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 India 
 Main prefix
 VU 
 Callsigns series
 8TA-8YZ, ATA-AWZ, VTA-VWZ 
 Time zone
 +5 h 30 min. 
 Continent
 Asia 
 ITU zone
 41 
 CQ zone
 22 
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          India          
 
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          India          
 
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          India          
 
 Flag 
 Flag description 
Three equal horizontal bands of orange (top), white, and green with a blue chakra (24-spoked wheel) centered in the white band; similar to the flag of Niger, which has a small orange disk centered in the white band.
 
          India          
 
 India 
 Capital: 
New Delhi
 Administrative
 divisions: 
29 states and 7 union territories*: Andaman and Nicobar Islands*, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chandigarh*, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli*, Daman and Diu*, Delhi*, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Lakshadweep*, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha, Puducherry*, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal.
 Population: 
1,045,845,226 (July 2002 est.)
 Languages: 
English enjoys associate status but is the most important language for national, political, and commercial communication, Hindi is the national language and primary tongue of 30% of the people, there are 14 other official languages: Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Urdu, Gujarati, Malayalam, Kannada, Oriya, Punjabi, Assamese, Kashmiri, Sindhi, and Sanskrit, Hindustani is a popular variant of Hindi/Urdu spoken widely throughout northern India but is not an official language
 Geographic
 coordinates: 
20° 00' N, 77° 00' E
 Area total: 
3,287,590 sq. km
 Land area: 
2,973,190 sq. km
 Water area: 
314,400 sq. km
 Total land
 boundaries: 
14,103 km
 Borders
 with neighbor
 countries: 
Bangladesh 4,053 km, Bhutan 605 km, Burma 1,463 km, China 3,380 km, Nepal 1,690 km, Pakistan 2,912 km
 Coastline: 
7,000 km
 Elevation
 extremes: 
Indian Ocean 0 m - Kanchenjunga 8,598 m
 Internet
 country code: 
.in
 Currency: 
Indian rupee (INR)
 Name -
 conventional
 long form: 
Republic of India
 Name -
 conventional
 short form: 
India
 Independence: 
15 August 1947 (from UK)
 Constitution: 
26 January 1950
 Government
 type: 
federal republic
 National
 holiday: 
Republic Day, 26 January (1950)
 
          India          

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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