India (disambiguation)

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India, officially the Republic of India (Bhārat Gaṇarājya), is a country in South Asia.

India may also refer to:

Geography and culture

The entire Indian subcontinent, inclusive of India's neighboring countries
Greater India or the Indies, a former name used collectively for all of south and southeast Asia
The Indies or East Indies, the islands of Greater India
The West Indies, the islands of the Caribbean
India Meridionalis ("South India"), a phantom peninsula formerly believed to lie east of Malaysia
The Three Indias, sometimes including Ethiopia or the Americas
India Superior and Alta India ("Upper India"), an area of this peninsula and/or the Americas
India, Texas, an unincorporated community in the United States

The term India has historically also been used to refer to:

Epic India, prehistoric India as described in mythological epics
Mahajanapada, the ancient kingdoms and republics of India
Herodotus's India, a legendary land prior to Alexander's invasions
Hindustan, a name used for medieval India and still sometimes used for modern India
British Raj, officially known as the Indian Empire
Former Dominion of India or Union of India (1947 to 1950), the Republic of India before the adoption of its constitution
India (East Syrian Ecclesiastical Province), a historical ecclesiastical province of the Church of the East

India (given name), a personal name
India (actress) (born 1977), pornographic actress, singer and rap artist
India (cat) (1990–2009), George W. Bush's pet cat
India (Battle honour), a battle honour awarded to regiments of the British Army between 1787 and 1826
India class submarine, a military submarine design of the Soviet Union
India tag, an item of stationery
Inđija, a town in Serbia whose name means "India" in archaic Serbian
India, a village in Butor Commune, Transnistria
The letter "I" in the NATO phonetic alphabet and the Federal Aviation Administration aviation phonetic letters