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HI! guys this is shivam.... from india...the only reason that i have created this site is for the people of the world 2 know about india (the spritual country)

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India, officially the Republic of India (Hindiभारत गणराज्य Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages), is a country in South Asia. It is theseventh-largest country by geographical area, thesecond-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by theIndian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the west, and the Bay of Bengal on the east, India has a coastline of 7,517 kilometres (4,700 mi).[14] It is bordered by Pakistan to the west;[15] People's Republic of ChinaNepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka, the Maldives, and Indonesiain the Indian Ocean.

Home to the Indus Valley Civilisation and a region of historic trade routes and vast empires, the Indian subcontinent was identified with its commercial and cultural wealth for much of its long history.[16] Four major religions, HinduismBuddhismJainism andSikhism originated here, while Zoroastrianism,JudaismChristianity and Islam arrived in the first millennium CE and shaped the region's diverseculture. Gradually annexed by the British East India Company from the early eighteenth century andcolonised by the United Kingdom from the mid-nineteenth century, India became an independent nation in 1947 after a struggle for independence that was marked by widespread non-violent resistance.[17]

India is a republic consisting of 28 states and seven union territories with a parliamentary system of democracy. It has the world's twelfth largest economy at market exchange rates and the fourth largest in purchasing powerEconomic reforms since 1991 have transformed it into one of the fastest growing economies;[18] however, it still suffers fromhigh levels of poverty,[19] illiteracydisease, andmalnutrition. A pluralisticmultilingual, andmultiethnic society, India is also home to a diversity of wildlife in a variety of protected habitats