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Republic of India

India

IN Capital: New Delhi 28.614° N, 77.209° E

Overview

India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the world's seventh-largest country by area and the largest by population. 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; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is near Sri Lanka and the Maldives.

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Quick facts

Continent
Asia
Region
Southern Asia
Capital
New Delhi
Currency
Indian rupee (INR, ₹)
Languages
English, Hindi, Tamil
Population
1,352,617,328
Area
3,287,590 km²
Calling code
+91
Drives on the
Left
Internet domain
.in
People are called
Indian

Weather by month in New Delhi

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Important numbers

International dialing code+91

Popular apps

Government

DigiLocker, UMANG, IRCTC Rail Connect

Transport

Ola, Uber, Rapido

Food delivery

Swiggy, Zomato

Payments

PhonePe, Google Pay, Paytm

Everywhere

WhatsApp, Google Maps, Google Translate

Airlines & booking

Airlines based in India

  • 12 North12
  • Air Carnival2S
  • Air CostaLB
  • Air India ExpressIX
  • Air India LimitedAI
  • Air India RegionalCD
  • Air PegasusOP
  • Air SaharaS2
  • Air VistaraUK
  • Go AirG8
  • Indian AirlinesIC
  • IndiGo Airlines6E
  • Indya Airline GroupG1
  • Jet Airways9W
  • Kingfisher AirlinesIT
  • MDLR Airlines9H
  • Paramount AirwaysI7
  • SpicejetSG

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History

Anatomically modern humans are estimated to have first arrived on the Indian subcontinent between 73,000 and 55,000 years ago. The earliest known human remains in South Asia date to 30,000 years ago. Sedentariness began in South Asia around 7000 BCE; by 4500 BCE, settled life had spread, and gradually evolved into the Indus Valley Civilisation, one of three early cradles of civilisation in the Old World, which flourished between 2500 BCE and 1900 BCE in present-day Pakistan and north-western India. Early in the second millennium BCE, persistent drought caused the population of the Indus Valley to scatter from large urban centres to villages. Around 1800 - 1500 BCE the Indo-Aryan tribes moved into the north western region of India, modern day Punjab from Central Asia in several waves of migration. The Vedic Period of the Vedic people in northern India was marked by the composition of their extensive collections of hymns (Vedas). The social structure was loosely stratified via the varna system, incorporated into the highly evolved present-day Jāti system. The pastoral and nomadic Indo-Aryans spread from the Punjab into the Indo-Gangetic Plain. Around 600 BCE a second urbanization occurred resulting in a new interregional culture; then, smaller janapadas (realms) were consolidated into mahajanapadas. This period saw the rise of new ascetic movements and religious concepts, including the rise of Jainism, led by Parshvanatha and Mahavira, and Buddhism formed by Buddha. The latter was synthesized with the preexisting religious cultures of South Asia, giving rise to Hinduism.

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Airports 72

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