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India, legitimately the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the 7th-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.21 billion people (2011 census), and the most populous democracy in the world. India is surrounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the west, and the Bay of Bengal on the east; and it is bordered by Pakistan to the west; Bhutan, the People's Republic of China and Nepal to the north; and Bangladesh and Burma to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India and the Lakshadweep Islands are in the neighborhood of Sri Lanka and the Maldives, while India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands share marine border with Thailand and the Indonesian island of Sumatra in the Andaman Sea. India has seashore of 7,517 kilometers

7 Sister States of India

State	Capital
Arunachal Pradesh	Itanagar
Assam	Dispur
Manipur	Imphal
Meghalaya	Shillong
Mizoram	Aizawl
Nagaland	Kohima
Tripura	Agartala

World's Seven Wonders

Wonders	Date of construction	Location
Great Wall of China	5th century BCE – 16th century CE	China
Petra	6th century BCE	Jordan
Christ the Redeemer (statue)	Opened 12 October 1931	Brazil
Machu Picchu	c.1450	Peru
Chichen Itza	c.600	Mexico
Colosseum	Completed 80 CE	Italy
Taj Mahal	Completed c.1648	India

Adventure Sport Tours in India

Rainforest Adventure Destinations

National Parks

India's Festival Tours

Ambaji Badra Purnima	Baisakhi	Buddha Purnima
Chhath Puja	Desert Festival Jaisalmer	Diwali
Durga Puja	Dussehra	Easter
Elephant Festival	Ganesh Chaturthi	Gangaur Festival
Holi	International Kite Festival (Ahmedabad)	International Kite Festival (Jodhpur)
Janmastami	Konark Dance Festival	Lohri
Mahavir Jayanti	Naag Panchami	Navratri
Onam	Phoolwalon Ki Sair	Pongal
Raksha Bandhan	Rath Yatra	Rongali Bihu
Saraswati Puja	Teej

India Geography Facts

Capital	New Delhi
Area	3287263 square kilometres (1269219 sq mi)
Area wise in the world	7th
Location	8°4' and 37°6' north latitude and 68°7' and 97°25' east longitude
Stretch	3,214 Kilometers from north to south 2,933 Kilometers from east to west
Land Frontier	15,200 km
Coastline	7516.5 km
Neighboring Countries	Pakistan,Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar,China, Tibet,Nepal,Bhutan,Sri Lanka
National Parks	98 and More (Census 2011)
Wildlife Sanctuaries	503 and more
National Anthem	Jan gana mana written by Rabindranath Tagore
National Song	Vande Mataram, composed in Sanskrit by Bankimchandra Chatterji
National Emblem	Replica of the Lion Capital of Sarnath
National Animal	Tiger (Panthera tigris)
National Bird	Peacock
National Flower	Lotus
National Tree	Banyan
National Fruit	Mango
National Sport	Hockey
Languages	Hindi,Bengali,Telugu,Marathi, Tamil,Urdu,Gujarati, Kannada,Malayalam,Oriya, Punjabi,Assamese and More
Major Religions	Hinduism,Islam,Christianity, Buddhism,Sikhism,Jainism
Largest cities	Delhi,Bengaluru,Chennai, Hyderabad,Ahmedbad, Mumbai, Kolkata,Surat ,Pune,Jaipur

Home to the very old Indus Valley Civilization and an area of historic do business routes and vast empires, the Indian subcontinent was identified with its commercial and cultural wealth for much of its long history.