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National Bird: Peacock
National Flower: Lotus National Tree: Indian fig tree National River: Ganga or Ganges National Aquatic Animal: River Dolphin State Emblem: Sarnath Lion Capital of Ashoka National Calendar: Saka Era National Animal: Tiger National Song: Vande Mataram! National Fruit: Mango National Game: Hockey Bhārata bhāgya vidhātā Punjāba Sind Gujarāṭa Marāṭhā Drāviḍa Utkala Banga Vindhya Himāchala Yamunā Gangā Ucchala jaladhi taranga Tava śubha nāme jāge Tava śubha āśiṣa māge Gāhe tava jaya gāthā Jana gaṇa mangala dāyaka jaya he Bhārata bhāgya vidhāta Jaya he jaya he jaya he Jaya jaya jaya jaya he!sujalāṃ suphalāṃ malayajaśītalām śasya śyāmalāṃ mātaram vande mātaram śubhra jyotsnā pulakita yāminīm phulla kusumita drumadalaśobhinīm suhāsinīṃ sumadhura bhāṣiṇīm sukhadāṃ varadāṃ mātaram vande mātaram
15 August 1947
Government - PM - Manmohan Singh 
Veer Savarkar International Airport
Rajiv Gandhi International Airport Rajahmundry Airport Tirupati Airport Vijayawada Airport Vishakhapatnam Airport Dibrugarh Airport Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport Jorhat Airport Lilabari Airport Silchar Airport Tezpur Airport Gaya Airport Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Airport Raipur Airport Indira Gandhi International Airport Diu Airport Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport Vadodara Airport Kandla Airport Bhuj Airport Bhavnagar Airport Jamnagar Airport Bengaluru International Airport HAL Bangalore International Airport Trivandrum International Airport Chennai International Airport Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport Kannur International Airport |
Republic of India
भारत गणराज्य* Bhārat Gaṇarājya
New Delhi
 Exchange Rate: 46.16 Rupess = 1USD
1,189 million (July 2011 est.)
total area: 3,287,263 sq km
land: 2,973,193 sq km water: 314,070 sq km
Total: 14,103 km
Bangladesh - 4,053 km Bhutan - 605 km Burma - 1,463 km China - 3,380 km Nepal - 1,690 km Pakistan - 2,912 kmAndhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Chhattisgarh
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Orissa
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
Indian
Sansad
Upper House - Rajya Sabha
Lower House - Lok Sabha
GDP - per capita (PPP):
$3,500 (2010 est.)
varies from tropical monsoon in south to temperate in north
91
.in
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Kanchenjunga 8,598 m Ganges
Brahmaputra
Kaveri
Narmada
Yamuna
Sangam
Godavari
Krishna
Mahanadi
Sutlej
Sindhu
Tapti
Dal Lake
Bhimtal Lake
Roopkund Lake
Vembanad Lake
Pushkar Lake Osman Sagar Lake
Chilka Lake
Hussain Sagar Lake
Republic Day: January 26
Independence Day: August 15 Gandhi Jayanti: October 2 |
