See also: States and territories of India Download high resolution version (650x790, 142 KB)NPOV map of India from commons. ... Download high resolution version (650x790, 142 KB)NPOV map of India from commons. ... Rajasthan (राजसà¥à¤¥à¤¾à¤¨) is the geographically largest state in northwestern India. ... Madhya Pradesh (मधà¥à¤¯ पà¥à¤°à¤¦à¥‡à¤¶) is a state in central India. ... Maharashtra (महाराषà¥à¤Ÿà¥à¤°) is Indias third largest state in terms of area and second largest in terms of population after Uttar Pradesh. ... Andhra Pradesh (ఆంధà±à°° à°ªà±à°°à°¦à±‡à°¶à°‚ in Telugu) (Ä€ndhra PrÄdesh), a state in South India, lies between 12°41 and 22°N latitude and 77° and 84°40E longitude . ... Uttar Pradesh (Hindi: उतà¥à¤¤à¤° पà¥à¤°à¤¦à¥‡à¤¶, Urdu: اتر پردیش), also popularly known by its acronym UP, is the fifth largest and the most populous state in India. ... Jammu and Kashmir is the northern-most state of the India, with Srinagar as its summer capital and Jammu as its winter capital. ... Gujarat (ગà«àªœàª°àª¾àª¤ in Gujarati) is the most industrialized state in India after Maharashtra and is located in western India, bordered by Pakistan to the northwest and Rajasthan to the north. ... Karnataka (ಕರà³à²¨à²¾à²Ÿà²• in Kannada) is one of the four southern states of India. ... Orissa (2001 provisional pop. ... Chhattisgarh (छतà¥à¤¤à¥€à¤¸à¤—ढ़), a state in central India, formed when the sixteen southeastern districts of Madhya Pradesh gained statehood on November 1, 2000. ... Tamil Nadu (தமிழ் நாடு, Land of the Tamils) is a state at the southern tip of India. ... Bihar (बिहार in Devanagri) is a state situated in the eastern part of India. ... West Bengal (পশà§à¦šà¦¿à¦® বঙà§à¦—, PosÌcim Bôngo) is a state in the eastern region of India. ... Arunachal Pradesh (अरà¥à¤£à¤¾à¤šà¤² पà¥à¤°à¤¦à¥‡à¤¶) is an Indian state. ... Jharkhand (à¤à¤¾à¤°à¤–ंड in Devanagari) is a state in eastern India. ... Assam (অসম) is a northeastern state of India with its capital at Dispur. ... Himachal Pradesh, formally the Punjab Hill States, is a state in northwest India. ... Uttaranchal (उतà¥à¤¤à¤°à¤¾à¤‚चल) became the 27th state of the Republic of India on November 9, 2000 after a relatively short and peaceful struggle by its people in the 1990s, having previously comprised part of Uttar Pradesh. ... This article details the Indian state of Punjab. ... Haryana (हरयाणा) is a state in north India. ... ... Meghalaya (मेघालय) is a small state in north-eastern India. ... Manipur (মনিপà§à¦°) is a state in northeastern India making its capital in the city of Imphal. ... Mizoram is a state in northeastern India. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Tripura (তà§à¦°à¦¿à¦ªà§à¦°à¦¾) is a state in North-east India. ... Map of Andaman and Nicobar Islands with an extra detailed area around Port Blair The Andaman and Nicobar Islands are a union territory of India. ... Sikkim is a landlocked Indian state nestled in the Himalayas. ... Goa (गोवा in DevanÄgarÄ«) is Indias smallest state in terms of area and the fourth smallest in terms of population after Sikkim, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh. ... This article deals with the city of Delhi. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Dadra and Nagar Haveli is a Union Territory in western India. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Daman and Diu is a union territory in India. ... Lakshadweep (Hindi: लकà¥à¤¶à¤¦à¥à¤µà¥€à¤ª Tamil: லகà¯à®·à®¤à¯à®µà¯€à®ªà¯) is the smallest Union Territory of India. ... India is subdivided into 28 states, 6 union territories and a National Capital Territory. ...
India is home to several major rivers such as the Ganga (Ganges), the Brahmaputra, the Yamuna, the Godavari and the Krishna.
India's economic fortunes still fluctuate from monsoon to monsoon as most agriculture is rain-fed. The present government has announced a renewed emphasis on the agricultural sector in a recognition of the importance of agriculture.
India is home to two main language families, the Indo-Aryan languages, and the four Dravidian languages that exist in south India.
Two divisions, the Central India Agency and Rajputana Agency, consisted of numerous princely states which were governed by a political agent appointed by the Governor-General of India, rather than the governor of a province, and the four largest princely states, Hyderabad, Baroda, Mysore, and Jammu and Kashmir, were directly under the authority of the Governor-General.
India and Pakistan contested for control of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir; the state had a Muslim majority, but its Hindu ruler acceded to India.
The Kingdom of Sikkim was annexed to India as a state in 1975.
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