23 August to 30 August marks Paryushana, an important holy event with prayers, fasting and meditation for the ancient Indian Jainism religion.
The Indian flag was adopted in July 1947. The design consists of a horizontal triband of saffron (orange), white, and dark green; the middle white band of the flag features a blue wheel with 24 spokes known as Dharma Chakra or “Wheel of Law”.
National Anthem of India: “Jana Gana Mana” “Thou Art the Ruler of the Minds of All People”
| Capital City | Area (World Ranking) | 2023 Population (World Ranking) | Currency | Flag Ratio (Decimal) | Adopted |
| New Delhi | 3,287,263 km² / 1,269,219 mi² (7th) | 1,375,586,000 (2nd) | Indian rupee | 2:3 (1.5) | 1947 |
| What India is known as in various languages |
| Ấn Độ (Vietnamese), Bhārôt – ভাৰত (Assamese), Bhārot – ভারত (Bengali), Bharôt/Indiyā – ভারত / ꯏꯟꯗꯤꯌꯥ (Meitei), Bharot/Siñôt – भारोत् / ᱥᱤᱧᱚᱛ (Santali), Bhārat – ભારત (Gujarati), Bhārat – भारत (Bodo, Dogri, Hindi, Konkani, Maithili, Marathi, Nepali), Bhārat – ਭਾਰਤ (Punjabi), Bhārat – भारत / ڀارت (Sindhi), ًBharat/Hindustan – ہندوستان/بھارت (Urdu), Bhārata – ಭಾರತ (Kannada), Bhārata/Hindūstān – भारत / 𑆨𑆳𑆫𑆠 / بھرت / ہِندوستان(Kashmiri), Bhārata – ଭାରତ (Oriya), Bhārata – భారత (Telugu), Bhāratam – ഭാരതം (Malayalam), Bhāratam – भारतम् (Sanskrit), Bhārataya – භාරතය (Sinhala), Bhāratham – பாரதம் (Tamil), Ende (Franco-Provençal), Enetheg – Энэтхэг (Mongolian), Hend – ህንድ (Amharic), al-Hind – الهند (Arabic), Hend, Hendustān (Persian), Hindia / India (Indonesian, Malay), Hindio / Barato (Esperanto), Hindistan (Azeri, Turkish), Hndkastan – Հնդկաստան (Armenian), Hodu – הודו (Hebrew), l-Indja (Maltese), Ìn-tō͘ (Min Nan), Inde (French), India (Albanian, Dutch, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian, Romanian, Spanish), Indía – Ινδία (Greek), an India (Irish), Índia (Portuguese), Indië (Afrikaans), Indie (Alemannic, Czech, Polish), Indien (Danish, German, Low Saxon, Swedish), Indija (Croatian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Slovene), Indija – Индија (Macedonian, Serbian), Indiska (Lower Sorbian), Indiya – Индия (Bulgarian, Russian), Indiya – Індія (Ukrainian), Indland (Icelandic), Indo – インド (Japanese), Indo – 인도 (Korean), Indoeti – ინდოეთი (Georgian, Mingrelian), Indya (Aymara, Quechua), Indye – אינדיע (Yiddish), Intia (Finnish, Inuktitut), l’Índia (Catalan), na h-Innseachan or na h-Innsean (Scots Gaelic), Xindeīy – อินเดีย (Thai), Yìndù – 印度 (Chinese), Jagariin Oron – Жагарын орон (Mongolian), xingu’e / .indias. (Lojban) |
