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The extreme points of India include the coordinates that are further north, south, east or west than any other location in India; and the highest and the lowest altitudes in the country. The northernmost point claimed by India is in territory disputed between India and Pakistan , and administered partially by both.
It occupies nearly three-quarters of the area and population of India and includes all of the three mega cities of India: Mumbai, Delhi and Kolkata. In a more specific and administrative sense, North India can also be used to denote the Indo-Gangetic Plain within this broader expanse, stretching from the Ganga-Yamuna Doab to the Thar Desert. [2]
The list of states and union territories of the Republic of India by area is ordered from largest to smallest. India consists of 28 states and 8 union territories, including the National Capital Territory of Delhi with Rajasthan being largest in land area. [1] [2] [3]
At the time of the first British arrival, Darjeeling was known among its Lepcha inhabitants as Dorje-ling, or the "Place of the Thunderbolt." [g] According to the Oxford Concise Dictionary of World Place Names, Darjeeling is derived from the Tibetan Dorje ling or Dorje-glin, meaning "Land of Dorje," i.e. of the vajra, the weapon of the Hindu god Indra.
The northernmost point which is under Indian administration is Indira Col, Siachen Glacier. [6] India's territorial waters extend into the sea to a distance of 12 nautical miles (13.8 mi; 22.2 km) from the coast baseline. [7] India has the 18th largest Exclusive Economic Zone of 2,305,143 km 2 (890,021 sq mi).
North India, according to combined definition by the Ministry of Home Affairs, Geological Survey of India and Ministry of Culture refers to the northern region of India comprising the states of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan and the Union Territories of Delhi, Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh and Chandigarh. [1 ...
It is under Indian administration and was part of the state of Jammu and Kashmir until 2019. It is one of the most sparsely populated regions in the area and is mainly inhabited by people of Indo-Aryan and Tibetan descent. [43] Aksai Chin is a vast high-altitude desert of salt that reaches altitudes up to 5,000 metres (16,000 ft).
In 1835, the East India Company stopped recognising the authority of the Shahenshah of Hindustan, at that time Akbar II, and downgraded him to King of Delhi. The East India Company annexed parts of the Sikh Empire in 1846 and re-established the Kingdom of Kashmir, and conquered the entirety of the Sikh Empire in 1849. In 1856, it annexed the ...