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Facts about India1. Area3280463 Sq. KM2. Geographical locationLatitudes: 8° 4' to 37° 6 'northLongitudes: 68° 7 ' to 97° 25'east.3. Indian Standard Time

GMT + 05:30 (Standard forAllahabad, 82.5° East)4. Border Countries:Afghanistan and Pakistan tothe north-westChina, Bhutan and Nepal to the

north;Myanmar to the east;Bangladesh to the east of WestBengal.Sri Lanka is separated fromIndia by a narrow channel of

sea, formed by Palk Strait andthe Gulf of Mannar5. Coastline7,516.6 km including themainland, Lakshadweep Islandsand the Andaman & NicobarIslands.6. Capital

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New Delhi7. National Flag

The National Flag is ahorizontal tricolour of deepsaffron (kesaria) at the top,white in the middle, and darkgreen at the bottom in equalproportion. At the centre ofthe white band is a navy blue

wheel, which is arepresentation of the AshokaChakra at Sarnath.8. National EmblemReplica of the Ashoka's Pillarat Sarnath, UP

9. National Anthem J ana Gana Mana, written byRabindra Nath Tagore in 191110. National SongVande Maatram, Bankim ChandraChatterji, taken from Novel

"Ananda Math" published in188211. National BirdPeacock12. National GameHockey13. National Animal

Tiger

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14. National FlowerLotus15. National CalendarSaka, Introduced on March 22,195716. National Days26th J anuary (Republic Day)15th August (Independence Day)2nd October (Gandhi J ayanti;

Birthday of Mahatma Gandhi)30th J anuary (Martyrs' Day)5th September (Teachers' Day,Birthday of Dr. S. RadhaKrishnan)14th November (Children's Day,

Birthday of J awaharlal Nehru)17. Type of GovernmentSovereign Socialist DemocraticRepublic with a Parliamentarysystem of Government18. Legislature (Bicameral)

Lok Sabha (House of thePeople)Rajya Sabha (Council ofStates)19. States2820. Union Territories7

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21. Largest State inPopulationUttar Pradesh22. State with Highest Densityof PopulationWest Bengal (904)23. Life expectancy63.9 years (Males); 66.9 years(Females) (As of Sep 2005)

24. Largest state in areaRajasthan25. Largest desert inRajasthan26. State with Lowest Densityof Population

Sikkim27. State with the MinimumAreaGoa28. First state to achievenearly 100% rural

electrificationHaryana29. Population 2001 Census1,027 millions30. Population Growth Rate1.93 per cent during1991-2001.31. Rank in population

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Second32. Major Export of India

Tea33. Major BankReserve Bank of India34. Highest per capita incomePunjab (Among States),Chandigarh (Overall)35. Lowest per capita income

Bihar36. Membership of U.N.O194537. First General Elections1951-5238. First Five Year Plan

195139. Financial CapitalMumbai40. Languages22 Languages recognized byconstitution. Hindi is the

Official Union Language.41. Literacy rate64.84 % (75.26% for males and53.67% for female)42. Coldest placeDras Sector43. First Indian Lady in theSpace

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Kalpana Chawla44. First Indian Man in theSpaceRakesh Sharma45. Sex ratio (Male: Female)1000:933 (2001 Census)46. Formation of INC (IndianNational Congress)1885

47. Hindi became NationalLanguage195348. Muslim League formed in190649. Wettest Place

Mawsynram, Meghalaya50. Wettest stateMeghalaya51. Biggest DistrictBastar (M. P.)52. Rural Population

About 72%53. Largest Desert

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