<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>Hindi</li><li>Bharat</li><li>Official name: Republic of India</li><li>a republic in South Asia comprising 28 states and 8 union territories</li><li>formerly a British colony that gained independence in 1947, becoming a parliamentary republic within the Commonwealth of Nations in 1950</li><li>1,269,219 square miles (3,287,263 square kilometers)</li><li>New Delhi</li><li>Indian subcontinent</li></ul>