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Republic of India भारत गणराज्य Bhārat Gaṇarājya

Motto: "Satyameva Jayate" (Sanskrit) सत्यमेव जयते (Devanāgarī) "Truth Alone Triumphs"

Anthem: Jana Gana Mana Thou art the ruler of the minds of all people

National Song Vande Mataram I bow to thee, Mother

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 languages

Hindi, English Hindi in the Devanagari script is the official language of the Union and English the "subsidiary official language".

Constitutional languages

8th Schedule Assamese Bengali Bodo Dogri Gujarati Hindi Kannada Kashmiri Konkani Maithili Malayalam Manipuri Marathi Nepali Oriya Punjabi Sanskrit Santali Sindhi Tamil Telugu Urdu[7]

Demonym

Indian

Government

Federal republic, parliamentary democracy

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President

Pratibha Devisingh Patil

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Prime Minister

Dr. Manmohan Singh

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Chief Justice

K. G. Balakrishnan

Legislature

Sansad

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Upper House

Rajya Sabha

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Lower House

Lok Sabha

Independence

from United Kingdom

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Declared

15 August 1947

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Republic

26 January 1950

Area

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Total

3,287,240 km2 ‡(7th) 1,269,210 sq mi

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Water (%)

9.56

Population

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2009 estimate

1,198,003,000 (2nd)

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2001 census

1,028,610,328

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Density

364.4/km2 (32nd) 943.9/sq mi

GDP (PPP)

2008 estimate

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Total

$3.298 trillion

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Per capita

$2,780

GDP (nominal)

2008 estimate

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Total

$1.206 trillion

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Per capita

$1,017

Gini (2004)

36.8

HDI (2007)

0.612 (medium) (134th)

Currency

Indian rupee (Rs) (INR)

Time zone

IST (UTC+5:30)

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Summer (DST)

not observed (UTC+5:30)

Drives on the

left

Internet TLD

.in

Calling code

91