India, officially the
Republic of India is a country in the Indian Subcontinent, also known as South Asia. It is the
seventh-largest country by area; the
most populous country from June 2023 onwards; and since its independence in 1947 from British Empire, the world's most populous democracy. Bounded by the
Indian Ocean on the south, the
Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the
Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with
Pakistan to the west;
[k] China,
Nepal, and
Bhutan to the north; and
Bangladesh and
Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is near
Sri Lanka and the
Maldives; its
Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with
Thailand, Myanmar, and
Indonesia.
History of IndiaIndia is 5000 year old country and is one of the oldest civilization in the world.