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The Republic of India is a country that occupies a greater part of South Asia. It borders Pakistan in the northwest, the People's Republic of China, Nepal, and Bhutan in the north, and Bangladesh and Myanmar in the east. India's coastline stretches for over seven thousand kilometres. Its neighbours in the Indian Ocean are the island nations of the Maldives in the southwest, Sri Lanka in the south, and Indonesia in the southeast. India is the second most populous country in the world, with a population of over one billion and is the seventh largest country by geographical area. It is a constitutional republic consisting of twenty eight states and six union territories. The word India derives from the Old Persian cognate for the Sanskrit word Sindhu, the Indus river. The Constitution of India also recognises Bhārat listen (help·info) as an official name with equal status.

A centre of important historic trade routes, India is the home to some of the most ancient civilisations. India is the birthplace to four major world religions: Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism and has the second largest Muslim population in the world. India was a former colony of the British Empire under the British Raj before gaining independence on 15 August 1947. The country has witnessed significant economic and military growth after the liberalisation of the Indian economy.

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The city of Thiruvananthapuram has been the centre of cultural activities of Kerala from the time it was made capital of Travancore in 1745. The capital city is a major intellectual and artistic center. The Thiruvananthapuram Museum and Thiruvananthapuram Zoo were started during the reign of Swathi Thirunal(1813–1847) and are one of the oldest of their kind in India. The city's libraries include the British Library and Thiruvananthapuram Public library, which was started in 1829. The 'Swathi Thirunal College of Music' and 'College of fine arts' are the leading institutions related to music and arts. The people of Thiruvananthapuram are sometimes referred to as "Trivandrumites". (more...)

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The Bengal tiger or Royal Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) is a subspecies of tiger found in parts of India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, and Myanmar. It is the most common tiger subspecies, and lives in a variety of habitats - grasslands, subtropical and tropical rainforests, scrub forests, wet and dry deciduous forests and mangroves. Its fur is orange-brown with black stripes, although there are also white tigers. Photo credit: Hollingsworth, John and Karen (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)

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• ...that the Australian cricket team's world record of 16 consecutive wins ended during its 2002 India tour, when India recorded only the third win in Test cricket history by a side forced to follow-on?
• ...that Assaji, the last of the first five bhikkhus of Gautama Buddha to become an arahant, converted Sariputta and Mahamoggallana, the Buddha's two chief disciples?
• ...that the mother of Jamila Massey, an Indian actress and writer, refused to allow her to attend drama school, after the death of her father?
• ...that during his tenure as India's cricket coach, Kapil Dev, broke down in a BBC interview about alleged match-fixing?
• ...that Ajit Wadekar was the first Indian to represent the country as Test Cricket player, captain, coach/manager and Chairman of Selectors?
• ...that Patacara, who became a Buddhist while disconsolately wandering naked through the Indian city of Savatthi, rose to become the foremost bhikkhuni of Gautama Buddha in her mastery of the Vinaya?
• ...that the graphic novel The Barn Owl's Wondrous Capers combines Kolkata's Babu culture and the legend of The Wandering Jew?
• ...that when Indrajit Gupta, a Communist, became India's Union Minister for Home Affairs in 1996, he became head of a ministry 'which once policed the Commies'?
• ...that Monisha, a South Indian cinema actress, was only 15 years old when she won the National Film Award for Best Actress for her debut performance in Nakhashathangal?
• ...that the relics of Sariputra and Mahamoggallana, Gautama Buddha's two chief disciples, were the subject of more than two million Sri Lankan pilgrimage visits after their discovery by Sir Alexander Cunningham?
• ...that Kosambi, a city in ancient India which was a frequent site of sermons by the Buddha was one of the places considered suitable for his Parinibbāna?
• ...that Ananthabhadram, a film by Indian director Santhosh Sivan, was inspired by classical Kathakali dancing and paintings of Raja Ravi Varma?
• ...that there are significant breeding populations of 35 mammalian species in Kaziranga National Park, Assam, India, out of which 15 are threatened mammals according to the IUCN Red List?
• ...that G. S. Shivarudrappa is only the third person to be named "poet of the nation" by the Government of Karnataka?
• ...that Kolkata West International City has one of the largest foreign direct investments in township projects in India?
• ...that the world's tallest statue of Hindu God Lord Shiva (pictured) is located in Murudeshwara, a coastal town in Karnataka, India?
• ...that the term Rashtrapati, the native word in India to refer the nation's President, was first suggested by the Kannada poet, scholar T.N. Srikantaiah?
• ...that Hakim Habibur Rahman, a Unani physician, collected all the Arabic, Persian and Urdu books written in Bengal for more than 40 years and published a catalog titled Sulasa Ghusala?
• ...that 1939's Indramalati, directed by the Assam poet Jyoti Prasad Agarwala, was the second ever Assamese language film?

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• April 5:Former prime minister V P Singh asks the Election Commission to derecognise Bharatiya Janata Party (flag pictured) for releasing a provocative CD-pack as part of its election campaign in Uttar Pradesh. (CNN-IBN The Hindu updateThe Hindu update, Indian Express])
• April 5: 83 SEZs get nod, caps area at 5,000 hectares (Rediffnews, The Hindu)
• April 4: Greg Chappell resigns from the post of coach of Indian national cricket team. (CNN-IBN)
• April 4: 14th SAARC Summit in New Delhi accords "observer status" to Iran. (The Hindu)
• April 3: Trade and Terrorism are expected to dominate the 14th SAARC Summit in New Delhi
• April 2: India's Foreign Secretary, Shivshankar Menon, says that Iran is likely to get an observer status in the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation. (IHT)
• April 1:Viswanathan Anand is ranked as the World's No.1 chess player by FIDE. (Rediff.com)
• March 30: *India's legendary leg spinner Anil Kumble retires from One-Day International cricket. (IHT) (Indiatimes) (Eurosport)
• March 29:The Supreme Court, as an interim measure, stays the law providing for quota in IIT's, IIM's for OBC's in response to a petition.(Rediff.com)

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