Especially known as one of the world's most-populated countries, INDIA is located in South Asia on the Indian subcontinent. India borders a total of six countries. Bangladesh is east of a vast majority of India and south of the Indian panhandle area. East of India is Myanmar (Burma), west of India is Pakistan, and Bhutan, China, and Nepal are situated northeast of India. The aptly-named Indian Ocean is south of India. Part of the Indian Ocean, the Arabian Sea is west of India, while the Bay of Bengal is east. A teardrop-shaped island country, Sri Lanka, is south of India. The capital of India is New Delhi, which has about 318,000 residents. Despite being the capital, New Delhi is definitely not one of India's most-populated cities; the city is ranked about 128th in terms of population. Cities with well over 1 million residents include Ahmedabad (over 3.7 million), Bengaluru (over 4.9 million), Chennai (over 4.6 million), Delhi (over 10.9 million), Hyderabad (3.6 million), Kolkata (Calcutta; over 4.6 million), Mumbai (over 12.7 million), and Pune (almost 3 million). Population statistics were updated on January 22nd, 2016. Hindi (हिन्दी) is India's official language, while English is also spoken especially among government officials — a leftover legacy from British colonization. Other major languages spoken in India include Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Urdu, Gujarati, Malayalam, Kannada, and Oriya. Regarding the country's currency, Indians use the Indian Rupee. The Rupee's ISO 4217 currency code is INR.
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Saturday, January 16, 2010
India
Especially known as one of the world's most-populated countries, INDIA is located in South Asia on the Indian subcontinent. India borders a total of six countries. Bangladesh is east of a vast majority of India and south of the Indian panhandle area. East of India is Myanmar (Burma), west of India is Pakistan, and Bhutan, China, and Nepal are situated northeast of India. The aptly-named Indian Ocean is south of India. Part of the Indian Ocean, the Arabian Sea is west of India, while the Bay of Bengal is east. A teardrop-shaped island country, Sri Lanka, is south of India. The capital of India is New Delhi, which has about 318,000 residents. Despite being the capital, New Delhi is definitely not one of India's most-populated cities; the city is ranked about 128th in terms of population. Cities with well over 1 million residents include Ahmedabad (over 3.7 million), Bengaluru (over 4.9 million), Chennai (over 4.6 million), Delhi (over 10.9 million), Hyderabad (3.6 million), Kolkata (Calcutta; over 4.6 million), Mumbai (over 12.7 million), and Pune (almost 3 million). Population statistics were updated on January 22nd, 2016. Hindi (हिन्दी) is India's official language, while English is also spoken especially among government officials — a leftover legacy from British colonization. Other major languages spoken in India include Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Urdu, Gujarati, Malayalam, Kannada, and Oriya. Regarding the country's currency, Indians use the Indian Rupee. The Rupee's ISO 4217 currency code is INR.
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