| Brief Background |
| Location |
South Asia |
| Capital |
New Delhi |
| Main Religions |
Hinduism, islam (sunni) |
| Main Languages |
Hindi, English. The other official languages are
Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Urdu, Gujarati, Malayalam,
Kannada, Oriya, Punjabi, Assamese, Kashmiri, Sindhi, and
Sanskrit. |
| Government |
Federal parliamentary democratic republic |
| History |
Parts of "British India" became independent from
Great Britain as India in 1947
- The region of Kashmir is controlled
partially by India and partially by Pakistan.
Some parts are controlled by China.
- Sikkim was incorporated as an Indian
state in 1975 and until 1989 retained differences with regard to
license plate color.
- Portuguese Goa was a colony of
Portugal. It was annexed as an Indian state
in 1961. This annexation was not recognized by Portugal until 1973.
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| International Oval |
IND |
| ISO Code |
IN |
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