INDIA IS ONE OF THE OLDEST CIVILIZATIONS IN THE WORLD WITH A KALEIDOSCOPIC VARIETY AND RICH CULTURAL HERITAGE.IT HAS ACHIEVED ALL ROUND SOCIOECONOMIC PROGRESS DURING THE LAST 65 YEARS OF ITS INDEPENDENCE.INDIA HAS BECOME SELF SUFFICIENT IN AGRICULTURE PRODUCTION AND IS NOW ONE OF THE TOP INDUSTRIALISED COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD AND ONE OF THE FEW NATIONS TO HAVE GONE INTO OUTER SPACE TO CONQUER NATURE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE.IT COVERS AN AREA OF 3,287,590 SQ.KM. EXTENDING FROM THE SNOW COVERED HIMALAYAN HEIGHTS TO TROPICAL RAIN FORESTS OF SOUTH.AS THE 7TH LARGE COUNTRY IN THE WORLD, INDIA STAND APART FROM REST OF ASIA,MARKED OFF AS IT IS BY MOUNTAINS AND THE SEA,WHICH GIVE THE COUNTRY A DISTINCT GEOGRAPHICAL ENTITY.BOUNDED BY GREAT HIMALAYAS IN THE NORTH,IT STRETCHES SOUTHWARDS AND AT THE TROPIC OF CANCER ,TAPERS OFF INTO THE INDIAN OCEAN BETWEEN BAY OF BENGAL ON THE EAST AND THE ARABIAN SEA ON THE WEST.
LYING ENTIRELY IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE,THE MAINLAND EXTENDS BETWEEN LATITUDES 8"4' AND 37"6' NORTH,LONGITUDES 68"7' AND 97"25' EAST AND MEASURES ABOUT 3,214 KM FROM NORTH TO SOUTH BETWEEN THE EXTREME LATITUDES AND ABOUT 2,933 KM FROM EAST TO WEST BETWEEN THE EXTREME LONGITUDES.IT HAS FRONTIER OF ABOUT 15,200 KM. THE TOTAL LENGTH OF COASTLINE OF THE MAINLAND,LAKSHADWEEP ISLANDS AND ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS IS 7,516.6 KM.
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