India's diverse geography includes plateaus in the south, flat plains along the Ganges, and Himalayan mountains in the north. To the north, India borders countries such as Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh and China. Before travelling to India, you must apply for a  visa in your country of residence.    

With one-sixth of the world's population, India, a country that covers a large part of South Asia, is the second most populous country after China. His government is a constitutional republic representing a diverse population of thousands of ethnic groups and probably hundreds of languages. The capital New Delhi was built in the 20th century on the historic center of Old Delhi, which also serves as the administrative center of the country.  

India is the seventh most populous country in the world and the seventh largest country in India. India is the third largest democracy in the world, the second most populous country in the world and the seventh largest in terms of area.  

India has a population of 1.32 billion people, more than one sixth of the world's population. With 12,101,934,322 inhabitants, India is the most populous country in the world according to the 2011 Census report. India is also the largest democracy in the world with a diverse population, geography and climate. 

With its enormous diversity of landscapes, religions and cultures, India is a fascinating place. More than 1.1 billion people live in India, from deserts of Rajasthan to the beautiful beaches of Goa, tea plantations of Keralan and metropolises of Mumbai and Calcutta. Learn a little more about India with these interesting facts about the country.   

India's history and culture began with the mysterious culture of the agricultural communities along the Indus River in the south of the Indian peninsula. It was interrupted by the constant integration of migrants from the various cultures of the region. Until the 19th century, India was a place where tradition, language, and culture were cut off from religious groups and people could not define themselves by their religious beliefs.  

A few centuries later, a hybrid Indo-Islamic civilization emerged with hybrid languages such as Deccani and Urdu, a mixture of Sanskrit (derived from Indian vernacular) and Turkish, Persian, and Arabic words. British India was ruled by the Crown and the Indians became subjects of Queen Victoria, and from 1858 to 1947 it remained part of the British Empire. When British rule ended in 1947, the subcontinent was divided into two separate countries along religious lines: India (Hindu-majority) and Pakistan (Muslim-majority), with the eastern part of Pakistan seceding and forming Bangladesh.   

In the first five hundred years after Christ, as part of the Gupta Empire, India was one of the most advanced and prosperous civilizations in the world.    

Society in India is categorized according to a caste system, and there are thousands of different castes in different regions, ranging from superior to inferior. Caste systems exist and have existed in several countries, but the caste system in India is structured differently.   

India remains one of the most diverse countries in the world. It is a country with many languages, castes, religions, cultures, and local history, and its rich unity and diversity make it a single democratic nation. While the rural population remains largely rural, India's three most populous and cosmopolitan cities are among the most populated in the world: Mumbai, Bombay, Calcutta, and Delhi.  

India has a national language, Hindi, which has a large number of speakers and is the official language of the government. Since its liberation in the early 1990s, the economy of India has enjoyed considerable growth.

India is the world's third largest economy in terms of purchasing power. In 2008, its share of world trade was 16.8%, compared to 29.3%. In 2011, India was the world's second-largest importer and nineteenth largest exporter. India is also the world's largest tea producer, with a nation of over a billion tea drinkers consuming 70% of its tea production.    

As a result, India's GDP growth rate (GDP) ranked third in the world in 2017. India's remittances of $70 billion in 2014 were the second largest in the world, contributing to the country's economy, and more than 25 million Indians work abroad. India is also home to the world's fastest-growing telecommunications industry, which acquired 227 million subscribers between 2010 and 2011 and was the world's second largest smartphone market after China in the third quarter of 2017.  

The President of India is the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Nations, and there are 13.95 million active soldiers in the armed forces, which comprise the second-largest military in the world. Bollywood is the third-largest film industry in the world, followed by Nollywood and Hollywood. India has 23 official languages and thousands of subsidiary languages and dialects.   

India is a peninsula surrounded to the east by the Bay of Bengal, to the west by the Arabian Sea and to the south by the Indian Ocean. Off the coast of the Bay of Bengal lie the Sundarbans, the largest mangrove forest in the world.   

A visit to India is a guaranteed experience of what life has to offer and a glimpse into the lives of 1.3 billion people who seem to live in another world. Culture shock is part of the right preparation and crucial as it is a country full of surprises.    

After World War II, when Britain lacked the resources to control its greatest imperial asset, its exit from India was chaotic, hasty, and improvised. From the perspective of a reclusive colonial master, it was successful in one way or another.    

The Naxalites have a long history of conflicts with State and national authorities, including frequent terrorist attacks on local police, paramilitary forces and government officials, and are responsible for more attacks than any other organisation in the country, as well as a sustained campaign of violence and intimidation. In May 2013, they attacked a convoy of political leaders in the Bastar region, killing 28 people including President of the State Congress Party and founder of a paramilitary government group.