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third-largest standing armyin the world and ranksninth in military expenditureamong nations. India is afederalconstitutional republicgoverned under aparliamentary systemconsisting of29 states and 7 union territories. India is apluralistic,multilingual, and a multi-ethnic society. It is also home to a diversity ofwildlifein a variety ofprotected habitats.

India( i/ndi/), officially theRepublic of India(Bhrat Gaarjya),[12][c]is a country inSouth Asia. It is theseventh-largestcountry by area, thesecond-most populouscountry withover 1.2 billionHome to the ancientIndus Valley Civilisationand a region of historic trade routes and vast empires, theIndian subcontinentwas identified with its commercial and cultural wealth for much of its long history.[13]Four religionsHinduism,Buddhism,Jainism, andSikhismoriginated here, whereasJudaism,Zoroastrianism,Christianity, andIslamarrived in the 1st millenniumCEand also helped shape the region'sdiverse culture. Gradually annexed by and brought under the administration of theBritish East India Companyfrom the early 18th century andadministered directly by the United KingdomafterIndian Rebellion of 1857, India became an independent nation in 1947 after astruggle for independencethat was marked bynon-violent resistanceled byMahatma Gandhi.Home to the ancientIndus Valley Civilisationand a region of historic trade routes and vast empires, theIndian subcontinentwas identified with its commercial and cultural wealth for much of its long history.[13]Four religionsHinduism,Buddhism,Jainism, andSikhismoriginated here, whereasJudaism,Zoroastrianism,Christianity, andIslamarrived in the 1st millenniumCEand also helped shape the region'sdiverse culture. Gradually annexed by and brought under the administration of theBritish East India Companyfrom the early 18th century andadministered directly by the United KingdomafterIndian Rebellion of 1857, India became an independent nation in 1947 after astruggle for independencethat was marked bynon-violent resistanceled byMahatma Gandhi. TheIndian economyis the world's tenth-largest bynominal GDPand third-largest bypurchasing power parity(PPP).[14]Followingmarket-based economic reformsin 1991, India became one of thefastest-growing major economies; it is considered anewly industrialised country. However, it continues to face the challenges ofpoverty,corruption,malnutrition,inadequate public healthcare, andterrorism TheIndian economyis the world's tenth-largest bynominal GDPand third-largest bypurchasing power parity(PPP).[14]Followingmarket-based economic reformsin 1991, India became one of thefastest-growing major economies; it is considered anewly industrialised country. However, it continues to face the challenges ofpoverty,corruption,malnutrition,inadequate public healthcare, andterrorism

nuclear weapons stateand aregional power, it has thethird-largest standing armyin the world and ranksninth in military expenditureamong nations. India is afederalconstitutional republicgoverned under aparliamentary systemconsisting of29 states and 7 union territories. India is apluralistic,multilingual, and a multi-ethnic society. It is also home to a diversity ofwildlifein a variety ofprotected habitats.

India( i/ndi/), officially theRepublic of India(Bhrat Gaarjya),[12][c]is a country inSouth Asia. It is theseventh-largestcountry by area, thesecond-most populouscountry withover 1.2 billionHome to the ancientIndus Valley Civilisationand a region of historic trade routes and vast empires, theIndian subcontinentwas identified with its commercial and cultural wealth for much of its long history.[13]Four religionsHinduism,Buddhism,Jainism, andSikhismoriginated here, whereasJudaism,Zoroastrianism,Christianity, andIslamarrived in the 1st millenniumCEand also helped shape the region'sdiverse culture. Gradually annexed by and brought under the administration of theBritish East India Companyfrom the early 18th century andadministered directly by the United KingdomafterIndian Rebellion of 1857, India became an independent nation in 1947 after astruggle for independencethat was marked bynon-violent resistanceled byMahatma Gandhi.Home to the ancientIndus Valley Civilisationand a region of historic trade routes and vast empires, theIndian subcontinentwas identified with its commercial and cultural wealth for much of its long history.[13]Four religionsHinduism,Buddhism,Jainism, andSikhismoriginated here, whereas nuclear weapons stateand aregional power, it has thethird-largest standing armyin the world and ranksninth in military expenditureamong nations. India is afederalconstitutional republicgoverned under aparliamentary systemconsisting of29 states and 7 union territories. India is apluralistic,multilingual, and a multi-ethnic society. It is also home to a diversity ofwildlifein a variety ofprotected habitats.

India( i/ndi/), officially theRepublic of India(Bhrat Gaarjya),[12][c]is a country inSouth Asia. It is theseventh-largestcountry by area, thesecond-most populouscountry withover 1.2 billionHome to the ancientIndus Valley Civilisationand a region of historic trade routes and vast empires, theIndian subcontinentwas identified with its commercial and cultural wealth for much of its long history.[13]Four religionsHinduism,Buddhism,Jainism, andSikhismoriginated here, whereasJudaism,Zoroastrianism,Christianity, andIslamarrived in the 1st millenniumCEand also helped shape the region'sdiverse culture. Gradually annexed by and brought under the administration of theBritish East India Companyfrom the early 18th century andadministered directly by the United KingdomafterIndian Rebellion of 1857, India became an independent nation in 1947 after astruggle for independencethat was marked bynon-violent resistanceled byMahatma Gandhi.Home to the ancientIndus Valley Civilisationand a region of historic trade routes and vast empires, theIndian subcontinentwas identified with its commercial and cultural wealth for much of its long history.[13]Four religionsHinduism,Buddhism,Jainism, andSikhismoriginated here, whereas