Indian people - Wikipedia
WEBIndian people or Indians are the citizens and nationals of the Republic of India. In 2022, the population of India stood at 1.4 billion people, of various ethnic groups.
India - Diversity, Culture, Religion | Britannica
WEB1 day ago · India is a diverse multiethnic country that is home to thousands of small ethnic and tribal groups. That complexity developed from a lengthy and involved process of migration and intermarriage.
Culture of India - Wikipedia
WEBIndian culture is the heritage of social norms and technologies that originated in or are associated with the ethno-linguistically diverse India, pertaining to the Indian subcontinent until 1947 and the Republic of India post-1947.
India - Wikipedia
WEBIndia, officially the Republic of India (ISO: Bhārat Gaṇarājya), [21] is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area; the most populous country from June 2023 [22] [23] and from the time of its independence in …
India | History, Map, Population, Economy, & Facts | Britannica
WEB1 day ago · India is a country that occupies the greater part of South Asia. It is a constitutional republic that represents a highly diverse population consisting of thousands of ethnic groups. It is made up of eight union territories and 28 …
India - Culture, Traditions, Cuisine | Britannica
WEB2 days ago · India - Culture, Traditions, Cuisine: For almost all Indians the family is the most important social unit. India had a strong preference for extended families, consisting of two or more married couples (often of more than a single generation), who share finances and a common kitchen, but with modernization and urbanization, nuclear households ...
India - The World Factbook
WEBSep 5, 2024 · Background. The Indus Valley civilization, one of the world's oldest, flourished during the 3rd and 2nd millennia B.C. and extended into northwestern India. Aryan tribes from the northwest infiltrated the Indian subcontinent about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture.
India country profile - BBC News
WEBMar 1, 2011 · 10 June. India is the world's largest democracy and, according to UN estimates, its population is expected to overtake China's in 2028 to become the world's most populous nation. As a rising...
Where did India’s people come from? Massive genetic study
WEBMar 4, 2024 · Most Indians are primarily a mixture of three ancestral populations: hunter-gatherers who lived on the land for tens of thousands of years, farmers with Iranian ancestry who arrived sometime between 4700 and 3000 B.C.E., and herders from the central Eurasian steppe region who swept into the region sometime after 3000 B.C.E., perhaps between 1900...
Key facts about the diverse demographics of India’s states | Pew ...
WEBDec 13, 2021 · With more than a billion inhabitants, India is the world’s second-most populous country and religiously, culturally and demographically diverse. A majority Hindu nation, India is also home to most of the world’s Sikhs and Jains and some of the world’s largest Muslim and Buddhist populations.