Question

Describe the size of India and also discuss about India neighbours. Long question​

Answer 1

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(i) India occupies an important strategic position in South Asia. India has 29 states and 7 Union Territories.

(ii) India shares its land boundaries with Pakistan and Afghanistan in the northwest, China (Tibet), Nepal and Bhutan in the north and Myanmar and Bangladesh in the east. Our southern neighbors across the sea consist of the two island countries, namely Sri Lanka and Maldives.

(iii) Sri Lanka is separated from India by a narrow channel of sea formed by the Palk Strait and the Gulf of Mannar while Maldives Islands are situated to the south of the Lakshadweep Islands. India has had strong geographical and historical links with her neighbors.

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Answer 2

India lies on the Indian Plate, the northern part of the Indo-Australian Plate, whose continental crust forms the Indian subcontinent. The country is situated north of the equator between 8°4' north to 37°6' north latitude and 68°7' east to 97°25' east longitude.

India has a land frontier of 15,200 km. The total length of the coastline of the mainland, Lakshadweep Islands and Andaman and the Nicobar Islands is 7,516.6 km. India shares its border with seven countries- Afghanistan and Pakistan to the North-West, China, Bhutan and Nepal to the North, Myanmar to the far East and Bangladesh to the East. Sri Lanka (from the South-East) and Maldives (from the South-West) are two countries with water borders.

A total of 9 countries share borders with India. Out of these, 7 countries share land borders and 2 countries share sea borders with India. Bhutan is the smallest neighbouring country of India in terms of land borders.

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MALDIVES

Border Line – Sea Border

Official Language – Dhivehi

Currency – Maldivian Rufiyaa

India has the third-largest international border in the world after China and Russia, and also the most sensitive border of the World that varies from extreme climatic conditions to infiltration.

The above-mentioned list of India's neighbouring countries is asked in many academic as well as competitive examinations.