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India , officially the Republic of India -LRB- Bharat Ganarajya '' -RRB- , is a country in South Asia .. Republic. Republic. South Asia. South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area , the second-most populous country -LRB- with over 1.2 billion people -RRB- , and the most populous democracy in the world .. seventh-largest. List of countries and dependencies by area. second-most populous. List of countries and dependencies by population. 1.2 billion people. Demographics of India. democracy. democracy. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south , the Arabian Sea on the southwest , and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast .. Indian. Indian people. Indian Ocean. Indian Ocean. Arabian Sea. Arabian Sea. Bay of Bengal. Bay of Bengal. It shares land borders with Pakistan to the west ; China , Nepal , and Bhutan to the northeast ; and Myanmar -LRB- Burma -RRB- and Bangladesh to the east .. Pakistan. Pakistan. China. China. Nepal. Nepal. Bhutan. Bhutan. Bangladesh. Bangladesh. In the Indian Ocean , India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives .. Indian. Indian people. Indian Ocean. Indian Ocean. Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka. Maldives. Maldives. India 's Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand and Indonesia .. Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Thailand. Thailand. Indonesia. Indonesia. The Indian subcontinent was home to the urban Indus Valley Civilisation of the 3rd millennium BCE .. Indian. Indian people. Indian subcontinent. Indian subcontinent. Indus Valley Civilisation. Indus Valley Civilisation. In the following millennium , the oldest scriptures associated with Hinduism began to be composed .. Hinduism. Hinduism. Social stratification , based on caste , emerged in the first millennium BCE , and Buddhism and Jainism arose .. Buddhism. Buddhism. Jainism. Jainism. caste. caste. Early political consolidations took place under the Maurya and Gupta empires ; the later peninsular Middle Kingdoms influenced cultures as far as southeast Asia .. Maurya. Maurya empire. Middle Kingdoms. Middle kingdoms of India#The Deccan plateau and South. In the medieval era , Judaism , Zoroastrianism , Christianity , and Islam arrived , and Sikhism emerged , all adding to the region 's diverse culture .. Islam. Islam. Christianity. Christianity. Sikhism. Sikhism. Judaism. Judaism. Zoroastrianism. Zoroastrianism. diverse culture. Culture of India. Much of the north fell to the Delhi sultanate ; the south was united under the Vijayanagara Empire .. Delhi sultanate. Delhi sultanate. Vijayanagara Empire. Vijayanagara Empire. The economy expanded in the 17th century in the Mughal Empire .. Mughal Empire. Mughal Empire. In the mid-18th century , the subcontinent came under British East India Company rule , and in the mid-19th under British crown rule .. East India Company rule. Company rule in India. crown rule. British Raj. A nationalist movement emerged in the late 19th century , which later , under Mahatma Gandhi , was noted for nonviolent resistance and led to India 's independence in 1947 .. nationalist movement. Indian freedom movement. Mahatma Gandhi. Mahatma Gandhi. nonviolent resistance. nonviolent resistance. In 2015 , the Indian economy was the world 's seventh largest by nominal GDP and third largest by purchasing power parity .. Indian. Indian people. Indian economy. Economy of India. seventh largest. List of countries by GDP ( nominal ). GDP. Gross domestic product. third largest. List of countries by GDP ( PPP ). purchasing power parity. purchasing power parity. Following market-based economic reforms in 1991 , India became one of the fastest-growing major economies and is considered a newly industrialised country .. market-based economic reforms. Economic liberalisation in India. fastest-growing major economies. List of countries by real GDP growth rate. newly industrialised country. Newly industrialized country. However , it continues to face the challenges of poverty , corruption , malnutrition , and inadequate public healthcare .. poverty. poverty in India. corruption. Corruption in India. malnutrition. Malnutrition in India. inadequate public healthcare. Healthcare in India. A nuclear weapons state and regional power , it has the third largest standing army in the world and ranks fifth in military expenditure among nations .. third largest. List of countries by GDP ( PPP ). nuclear weapons state. List of states with nuclear weapons. regional power. Power ( international relations )#Power as status. third largest standing army. List of countries by number of military and paramilitary personnel. fifth in military expenditure. List of countries by military expenditures. India is a federal republic governed under a parliamentary system and consists of 29 states and 7 union territories .. parliamentary. Parliamentary system. federal republic. federal republic. parliamentary system. parliamentary system. 29 states and 7 union territories. States and union territories of India. It is a pluralistic , multilingual and multi-ethnic society and is also home to a diversity of wildlife in a variety of protected habitats .. pluralistic. Pluralism ( political philosophy ). wildlife. Wildlife of India. protected habitats. Protected areas of India