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The Republic of India, commonly known as India, is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second most populous country, and the most populous, secular liberal democracy in the world. India... [more]
The Republic of India, commonly known as India, is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second most populous country, and the most populous, secular liberal democracy in the world. India has a coastline of over seven thousand kilometres, bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the west, and the Bay of Bengal on the east. India borders Pakistan to the west; the People's Republic of China, Nepal and Bhutan to the north-east; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka, Maldives and Indonesia.
The name India is derived from Indus, which is derived from the Old Persian word Hindu, from Sanskrit Sindhu, the historic local appellation for the Indus River. The ancient Greeks referred to the ancient Indians as Indoi, the people of the Indus. The Constitution of India and common usage in Hindi also recognise Bharat as an official name of equal status. A third name, Hindustan (Persian: Land of the Hindus), has been in use since the 12th century, though its contemporary use is unevenly applied.
BSP-HJC combine will win Haryana assembly polls: Bishnoi
Haryana Janhit Congress (HJC) chief Kuldeep Bishnoi Wednesday said his party's alliance with the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) will win in the next assembly elections due in February.
The HJC went alone in the recently concluded general elections and won just one of the state's 10 Lok Sabha seats. The rest nine seats were bagged by the ruling Congress.
However, there are speculations that Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda would try to cash in on the recent success and can go in for an early assembly election.
"The Congress is making big mistakes as they have become quite negligent in the wake of their recent victory. The INLD (Indian National Lok Dal) has lost its ground in Haryana while the BJP (Bharatiya Janta Party) has withered away from the whole country," Bishnoi told reporters here.
"We have no competition from any sphere in Haryana and the win of our alliance is assured," he said.
The alliance between the BSP and the HJC was forged in Lucknow June 18 in the presence of Uttar Pardesh Chief Minister Mayawati, Bishnoi and former Haryana chief minister Bhajan Lal.
Bishnoi, son of Bhajan Lal, was suspended from the Congress after he floated his own political outfit in 2007.
The father-son duo were upset with the Congress leadership since Bhajan Lal was denied the chief minister’s post after having led the party to one of its biggest victories in 2005 assembly polls.
BSP general secretary Man Singh Manhera said, "This alliance would achieve historic success in the politics of Haryana. We have our ideas and aims clear in mind, and we have already framed our strategy for next assembly and Lok Sabha elections.”
“In the next assembly elections, the BSP and the HJC will contest on 40 and 50 seats respectively. Whereas in the next Lok Sabha elections, after five years, the BSP and HJC will fight on four and six seats respectively.”
Last updated on Jun 24th, 2009 at 21:35 pm IST--IANS
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