India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: भारत गणराज्य Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also in other Indian languages), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country bởi geographical area, the second-most populous country with 1.18 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded bởi the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the west, and the vịnh, bay of Bengal on the east, India has a coastline of 7,517 kilometres (4,700 mi).[16] It is bordered bởi Pakistan to the west;[17] China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and...
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