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India is a federal constitutional republic governed under a parliamentary system consisting of 28 states and 8 union territories. [1] All states, as well as the union territories of Jammu and Kashmir, Puducherry and the National Capital Territory of Delhi, have elected legislatures and governments, both patterned on the Westminster model.
Map State Capital Years Present-day state(s) Ajmer State: Ajmer: 1950–1956 Rajasthan: Andhra State: Kurnool: 1953–1956 Andhra Pradesh: Bhopal State: Bhopal: 1949–1956 Madhya Pradesh: Bilaspur State: Bilaspur: 1950–1954 Himachal Pradesh: Bombay State: Bombay: 1950–1960 Maharashtra, Gujarat, and partially Karnataka: Coorg State ...
India consists of 29 states and 7 Union Territories. All states and territories, including the two union territories of Puducherry and the National Capital Territory of Delhi, have elected legislatures and governments patterned on the Westminster system. The other five union territories are directly ruled by the Centre through appointed ...
For a detailed map of all disputed regions in South Asia, see Image:India disputed areas map.svg Internal borders The borders of the state of Meghalaya, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh are shown as interpreted from the North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act, 1971, but has yet to be verified.
In turn the name "India" derived successively from Hellenistic Greek India (Ἰνδία), ancient Greek Indos (Ἰνδός), Old Persian Hindush (an eastern province of the Achaemenid Empire), and ultimately its cognate, the Sanskrit Sindhu, or "river", specifically the Indus River and, by implication, its well-settled southern basin.
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This is a list of the most populous cities in India. Cities are a type of sub-administrative unit and are defined by the Ministry of Home Affairs. In some cases, cities are bifurcated into municipalities, which can lead to cities being included within other cities. This list is based on the Census of India using data from the 2001 census of India and the 2011 census of India. Map class ...
States Peak Range/Region Height Coordinates Source In m In ft; Sikkim: Kangchenjunga: Eastern Himalayas: 8,586 28,169 Kangchenjunga lies on the India–Nepal border.It is the highest mountain peak located in India and the third highest mountain peak in the world after Mount Everest and K2.