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India

20.0N 77.0E · 23 EVENTS · 9 DOMAINS
INDEPENDENCE FROM BRITAIN · 15 AUG 1947
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1947 – present · Independence, Partition and the Modern Republic
6 EVENTS
15 Aug 1947 · Independence and Partition 2 REFS
26 Jan 1950 · Constitution and the Republic 2 REFS
1757 – 1947 · The East India Company and the British Raj
5 EVENTS
23 Jun 1757 · Battle of Plassey 2 REFS
1943 · Bengal famine 2 REFS
1206 – 1707 (Mughal decline to 1857) · The Delhi Sultanate and the Mughal Empire
4 EVENTS
1206 · Founding of the Delhi Sultanate 2 REFS
1526 · Babur founds the Mughal Empire 2 REFS
c. 322 BCE – c. 550 CE · Classical Empires: Maurya and the Gupta Golden Age
3 EVENTS
c. 322 BCE · Chandragupta Maurya founds the Maurya Empire 2 REFS
c. 320 CE · Gupta golden age 2 REFS
c. 1500 – c. 500 BCE · The Vedic Age and the Great Religions
2 EVENTS
c. 1500 BCE · Composition of the Rigveda 2 REFS
c. 500 BCE · Rise of the Buddha and Mahavira 1 REF
c. 2600 – c. 1900 BCE (roots to c. 3300 BCE) · The Indus Valley Civilisation
3 EVENTS
c. 2600 BCE · Mature urban phase of the Indus cities 2 REFS
c. 2600 BCE · Mohenjo-daro flourishes 2 REFS
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Quick facts · atlas reference
Capital
New Delhi
Population
1.28 bn
Area
3,287,590 km²
Region
Southern Asia
Languages
English, Hindi, Tamil
Currency
Indian rupee (₹)
Demonym
Indian
UN member
Yes
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Economy

GDP
$3.96 T’25 WB-WDI
GDP per capita
$2,702’25 WB-WDI
GDP growth
7.6%’25 WB-WDI
Inflation
2.4%’25 WB-WDI
Trade openness
46.3%’25 WB-WDI

Society

Population
1.46 bn’25 WB-WDI
Life expectancy
72.2 yrs’24 WB-WDI
Urban population
35.7%’25 WB-WDI
Fertility rate
2.0’24 WB-WDI
Literacy rate
78.2%’24 WB-WDI

Governance

Voice & accountability
55.5’24 WB-WGI
Political stability
52.5’24 WB-WGI
Government effectiveness
59.2’24 WB-WGI
Regulatory quality
53.3’24 WB-WGI
Rule of law
56.3’24 WB-WGI
Control of corruption
41.9’24 WB-WGI

Health

Health spending
3.3%’23 WB-WHO
Physicians
0.72’20 WB-WHO
Under-5 mortality
26.6’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Measles immunisation
97.0%’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Safe drinking water
76.4%’24 WB-WHO

Education

Adult literacy
78.2%’24 WB-UNESCO
Education spending
4.1%’22 WB-UNESCO
Primary enrolment
111.0%’25 WB-UNESCO
Secondary enrolment
79.6%’25 WB-UNESCO
Tertiary enrolment
34.4%’25 WB-UNESCO

Technology

R&D spending
0.6%’20 WB-UNESCO
Researchers (per million)
259’20 WB-UNESCO
Internet users
70.0%’25 WB-ITU
Mobile subscriptions
79’24 WB-ITU
High-tech exports
18.6%’24 WB-WDI

Geography

Land area
2,973,190 km²’23 WB-WDI
Forest area
24.5%’23 WB-WDI
Agricultural land
60.1%’23 WB-WDI
CO₂ per capita (t)
2.2’24 WB-WDI
Renewable energy
34.9%’21 WB-WDI

Resources

Resource rents
3.2%’21 WB-WDI
Oil rents
0.3%’21 WB-WDI
Mineral rents
1.3%’21 WB-WDI
Forest rents
0.2%’21 WB-WDI
Electricity access
99.9%’24 WB-WDI
Copper (mined)
23.0 kt’25 USGS-MCS
Iron ore
310 Mt’25 USGS-MCS
Rare earths
2,900 t’25 USGS-MCS
Bauxite
25 Mt’25 USGS-MCS
Zinc (mined)
870 kt’25 USGS-MCS
Phosphate rock
1.5 Mt’25 USGS-MCS

Military

Military burden
2.3%’24 WB-SIPRI
Defense spending
$86 B’24 WB-SIPRI
Armed forces
3.1 m’20 WB-SIPRI

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