INDIA

India

Country

India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia, and a member of the Commonwealth of Nations, the World Trade Organisation, the South Asian Regional Co-operation Organisation and the United Nations.

Capital: New Delhi Dialing code: 91 Population: 1.241 billion (2011)  Gross domestic product: 1.848 trillion USD (2011)  Official language: Hindi Language, English Language Government: Parliamentary system, Federal republic, Constitutional republic With about 800 different languages and 18 officially recognized languages, several world religions, including Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, Jainism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Zoroastrianism and Judaism, various styles of art, architecture, literature, music and dance, and several lifestyles from the urban and rural to the tribal, India is a melting pot of cultural diversity. 28 State in India and capitals: 1.Andhra Pradesh - Hyderabad 2. Arunachal Pradesh - Itanagar  3. Assam - Dispur 4. Bihar - Patna 5. Chhatisgarh - Raipur 6. Goa - Panaji 7. Gujarat - Gandhinagar 8. Haryana - Chandigarh 9. Himachal Pradesh - Shimla 10. Jammu & Kashmir - Srinagar (Summer), Jammu (Winter) 11. Jharkhand - Ranchi 12. Karnataka - Bangalore 13. Kerala - Thiruvananthapuram 14. Madhya Pradesh - Bhopal 15. Maharashtra - Mumbai 16. Manipur - Imphal 17. Meghalaya - Shillong 18. Mizoram - Aizawl 19. Nagaland - Kohima 20. Orissa - Bhubaneswar 21. Punjab - Chandigarh 22. Rajasthan - Jaipur 23. Sikkim - Gangtok 24. Tamil Nadu - Chennai 25. Tripura - Agartala 26. Uttar Pradesh - Lucknow 27. Uttaranchal - Dehradun 28. West Bengal - Kolkata Union Territory - Capital 1. Andaman & Nicobar Islands - Port Blair 2. Chandigarh - Chandigarh 3. Dadra & Nagar Haveli - Silvasa 4. Daman & Diu - Daman 5. Delhi - Delhi 6. Lakshadweep - Kavaratti 7. Pondicherry - Pondicherry