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India is a union consisting of 28 states and 8 union territories. [1] As of 2024, with an estimated population of 1.484 billion, India is the world's most populous country. India occupies 2.4% of the world's area and is home to 17.5% of the world's population. [2]
As an Indian state Mizoram: North-Eastern: Aizawl: 21,081 km 2 (8,139 sq mi) 21 January 1972: 20 February 1987: As an Indian state Nagaland: North-Eastern: Kohima: 16,579 km 2 (6,401 sq mi) 29 November 1957: 1 December 1963: As an Indian state Tripura: North-Eastern: Agartala: 10,491 km 2 (4,051 sq mi) 1 November 1956: 21 January 1972: As an ...
7 and 17 November 2023 Chhattisgarh: Indian National Congress: Bhupesh Baghel: Bharatiya Janata Party: Vishnu Deo Sai: 17 November 2023 Madhya Pradesh: Bharatiya Janata Party: Shivraj Singh Chouhan: Mohan Yadav: 25 November 2023 Rajasthan: Indian National Congress: Ashok Gehlot: Bhajan Lal Sharma: 30 November 2023 Telangana: Bharat Rashtra ...
Two of five Indian states due to elect new legislatures this month began voting on Tuesday, a big test of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's chances of winning a third term in a national election due ...
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. The ...
Madras state was renamed as Tamil Nadu in 1969. [18] Himachal Pradesh was elevated to statehood in 1970. [7] The north-eastern states of Manipur, Meghalaya and Tripura were established in January 1972. [19] Mysore State was renamed Karnataka in 1973. The Kingdom of Sikkim joined the Indian Union as a state on 26 April 1975. [20]
19 May – Reserve Bank of India announced that it will withdraw all 2000-rupee note in circulation by September 2023. [29] 28 May The New Parliament House in New Delhi is inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. 2023 Manipur violence: 33 tribal militants are killed by soldiers during an operation in Manipur, following ethnic clashes in the ...
India became an independent nation in 1947 after a struggle for independence led by influential figures like Mahatma Gandhi, Subash Chandra Bose and underwent a violent partition. India (as of April 2023) is the most populous country with over 1.4 billion people, and is also the most populous democracy in the world.