India has 28 states

1. Andhra Pradesh 
2. Arunachal Pradesh 
3. Assam 
4. Bihar 
5. Chhattisgarh 
6. Goa 
7. Gujarat 
8. Haryana 
9. Himachal Pradesh 
10. Jammu and Kashmir 
11. Jharkhand 
12. Karnataka 
13. Kerala 
14. Madhya Pradesh 
15. Maharashtra 
16. Manipur 
17. Meghalaya
18. Mizoram 
19. Nagaland 
20. Orissa 
21. Punjab 
22. Rajasthan 
23. Sikkim 
24. Tamil Nadu 
25. Tripura 
26. Uttar Pradesh 
27. Uttarakhand 
28. West Bengal

National Animal of India

Tiger

National Anthem of India

 The national anthem of India is 'Jana-gana-mana', composed originally in Bengali, by
Rabindranath Tagore.
National Anthem In Hindi

Jana-gana-mana-adhinayaka, jaya he 

Bharata-bhagya-vidhata.
Punjab-Sindh-Gujarat-Maratha
Dravida-Utkala-Banga
Vindhya-Himachala-Yamuna-Ganga
Uchchala-Jaladhi-taranga.
Tava shubha name jage,
Tava shubha asisa mage,
Gahe tava jaya gatha,
Jana-gana-mangala-dayaka jaya he
Bharata-bhagya-vidhata.
Jaya he, jaya he, jaya he, 
Jaya jaya jaya, jaya he! 

National Song of India

Composed by Bankim Chandra Chatterji in Sanskrit, the song Vande Mataram.

Vande maataraM 
sujalaaM suphalaaM malayaja shiitalaaM 
SasyashyaamalaaM maataram || 

Shubhrajyotsnaa pulakitayaaminiiM 
pullakusumita drumadala shobhiniiM 
suhaasiniiM sumadhura bhaashhiNiiM 
sukhadaaM varadaaM maataraM || 

Koti koti kantha kalakalaninaada karaale 

koti koti bhujai.rdhR^itakharakaravaale 
abalaa keno maa eto bale 
bahubaladhaariNiiM namaami taariNiiM 
ripudalavaariNiiM maataraM || 

Tumi vidyaa tumi dharma 

tumi hR^idi tumi marma 
tvaM hi praaNaaH shariire
Baahute tumi maa shakti 
hR^idaye tumi maa bhakti 
tomaara i pratimaa gaDi 
mandire mandire || 

TvaM hi durgaa dashapraharaNadhaariNii 

kamalaa kamaladala vihaariNii 
vaaNii vidyaadaayinii namaami tvaaM 

Namaami kamalaaM amalaaM atulaaM 

SujalaaM suphalaaM maataraM ||

ShyaamalaaM saralaaM susmitaaM bhuushhitaaM 

DharaNiiM bharaNiiM maataraM |"

India at a glance :
Official Name Bharat (Hindi), Republic of India (English)
Capital New Delhi
Population 1, 027, 015, 247 (2001 Census)
Area 3.3 million square kilometers
Geographical Lies between latitudes 8 ° 4' and 37 ° 6 ' north and
Location longitudes 68 ° 7 ' and 97° 25' east
Coastline 7600 km
Length
Languages India has two National languages (Central
administrative). They are English (associate official)
and Hindi (in the Devanagiri script). The Indian
Constitution also officially recognizes 22 regional
languages.
Major Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, Buddhism, Sikhism,
Religions Jainism
Literacy 65.38%
President Smt. Pratibha Patil
Prime Dr. Manmohan Singh
Minister
National Jan gana mana written by Rabindranath Tagore
Anthem
National Song Vande Mataram, composed in Sanskrit by
Bankimchandra Chatterji
 National Replica of the Lion Capital of Sarnath
Emblem
National Flag Horizontal tricolor in equal proportion of deep
saffron on the top, white in the middle and dark
green at the bottom. In the center of the white
band is a wheel in navy blue color
National Tiger (Panthera tigris)
Animal
National Bird Peacock
National Lotus
Flower
National Tree Banyan ( Ala Tree)
National Fruit Mango
National Rupee (One Rupee=100 paise)
Currency
National Sport Hockey