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India

• Republic of India
• National name: Bharat
• President: A P J Abdul Kalam (2002)
• Prime Minister: Manmohan Singh (2004)
• Area: 1,269,338 sq. mi. (3,287,590 sq. km)
• Population (2006 est.): 1,095,351,995
• Capital (2003 est.): New Delhi, 15,334,000 (metro. area)
• Largest cities: Bombay (Mumbai), 18,336,000 (metro. area); Calcutta (Kolkata), 14,299,000 (metro. area); Bangalore, 4,461,100 (metro. area);  Madras (Chennai), 4,382,100 (metro. area); Ahmedabad, 3,653,700; Hyderabad, 3,585,600; Kanpur, 2,631,800
• Monetary unit: Rupee
• Principal languages: Hindi (official), English (official), Bengali, Gujarati, Kashmiri, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu, Kannada, Assamese, Sanskrit, Sindhi (all recognized by the constitution). Dialects, 1,652
• Ethnicity/race: Indo-Aryan 72%, Dravidian 25%, Mongoloid and other 3%
• Religions: Hindu, 82.6%; Islam, 11.3%; Christian, 2.4%; Sikh, 2%; Buddhists, 0.71%; Jains, 0.48%

        Source:  Infoplease

Bazaar

Elephanta Island

Kerala Backwaters

Misty Himalayas

Northwest India

Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary

Produce for sale, Bombay

Rajasthan

Sri Ranganathswamy Temple, Tiruchirappalli

Tea Plantation, Munar

White Tiger

At the village well

Evening in Rashtrapati Bhawan

Colva Beach, Goa

Jaipur Palace, Rajastan

Early morning in Cochin

Temple statues, Bangalore

Safdarjang's Tomb, New Delhi

Old Delhi

Varanasi the City of gods

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Bazaar

 

India's national anthem

 

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India's President A P J Abdul Kalam		India's national coat of arms