,Buddhism,Jainism,GraduallyannexedbyandbroughtundertheadministrationoftheBritishEastIndiaCompanyfromtheearly18thcenturyandadministereddirectlybytheUnitedKingdomafter

IndianRebellionof1857,Indiabecameanindependentnationin1947afterastruggleforindependencethatwasmarkedbynon-violentresistanceledbyMahatmaGandhi.TheIndianeconomyis
theworld'stenth-largestbynominalGDPandthird-largestbypurchasingpowerparity(PPP).[14]Followingmarket-basedeconomicreformsin1991,Indiabecameoneofthe
fastest-growingmajoreconomies;itisconsideredanewlyindustrialisedcountry.However,itcontinuestofacethechallengesofpoverty,corruption,malnutrition,inadequatepublichealthcare,and
terrorismTheIndianeconomyistheworld'stenth-largestbynominalGDPandthird-largestbypurchasingpowerparity(PPP).[14]Followingmarket-basedeconomicreformsin1991,Indiabecameone
ofthefastest-growingmajoreconomies;itisconsideredanewlyindustrialisedcountry.However,itcontinuestofacethechallengesofpoverty,corruption,malnutrition,inadequatepublichealthcare,
andterrorism

nuclearweaponsstateandaregionalpower,ithasthethird-largeststandingarmyintheworldandranksninthinmilitaryexpenditureamongnations.Indiaisafederalconstitutionalrepublic
governedunderaparliamentarysystemconsistingof29statesand7unionterritories.Indiaisapluralistic,multilingual,andamulti-ethnicsociety.Itisalsohometoadiversityofwildlifeinavariety
ofprotectedhabitats.
India( /ndi/),officiallytheRepublic of India(Bhrat Ga arjya),[12][c]isacountryinSouthAsia.Itistheseventh-largestcountrybyarea,thesecond-mostpopulouscountrywithover1.2billion
i

HometotheancientIndusValleyCivilisationandaregionofhistorictraderoutesandvastempires,theIndiansubcontinentwasidentifiedwithitscommercialandculturalwealthformuchofitslonghistory. FourreligionsHinduism,Buddhism,Jainism,and
Sikhismoriginatedhere,whereasJudaism,Zoroastrianism,Christianity,andIslamarrivedinthe1stmillenniumCEandalsohelpedshapetheregion'sdiverseculture.GraduallyannexedbyandbroughtundertheadministrationoftheBritishEastIndiaCompany
fromtheearly18thcenturyandadministereddirectlybytheUnitedKingdomafterIndianRebellionof1857,Indiabecameanindependentnationin1947afterastruggleforindependencethatwasmarkedbynon-violentresistanceledbyMahatmaGandhi.
HometotheancientIndusValleyCivilisationandaregionofhistorictraderoutesandvastempires,theIndiansubcontinentwasidentifiedwithitscommercialandculturalwealthformuchofitslonghistory. FourreligionsHinduism,Buddhism,Jainism,and
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Sikhismoriginatedhere,whereasnuclearweaponsstateandaregionalpower,ithasthethird-largeststandingarmyintheworldandranksninthinmilitaryexpenditureamongnations.Indiaisafederal

constitutionalrepublicgovernedunderaparliamentarysystemconsistingof29statesand7unionterritories.Indiaisapluralistic,multilingual,andamulti-ethnicsociety.Itisalsohometoadiversity
ofwildlifeinavarietyofprotectedhabitats.
India( /ndi/),officiallytheRepublic of India(Bhrat Ga arjya),[12][c]isacountryinSouthAsia.Itistheseventh-largestcountrybyarea,thesecond-mostpopulouscountrywithover1.2billion
i

HometotheancientIndusValleyCivilisationandaregionofhistorictraderoutesandvastempires,theIndiansubcontinentwasidentifiedwithitscommercialandculturalwealthformuchofitslonghistory. FourreligionsHinduism,Buddhism,Jainism,and
Sikhismoriginatedhere,whereasJudaism,Zoroastrianism,Christianity,andIslamarrivedinthe1stmillenniumCEandalsohelpedshapetheregion'sdiverseculture.GraduallyannexedbyandbroughtundertheadministrationoftheBritishEastIndiaCompany
fromtheearly18thcenturyandadministereddirectlybytheUnitedKingdomafterIndianRebellionof1857,Indiabecameanindependentnationin1947afterastruggleforindependencethatwasmarkedbynon-violentresistanceledbyMahatmaGandhi.
HometotheancientIndusValleyCivilisationandaregionofhistorictraderoutesandvastempires,theIndiansubcontinentwasidentifiedwithitscommercialandculturalwealthformuchofitslonghistory. FourreligionsHinduism,Buddhism,Jainism,and
Sikhismoriginatedhere,whereas
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third-largeststandingarmyintheworldandranksninthinmilitaryexpenditureamongnations.Indiaisafederalconstitutionalrepublicgovernedunderaparliamentarysystemconsistingof
29statesand7unionterritories.Indiaisapluralistic,multilingual,andamulti-ethnicsociety.Itisalsohometoadiversityofwildlifeinavarietyofprotectedhabitats.
India( /ndi/),officiallytheRepublic of India(Bhrat Ga arjya),[12][c]isacountryinSouthAsia.Itistheseventh-largestcountrybyarea,thesecond-mostpopulouscountrywithover1.2billion
i

HometotheancientIndusValleyCivilisationandaregionofhistorictraderoutesandvastempires,theIndiansubcontinentwasidentifiedwithitscommercialandculturalwealthformuchofitslonghistory. FourreligionsHinduism,Buddhism,Jainism,and
Sikhismoriginatedhere,whereasJudaism,Zoroastrianism,Christianity,andIslamarrivedinthe1stmillenniumCEandalsohelpedshapetheregion'sdiverseculture.GraduallyannexedbyandbroughtundertheadministrationoftheBritishEastIndiaCompany
fromtheearly18thcenturyandadministereddirectlybytheUnitedKingdomafterIndianRebellionof1857,Indiabecameanindependentnationin1947afterastruggleforindependencethatwasmarkedbynon-violentresistanceledbyMahatmaGandhi.
HometotheancientIndusValleyCivilisationandaregionofhistorictraderoutesandvastempires,theIndiansubcontinentwasidentifiedwithitscommercialandculturalwealthformuchofitslonghistory. FourreligionsHinduism,Buddhism,Jainism,and
Sikhismoriginatedhere,whereasJudaism,Zoroastrianism,Christianity,andIslamarrivedinthe1stmillenniumCEandalsohelpedshapetheregion'sdiverseculture.GraduallyannexedbyandbroughtundertheadministrationoftheBritishEastIndiaCompany
fromtheearly18thcenturyandadministereddirectlybytheUnitedKingdomafterIndianRebellionof1857,Indiabecameanindependentnationin1947afterastruggleforindependencethatwasmarkedbynon-violentresistanceledbyMahatmaGandhi.The
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Indianeconomyistheworld'stenth-largestbynominalGDPandthird-largestbypurchasingpowerparity(PPP). Followingmarket-basedeconomicreformsin1991,Indiabecameoneofthefastest-growingmajoreconomies;itisconsideredanewly
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third-largeststandingarmyintheworldandranksninthinmilitaryexpenditureamongnations.Indiaisafederalconstitutionalrepublicgovernedunderaparliamentarysystemconsistingof
29statesand7unionterritories.Indiaisapluralistic,multilingual,andamulti-ethnicsociety.Itisalsohometoadiversityofwildlifeinavarietyofprotectedhabitats.
India( /ndi/),officiallytheRepublic of India(Bhrat Ga arjya),[12][c]isacountryinSouthAsia.Itistheseventh-largestcountrybyarea,thesecond-mostpopulouscountrywithover1.2billion
i

HometotheancientIndusValleyCivilisationandaregionofhistorictraderoutesandvastempires,theIndiansubcontinentwasidentifiedwithitscommercialandculturalwealthformuchofitslonghistory. FourreligionsHinduism,Buddhism,Jainism,and
Sikhismoriginatedhere,whereasJudaism,Zoroastrianism,Christianity,andIslamarrivedinthe1stmillenniumCEandalsohelpedshapetheregion'sdiverseculture.GraduallyannexedbyandbroughtundertheadministrationoftheBritishEastIndiaCompany
fromtheearly18thcenturyandadministereddirectlybytheUnitedKingdomafterIndianRebellionof1857,Indiabecameanindependentnationin1947afterastruggleforindependencethatwasmarkedbynon-violentresistanceledbyMahatmaGandhi.
HometotheancientIndusValleyCivilisationandaregionofhistorictraderoutesandvastempires,theIndiansubcontinentwasidentifiedwithitscommercialandculturalwealthformuchofitslonghistory. FourreligionsHinduism,Buddhism,Jainism,and
Sikhismoriginatedhere,whereasJudaism,Zoroastrianism,Christianity,andIslamarrivedinthe1stmillenniumCEandalsohelpedshapetheregion'sdiverseculture.GraduallyannexedbyandbroughtundertheadministrationoftheBritishEastIndiaCompany
fromtheearly18thcenturyandadministereddirectlybytheUnitedKingdomafterIndianRebellionof1857,Indiabecameanindependentnationin1947afterastruggleforindependencethatwasmarkedbynon-violentresistanceledbyMahatmaGandhi.The
Indianeconomyistheworld'stenth-largestbynominalGDPandthird-largestbypurchasingpowerparity(PPP). Followingmarket-basedeconomicreformsin1991,Indiabecameoneofthefastest-growingmajoreconomies;itisconsideredanewly
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