{"population":1326093247,"blurb":{"text":"India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the most populous country in the world and, since its independence in 1947, the world's most populous democracy. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal and Bhutan to the north; Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is near Sri Lanka and the Maldives. Its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Myanmar, Thailand and Indonesia.","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India"},"vexillology":{"text":"The national flag of India, colloquially called Tiraṅgā, is a horizontal rectangular tricolour flag, the colours being of India saffron, white and India green; with the Ashoka Chakra, a 24-spoke wheel, in navy blue at its centre. It was adopted in its present form during a meeting of the Constituent Assembly held on 22 July 1947, and it became the official flag of the Union of India on 15 August 1947. The flag was subsequently retained as that of the Republic of India. In India, the term \"tricolour\" almost always refers to the Indian national flag.","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_India"},"flagDesign":{"text":"According to the Flag code of India, the Indian flag has a width:height aspect ratio of 3:2. All three horizontal bands of the flag (saffron, white and green) are equally sized. The Ashoka Chakra has twenty-four evenly spaced spokes.\n\nThe size of the Ashoka Chakra is not specified in the flag code, but in section 4.3.1 of \"IS1: Manufacturing standards for the Indian Flag\", there is a chart that describes specific sizes of the flag and the chakra (reproduced alongside).\n\nBoth the Flag code and IS1 call for the Ashoka Chakra to be printed or painted on both sides of the flag in navy blue. Below is the list of specified shades for all colours used on the national flag, with the exception of navy blue, from \"IS1: Manufacturing standards for the Indian Flag\" as defined in the 1931 CIE Colour Specifications with illuminant C. The navy blue colour can be found in the standard IS:1803–1973.\n\nThe values given in the table correspond to CIE 1931 colour space. Approximate RGB values for use may be taken to be: India saffron #FF671F, white #FFFFFF, India green #046A38, navy blue #06038D. Pantone values closest to this are 165 C, White, 2258 C and 2735 C.","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_India"},"photos":["https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Battle_at_Lanka%2C_Ramayana%2C_Udaipur%2C_1649-53.jpg/500px-Battle_at_Lanka%2C_Ramayana%2C_Udaipur%2C_1649-53.jpg","https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Bangalore_Panorama_edit1.jpg/500px-Bangalore_Panorama_edit1.jpg","https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Attacus_taprobanis-Kadavoor-2018-07-07-001.jpg/500px-Attacus_taprobanis-Kadavoor-2018-07-07-001.jpg","https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/A_smiling_member_of_the_Ramnami_Samaj_%28edited%29.jpg/500px-A_smiling_member_of_the_Ramnami_Samaj_%28edited%29.jpg"]}