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With an estimated 1,428,627,663 residents in 2023, India is the world's most populous country. [ 14] 1,210,193,422 residents were reported in the 2011 provisional census report. [ 360] Its population grew by 17.64% from 2001 to 2011, [ 361] compared to 21.54% growth in the previous decade (1991–2001). [ 361]
This category comprises the current and previous rounds of India Quiz, held on a Portal:India subpage that can be accessed with the shortcut WP:PINQ. Pages in category "India quiz" The following 60 pages are in this category, out of 60 total.
Ball badminton. Ball badminton is a sport native to India. It is a racket sport game, played with a yellow ball made of wool, on a court of fixed dimensions (12 by 24 metres) divided by a net. The game was played as early as 1856 by the royal family in Tanjore, the capital of Thanjavur district in Tamil Nadu, India.
Nagpur (pronunciation: [naːɡpuːɾ] ISO: Nāgapura) is the third-largest city of the Indian state of Maharashtra after Mumbai and Pune. [ 15] It is called the heart of India because of its central geographical location. [ 16] It is the largest and most populated city in central India. [ 17] Also known as the "Orange City", Nagpur is the 13th ...
India first participated at the Olympic Games in 1900, becoming the first Asian nation to do so. A lone athlete Norman Pritchard represented the country and won two medals – both silver – in athletics. The nation first sent a team to the Summer Olympic Games in 1920 and has participated in every Summer Games since then.
Five cities have been chosen by the IOC to host upcoming Olympic Games: Milan –Cortina d'Ampezzo for the 2026 Winter Olympics, Los Angeles for the 2028 Summer Olympics, the French Alps for the 2030 Winter Olympics, Brisbane for the 2032 Summer Olympics, and Salt Lake City for the 2034 Winter Olympics . In 2022, Beijing became the first city ...
States and unionterritories of Indiaordered by. The states of India are self-governing administrative divisions, each having a state government. The governing powers of the states are shared between the state government and the union government. On the other hand, the union territories are directly governed by the union government.
The national flag of India, colloquially called Tiraṅgā (the tricolour ), is a horizontal rectangular tricolour flag, the colours being of India saffron, white and India green; with the Ashoka Chakra, a 24-spoke wheel, in navy blue at its centre. [ 1][ 2] It was adopted in its present form during a meeting of the Constituent Assembly held on ...