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 oleh geographical area, the second-most populous country with 1.18 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded oleh the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the west, and the teluk, da? of Bengal on the east, India has a coastline of 7,517 kilometres (4,700 mi).[16] It is bordered oleh pakistan to the west;[17] China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and bangladesh and...
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