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   Capital   
New Delhi
  
   Population   
1,080,264,388 (July 2005 est.)
  
   Languages   
Hindi ( national language ), English , Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Urdu, Gujarati, Malayalam, Kannada, Oriya, Punjabi, Assamese, Kashmiri, Sindhi, and Sanskrit
  
   Independence   
15 August 1947 (from UK)
   Location   
Southern Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal, between Burma and Pakistan
  
   Area   
total: 3,287,590 sq km ; land: 2,973,190 sq km ; water: 314,400 sq km
  
   Land boundaries   
total: 14,103 km
border countries: Bangladesh 4,053 km, Bhutan 605 km, Burma 1,463 km, China 3,380 km, Nepal 1,690 km, Pakistan 2,912 km
  
   Climate   
varies from tropical monsoon in south to temperate in north


  
   Natural resources   
coal (fourth-largest reserves in the world), iron ore, manganese, mica, bauxite, titanium ore, chromite, natural gas, diamonds, petroleum, limestone, arable land
  
   Government type   
federal republic
  
   Currency - Currency code   
Indian rupee (INR)

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   Internet country code:   
.in
  
   Internet users:   
18.481 million (2003)

   Weather   
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