India

India / the Republic of India

Bhārat / Bhārat Gaṇarājya (Hindi)

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Country in South Asia, the second-most populous country and the seventh-largest country (by land area) in the world
Capital: New Delhi
Largest cities: Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad
Borders: Pakistan, China, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar
Seas: Indian Ocean, Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal
Highest point: Kangchenjunga (8,586 m)
Lowest point: Kuttanad (−2.2 m)
Longest river: Ganga (Ganges) (2,525 km)
Largest lake: Wular Lake (30 to 260 km2)
Climate: arid desert (west), alpine tundra and glaciers (north), humid tropical (southwest and the islands)
Official language: Hindi, English
Religion: 79.8% Hinduism, 14.2% Islam, 2.3% Christianity, 1.7% Sikhism, 0.7% Buddhism, 0.4% Jainism, 0.23% unaffiliated, 0.65% others
Government: federal parliamentary constitutional republic
National day: Republic Day – 26 January (1950), Independence Day – 15 August (1947), Gandhi Jayanti – 2 October
Area: 3,287,263 km² (water 9.6%)
Population: 1,352,642,280; density: 407.4/km²
Currency: Indian rupee (₹) (INR)
Time zone: UTC+05:30 (IST)
Calling code: +91
ISO 3166 code: IN
Internet TLD: .in
Driving side: left
Electricity: 230V supply voltage and 50Hz, plug types: C, D and M

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REGIONS: 28 states and 8 union territories

states

Andhra Pradesh – (AP) – capital: Hyderabad (de jure), Amaravati (administrative capital, de facto)

Arunachal Pradesh – (AR) – capital: Itanagar

Assam – (AS) – capital: Dispur

Bihar – (BR) – capital: Patna

Chhattisgarh – (CT) – capital: Naya Raipur

Goa – (GA) – capital: Panaji

Gujarat – (GJ) – capital: Gandhinagar

Haryana – (HR) – capital: Chandigarh (shared with Punjab, also the Chandigarh Union Territory)

Himachal Pradesh – (HP) – capital: Shimla (summer), Dharamshala (winter)

Jharkhand – (JH) – capital: Ranchi

Karnataka – (KA) – capital: Bangalore

Kerala – (KL) – capital: Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum)

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Madhya Pradesh – (MP) – capital: Bhopal

Maharashtra – (MH) – capital: Mumbai (summer), Nagpur (winter)

Manipur – (MN) – capital: Imphal

Meghalaya – (ML) – capital: Shillong

Mizoram – (MZ) – capital: Aizawl

Nagaland – (NL) – capital: Kohima

Odisha – (OR) – capital: Bhubaneshwar

Punjab – (PB) – capital: Chandigarh (shared with Haryana, also the Chandigarh Union Territory)

Rajasthan – (RJ) – capital: Jaipur

Sikkim – (SK) – capital: Gangtok

Tamil Nadu – (TN) – capital: Chennai

Telangana – (TG) – capital: Hyderabad

Qutb Shahi Tombs – Hyderabad, India

Hyderabad | Hitec City

Sights / Things to do in Hyderabad:

in the Old City: bazaars and mosques: Charminar and Mecca Masjid
Golconda Fort and Qutb Shahi tombs
Nizam’s palaces: Chowmahalla Palace and Purani Haveli – Nizam’s Museum
temple: Birla Mandir
parks and lakes: Hussain Sagar and Lumbini Park, Public Gardens
HITEC City and Shilparamam (park-village with arts and crafts for sale)
try Hyderabadi biryani

Tripura – (TR) – capital: Agartala

Uttar Pradesh – (UP) – capital: Lucknow

Uttarakhand – (UT) – capital: Dehradun (winter), Gairsain (summer)

West Bengal – (WB) – capital: Kolkata

union territories

Andaman and Nicobar Islands – (AN) – capital: Port Blair
Chandigarh – (CH) – capital: Chandigarh (also the capital of Haryana and Punjab)
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu – (TBA) – capital: Daman
Jammu and Kashmir – (JK) – capital: Srinagar (summer), Jammu (winter)
Ladakh – (LA) – capital: Leh
Lakshadweep – (LD) – capital: Kavaratti
National Capital Territory of Delhi – (DL) – capital: New Delhi
Puducherry – (PY) – capital: Pondicherry