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India is the seventh largest country in the world and also the second most populous country. It
is located in southern Asia. It is officially known as the Republic of India. It is governed by the
parliamentary form of government.
There are a total of 400 cities in India. There are eight metropolitan cities in India and they are
Kolkata, Mumbai, New Delhi, Chennai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Ahmedabad and Pune.
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There are total 28 states and 8 union territories in India. The 28 Indian states and their
capitals are as follows.
States and Capitals of India :
States Capital
Andhra Pradesh Amaravati
Arunachal Pradesh Itanagar
Assam Dispur
Bihar Patna
Chhattisgarh Raipur
Goa Panaji
Gujarat Gandhinagar
Haryana Chandigarh
Himachal Pradesh Shimla
Jharkhand Ranchi
Karnataka Bengaluru
Kerala Thiruvananthapuram
Madhya Pradesh Bhopal
Maharashtra Mumbai
Manipur Imphal
Meghalaya Shillong
Mizoram Aizawl
Nagaland Kohima
Odisha Bhubaneswar
Punjab Chandigarh
Rajasthan Jaipur
Sikkim Gangtok
Tamil Nadu Chennai
Telangana Hyderabad
Tripura Agartala
Uttar Pradesh Lucknow
Uttarakhand Dehradun (Winter)
Gairsain (Summer)
West Bengal Kolkata
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Union Territories and Capitals of India
Union Territories Name Capital
Andaman and Nicobar Islands Port Blair
Chandigarh Chandigarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu Daman
Delhi New Delhi
Jammu and Kashmir Srinagar (Summer)
Jammu (Winter)
Lakshadweep Kavaratti
Puducherry Pondicherry
Ladakh Leh
Source : https://knowindia.india.gov.in/states-uts/
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