Indian Republic

MOTTO - Satyameva Jayate

Satyameva Jayate (satyam eva jayate ) (Sanskrit: "Truth Alone Triumphs") is India's national motto. It is inscribed at the base of the national emblem, which is an adaptation of the Buddhist Lion Capital of Asoka at Sarnath, near Varanasi in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The origin of the motto is a well-known mantra from the Mundaka Upanishad.

The motto of the Czech Republic and its predecessor Czechoslovakia, "Pravda vítezí" ("Truth Prevails") has a similar meaning.

ANTHEM - Jana Gana Mana

CAPITAL - New Delhi ( 28°34'N 77°12'E)

LARGEST CAPITAL - Mumbai

OFFICIAL LANGUAGE (s) - Official language(s) Hindi, Sanskrit, English, Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, Gujarati, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Malayalam, Maithili, Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Oriya, Punjabi, Santali, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu

GOVERNMENT - Federal republic
- President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
- Prime Minister Manmohan Singh

INDEPENDENCE - Independence From the UK
- Commonwealth 15 August 1947
- Republic 26 January 1950

AREA
- Total 3,287,590 km² (7th) / 1,269,346 sq mi
- Water (%) 9.56

POPULATION
- 2005 est. 1,103,371,000 (2nd)
- 2001 census 1,027,015,247
- Density 329/km² (31st) / 852/sq mi

GDP (PPP) - 2005 estimate
- Total $3.633 trillion (4th)
- Per capita $3,344 (122nd)

HDI - (2003)
0.602 (127th) – medium

CURRENCY - Rupee (Rs.)1 (INR)

TIME ZONE - IST (UTC+5:30)
- Summer (DST) not observed (UTC+5:30)
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INTERNET TLD - .in

CALLING CODE - +91

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