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General
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India
attained independence from British rule on 15 August 1947.
The 1950 Constitution provides for a Parliamentary system
of Government with a bicameral parliament and three
independent branches: the executive, the legislature and
the judiciary. The country has a federal structure with
elected Governments in States.
There
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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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17
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 charkha. 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
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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Major
trading partners
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US, Hong Kong, UK,
Japan, Germany, Belgium, Saudi Arabia
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