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To all the things that make us proud to be Indian: a salute from the heart.

Here are some interesting facts about India.

These show how important and interesting India is as a nation.

Around a 100 million years ago, India was an island. India lies on the Indian plate, the northern portion of the Indo-Australian Plate, whose continental crust forms the Indian subcontinental.

India is the seventh- largest country in the world.

• India's name is derived from the "Indus" river (Sindhu river).
• India is the world's largest democracy, with 1.2 billion people.
• The world's biggest family lives together in India, a man with 39 wives and 94 children.
• India has the world's lowest meant consumption per person.
• 70% of all the world's spices come from India.  

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