India
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This article is about the Republic of India. For other uses, see India (disambiguation).

Republic of India भारत गणराज्य*
Bhārat Ganarājya | | | Flag | National Emblem | | Motto: "Satyameva Jayate" (Sanskrit)
सत्यमेव जयते (Devanāgarī)
"Truth Alone Triumphs"[1] | Anthem:
Jana Gana Mana
Thou art the ruler of the minds of all people[2] | National Song[4]
Vande Mataram
I bow to thee, Mother[3] | Area controlled by India in dark green;
Claimed but uncontrolled territories in light green | Capital | New Delhi
28°36.8′N 77°12.5′E / 28.6133°N 77.2083°E / 28.6133; 77.2083 | Largest city | Mumbai | Official language(s) | Hindi, English[show]Hindi in the Devanagari script is the official language of the Union[5] and English the "subsidiary official language".[6] | Recognised regional languages | 8th Schedule:[show]Assamese
Bengali
Bodo
Dogri
Gujarati
Hindi
Kannada
Kashmiri
Konkani
Maithili
Malayalam
Manipuri
Marathi
Nepali
Oriya
Punjabi
Sanskrit
Santali
Sindhi
Tamil
Telugu
Urdu[7] | National languages | None defined by the constitution.[8] | Demonym | Indian | Government | Federal constitutional parliamentary democracy[9] | - | President | Pratibha Patil (INC) | - | Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh (INC) | - | Speaker of the House | Meira Kumar (INC) | - | Chief Justice | S. H. Kapadia | Legislature | Sansad | - | Upper House | Rajya Sabha | - | Lower House | Lok Sabha | Independence | from the United Kingdom | - | Declared | 15 August 1947 | - | Republic | 26 January 1950 | Area | - | | 3,287,240 km2 ‡(7th)
1,269,210 sq mi | - | Water (%) | 9.56 | Population | - | 2010 estimate | 1,189,070,000[10] (2nd) | - | 2001 census | 1,028,610,328[11] | - | Density | 361.7/km2 (31st)
936.9/sq mi | GDP (PPP) | 2009 estimate | - | Total | $3.526 trillion[12] (4th) | -