According to the Oxford English Dictionary (third edition 2009), the name "India" is derived from the Classical Latin India, a reference to South Asia and an uncertain region to its east. In … See more

India accounts for the bulk of the Indian subcontinent, lying atop the Indian tectonic plate, a part of the Indo-Australian Plate. India's defining geological processes began 75 million years ago when the Indian Plate, then part of the southern supercontinent See more

Politics
A parliamentary republic with a multi-party system, India has six recognised national parties, including the Indian National Congress See more

According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Indian economy in 2024 was nominally worth $3.94 trillion; it was the fifth-largest economy by market exchange rates and is, at around $15.0 trillion, the third-largest by purchasing power parity See more

Ancient India
By 55,000 years ago, the first modern humans, or Homo sapiens, had arrived on the Indian … See more

India is a megadiverse country, a term employed for 17 countries which display high biological diversity and contain many species exclusively See more

In the 1950s, India strongly supported decolonisation in Africa and Asia and played a leading role in the Non-Aligned Movement. After initially cordial relations with neighbouring … See more