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Government |
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| Official
Name |
Republic of India
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| Capital |
New
Delhi |
| Administrative
Divisions |
28
states and 7 union territories; Andaman and Nicobar Islands,
Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chandigarh,
Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Delhi,
Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir,
Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Lakshadweep, Madhya Pradesh,
Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Orissa,
Pondicherry, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura,
Uttaranchal, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal. |
| Independence |
15
August 1947 (from UK) |
| National
Holiday |
Republic
Day, 26 January (1950) |
| Constitution |
26
January 1950 |
| System
of Government |
Bicameral
Parliament or Sansad consists of the Council of States or
Rajya Sabha (a body consisting of not more than 250 members)
and the People's Assembly or Lok Sabha (545 seats)
|
| Judicial
Branch |
Supreme
Court (judges are appointed by the president and remain in office
until they reach the age of 65) |
| International
Organization Participation |
ADB,
ARF (dialogue partner), ASEAN (dialogue partner), BIS, CCC,
CP, ESCAP, FAO, G- 6, G-15, G-19, G-24, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO,
ICC, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IEA (observer), IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO,
ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM (observer), ISO, ITU, MIPONUH,
MONUC, NAM, OAS (observer), OPCW, PCA, SAARC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO,
UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNIKOM, UNMEE, UNMIBH, UNMIK, UNMOVIC,
UNU, UPU, WCL, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO. (2003) |
| Source:
www.worldbank.org/www.bbcworld.com/www.naco.nic.in |
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