Republic of India
Unity in Diversity
Key Facts
Area: 3,287,263 km²
Population: 1.4 billion (approx.)
Capital: New Delhi
Currency: Indian Rupee (INR)
Independence Day: 15th August 1947
Republic Day: 26th January 1950
Achievements of India
- Chandrayaan-3: Successful lunar landing mission (2023).
- India's Mars Orbiter Mission (Mangalyaan) - First Asian nation to reach Mars orbit (2014).
- World's largest democracy with over 900 million voters.
- Fastest-growing major economy in the world.
- Home to the world’s tallest statue, the Statue of Unity (182 meters).
- Significant contributions to the field of IT and space research.
- Hosts the Kumbh Mela, the largest human gathering on Earth.
- Produced global leaders in medicine, technology, and arts.
- Ranked top in global milk production and diamond polishing.
- Bollywood - The largest film industry in the world by ticket sales.
States and Union Territories of India
- Andhra Pradesh
- Arunachal Pradesh
- Assam
- Bihar
- Chhattisgarh
- Goa
- Gujarat
- Haryana
- Himachal Pradesh
- Jharkhand
- Karnataka
- Kerala
- Madhya Pradesh
- Maharashtra
- Manipur
- Meghalaya
- Mizoram
- Nagaland
- Odisha
- Punjab
- Rajasthan
- Sikkim
- Tamil Nadu
- Telangana
- Tripura
- Uttar Pradesh
- Uttarakhand
- West Bengal
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- Chandigarh
- Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
- Delhi
- Jammu and Kashmir
- Ladakh
- Lakshadweep
- Puducherry
Articles of the Indian Constitution (1-21)
- Article 1: Name and territory of the Union
- Article 2: Admission of new states
- Article 3: Formation of new states and alteration of areas, boundaries or names
- Article 4: Laws made under Articles 2 and 3 to provide for the amendment of the First and the Fourth Schedules
- Article 5: Citizenship at the commencement of the Constitution
- Article 6: Rights of citizenship of certain persons who have migrated to India from Pakistan
- Article 7: Rights of citizenship of certain migrants to Pakistan
- Article 8: Rights of citizenship of certain persons of Indian origin residing outside India
- Article 9: Persons voluntarily acquiring citizenship of a foreign State not to be citizens
- Article 10: Continuance of the rights of citizenship
- Article 11: Parliament to regulate the right of citizenship by law
- Article 12: Definition of the State
- Article 13: Laws inconsistent with or in derogation of the fundamental rights
- Article 14: Equality before law
- Article 15: Prohibition of discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth
- Article 16: Equality of opportunity in matters of public employment
- Article 17: Abolition of Untouchability
- Article 18: Abolition of titles
- Article 19: Protection of certain rights regarding freedom of speech, etc.
- Article 20: Protection in respect of conviction for offences
- Article 21: Protection of life and personal liberty