Burma and Bangladesh to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives; in addition, India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand and Indonesia.
Home to the ancient Indus Valley Civilization and a region of historic trade routes and vast empires, the Indian subcontinent was identified with its commercial and cultural wealth for much of its long history.[12] Four world religions—Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism—originated here, whereas Zoroastrianism, Christianity, and Islam arrived in the 1st millennium CE and also helped shape the region's diverse culture. Gradually annexed by and brought under the administration of the British East India Company from the early 18th century and administered directly by the United Kingdom from the mid-19th century, India became an independent nation in 1947 after a struggle for independence that was marked by non-violent resistance led by Mahatma Gandhi.
The Indian economy is the world's tenth-largest by nominal GDP and third-largest by purchasing power parity (PPP).[13] Following market-based economic reformism 1991, India became one of the fastest-growing major economies; it is considered a newly industrialized country. However, it continues to face the challenges of poverty, corruption, malnutrition, inadequate public healthcare, and terrorism. A nuclear weapons state and a regional power, it has the third-largest standing army in the world and ranks seventh in military expenditure among nations. India is a federal constitutional republic governed under a parliamentary system consisting of 28 states and 7 union territories. India is a pluralistic, multilingual, and multi-ethnic society. It is also home to a diversity of wildlife in a variety of protected habitats.
States and union territories
India is composed of 28 states and 7 union territories (including a national capital territory). The union territories are governed by administrators, appointed by the President of India. Two of the territories (Delhi and Puducherry) have been given partial statehood, with elected legislatures and executive councils of ministers, but limited powers.
States
Number
State
Code
Capital
1
Andhra Pradesh
AP
Hyderabad
2
Arunachal Pradesh
AR
Itanagar
3
Assam
AS
Dispur
4
Bihar
BR
Patna
5
Chhattisgarh
CG
Raipur
6
Goa
GA
Panaji
7
Gujarat
GJ
Gandhinagar
8
Haryana
HR
Chandigarh
9
Himachal Pradesh
HP
Shimla
10
Jammu and Kashmir
JK
Srinagar
11
Jharkhand
JH
Ranchi
12
Karnataka
KA
Bengalooru
13
Kerala
KL
Thiruvananthapuram
14
Madhya Pradesh
MP
Bhopal
15
Maharashtra
MH
Mumbai
16
Manipur
MN
Imphal
17
Meghalaya
ML
Shillong
18
Mizoram
MZ
Aizawl
19
Nagaland
NL
Kohima
20
Odisha
OD
Bhubaneswar
21
Punjab
PB
Chandigarh
22
Rajasthan
RJ
Jaipur
23
Sikkim
SK
Gangtok
24
Tamil Nadu
TN
Chennai
25
Tripura
TR
Agartala
26
Uttar Pradesh
UP
Lucknow
27
Uttarakhand
UK
Dehradun
28
West Bengal
WB
Kolkata

Union territories
Number
Union territory
Code
Capital
A
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
AN
Port Blair
B
Chandigarh
CH
Chandigarh
C
Dadra and Nagar Haveli
DN
Silvassa
D
Daman and Diu
DD
Daman
E
Lakshadweep
LD
Kavaratti
F
National Capital Territory
ND
New Delhi
G
Puducherry
PY
Pondicherry


National Symbols of INDIA 
The Republic of India has several official national symbols including a flag, an emblem, an anthem, a calendar as well as several other symbols. All the symbols were picked up at various times. The design of the national flag was adopted by the Constituent Assembly just before independence, on July 22, 1947. There are also several other symbols including the national animal, bird, flower and tree. 
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Evolution of India's National Flag

It is really amazing to see the various changes that our National Flag went through since its first inception. It was discovered or recognised during our national struggle for freedom. The evolution of the Indian National Flag sailed through many vicissitudes to arrive at what it is today. For complete detail, click here.

History of Indian Cinema - World's Largest Film Producer

India is the largest producer of films in the world. Indian film industry is multi-lingual and the largest in the world in terms of ticket sales and number of films produced. The industry is supported mainly by a vast film-going Indian public, and Indian films have been gaining increasing popularity in the rest of the world—notably in countries with large numbers of expatriate Indians.

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