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General
Information
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Population
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1.02
billion (2001 Census)
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Area
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3.3
million square kilometers
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Geographical
location
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Lies
between latitudes 8 ° 4' and 37 ° 6 ' north and
longitudes 68 ° 7 ' and 97 ° 25' east
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Coastline
length
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7,600
km
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Languages
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18
major languages, 844 dialects
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Major
religions
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Hinduism,
Islam, Christianity, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism
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National
anthem
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Jan
gana mana, composed originally in Bengali by Rabindranath
Tagore, was adopted by the Constituent Assembly as the
national anthem of India on 24th January, 1950.
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National
emblem
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The
state emblem is an adaptation from the Sarnath Lion
Capital of Ashoka. In the original, there are four lions,
standing back to back, mounted on an abacus with a frieze
carrying sculptures in high relief of an elephant, a
galloping horse, a bull and a lion separated by
intervening wheels over a bell-shaped lotus. Carved out of
a single block of polished sandstone, the capital is
crowned by the Wheel of the Law (Dharma Chakra).
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National
flag
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Horizontal
tricolor in equal proportion of deep saffron on the top,
white in the middle and dark green at the bottom in equal
proportion. The ratio of width of the flag to its length
is two to three. In the center of the white band is a navy
blue wheel which represents the chakra. Its design is
that of the wheel which appears on the abacus of the Sarnath Lion Capital of Ashoka. Its diameter approximates
to the width of the white band and its has 24 spokes. The
design of the flag was adopted by the Constitutent
Assembly of India on 22nd July, 1947.
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National
animal
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Tiger,
Panthera tigris
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National
bird
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Peacock
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National
flower
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Lotus
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National
tree
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Banyan
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National
fruit
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Mango
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National
currency
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Rupees
(One Rupees=100 paise)
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Political
structure
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India
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Sovereign,
Socialist, Secular, Democratic Republic
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The
Indian Union
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29
States and six centrally administered
Union
Territories
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Form
of government
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Parliamentary,
based on universal adult franchise
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Legislature
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Parliament,
consists of President and the two Houses, known as Rajya
Sabha (Council of States) and Lok Sabha (House of the
People)
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Executive
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Consists
of President, Vice-President and Council of Ministers led
by the Prime Minister
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Judiciary
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Independent
of executive
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