1. Major Religions - Hinduism 82%, Islam 12%, Christianity 3%, Sikhism 2%

2. Population - Home of over 1 billion people, this constitutes 18% of the world's population

3. Major Cities - Calcutta, Bombay, Delhi, Madras, Bangalore

4. National Language - Hindi

5. Main Agricultural Products - Sugarcane, Rice, Wheat, Mangoes, Corn.
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6. Indian Flag - Three equal horizontal bands of deep saffron (top), white, and green with a blue charka (24spoked wheel) centered in the white band

7 . Chief of State - President

8. Independence Day - August 15th,1947 (from UK)

9. National Holiday - Republic Day , January 26th, 1950

10. Major Rivers - Ganges, Yamuna (Jumma), Brahmaputra

11. Government Type - Federal Republic

12. National Animal - Tiger

13. Biggest Lake - Wular

14. Head of Government - Prime minister

15. National Bird - Peacock

16. National Flower - Lotus

17. Government - Parliamentary Democracy, India is the world's largest democracy

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