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South Asia. South Asia is a geographically diverse and densely populated region of Asia, comprising Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.
India is a vast, diverse country where the art, geography, culture, language, dialect, history, cuisine, and economic characteristics vary considerably every thirty kilometres.
For millennia, India was the teacher of the world. Students from China, Persia, Greece, Rome, Egypt, Israel, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Indonesia, and Laos studied in various Indian universities and carried their…
Contrary to modern perception, democracy in India did not start in 1947 when the country attained independence from the United Kingdom but existed for millennia albeit in a different form.
When India attained independence after 150 years of colonial rule, 100 years of East India Company rule, and 900 years of barbarian invasions, it stood depleted of agricultural self-sufficiency, industry, and wealth.
The Indian bureaucracy is technically the administrative arm of the Government but administratively reports into the government who are part of the legislative.
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The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is a regional organisation formed by the Governments of Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand through the Bangkok Declaration on 8 August 1967.
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