India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: भारत गणराज्य Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also in other Indian languages), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with 1.18 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the west, and the бухта, залив of Bengal on the east, India has a coastline of 7,517 kilometres (4,700 mi).[16] It is bordered by Пакистан to the west;[17] China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Бангладеш and...
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