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  • Full name: Full names (translated to english) of the United Nations member states, as of 2014. For a list of full names in the respective original languages of each country, check this link.
  • Independence day date: Date.
  • Land border length: The length of each country's land border. Islands are listed as having a 0.0 km.
  • National anthems: National anthem.
  • National tree: Name of tree.

    No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.

  • Neighboring countries and territories: The countries and territories neighboring each country. "L" means they share only a land border and "M" means they have only maritime boundaries. A blank means they share both.
  • Number of maritime boundary neighbours: Number of states and territories with which each country shares a maritime border. Two countries separated from each other by a body of water have a maritime border with each other.
  • Overview: A geopolitical overview of every sovereign country in the world, briefly examining their recent history and place on the global stage. The texts are taken from the BBC News website.
STAT India Pakistan
Full name Republic of India Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Independence day date August 15 August 14
Land border length 14,103.1 km
Ranked 4th. 2 times more than Pakistan
6,774 km
Ranked 13th.
National anthems Jana Gana Mana ( Hail the ruler of all minds ) Qaum\u012b Tar\u0101na ( National Anthem )
National tree Banyan Tree Deodar
Neighboring countries and territories Afghanistan (L) Bangladesh Bhutan (L) Burma China (L) Indonesia (M) Maldives (M) Nepal (L) Pakistan Sri Lanka (M) Thailand (M) Afghanistan (L) China (L) India Iran Oman (M)
Number of maritime boundary neighbours 7
Ranked 9th. 2 times more than Pakistan
3
Ranked 68th.
Overview <p>The world&#039;s largest democracy and second most populous country emerged as a major power in the 1990s. It is militarily strong, has major cultural influence and a fast-growing and powerful economy. </p> <p>A nuclear-armed state, it carried out tests in the 1970s and again in the 1990s in defiance of world opinion. However, India is still tackling huge social, economic and environmental problems. </p> <p>The vast and diverse Indian sub-continent - from the mountainous Afghan frontier to the jungles of Burma - was under foreign rule from the early 1800s until the demise of the British Raj in 1947. </p><br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-12557384">Full Article</a> <p>The Muslim-majority state of Pakistan occupies an area which was home to some of the earliest human settlements and where two of the world&#039;s major religions, Hinduism and Buddhism, were practised. </p> <p>The modern state was born out of the partition of the Indian sub-continent in 1947 and has faced both domestic political upheavals and regional confrontations. </p> <p>Created to meet the demands of Indian Muslims for their own homeland, Pakistan was originally made up of two parts.</p><br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-12965779">Full Article</a>

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