India is a country in South Asia. It is 2nd most populous country
in the World and 7th largest country by area. It is a republic
country. India is bounded by Indian ocean in the south, the Arabian sea in the
south-west, and the Bay of Bengal in the south-east, it shares its 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 border with Thailand and Indonesia.
Motto of India is : "Satyameva Jayate"
Which means : "Truth Alone Triumphs"
The name India is derived from the word Indus, which
originated from the Old Persian word Hindus. The latter term stems
from the Sanskrit word Sindhu, which was the historical
local appellation for the Indus River. The ancient Greeks referred to the
Indians as Indois which
translates as "the people of the Indus". The geographical term Bharat,
which is recognised by the Constitution of India as an official name for the
country, is used by many Indian languages in its variations. The eponym of Bharat
is Bharata, a theological figure that Hindu scriptures describe as a legendary
emperor of ancient India. Hindustan was originally a Persian
word that meant "Land of the Hindus"; prior to 1947, it referred to a
region that encompassed northern India and Pakistan. It is occasionally used to
solely denote India in its entirety.
Union territories
A. Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
B. Chandigarh. C. Dadra and Nagar Haveli. D. Daman and Diu E. Lakshadweep. F. Delhi. G. Pondicherry. |
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