The total surface area of Earth is about 510,072,000 square kilometres. Of this, 70.8% of the Earth’s surface is covered with water, mostly by oceans, seas, gulfs, and other water bodies. Hence, the total water area is 361,132,000 square kilometres. The remaining 29.2% of the Earth’s surface is land consisting of continents and islands.
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The population of any country is divided into two kinds of people – citizens and aliens. Citizens of any country enjoy all civil and political rights of that country while aliens do not enjoy all of the civil and political rights of that country. Citizens are members of the political community to which they belong. They are the people who compose the country.
At the time of independence, India existed two types of political units – the British provinces (under the direct rule of the British government) and princely states (under the rule of native princes, but these princely states had accepted the paramountcy of the British Crown). The Indian Independence Act of 1947 created two independent and separate countries, India and Pakistan, and gave three options to the princely states: the freedom to join either India or Pakistan or to remain independent.
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The Indian Constitution is the world’s longest constitution of any sovereign nation. Initially, the Indian Constitution had a preamble and 395 articles, which are grouped into 22 parts and 8 schedules. The Indian Constitution is the second-longest active constitution—after the Constitution of Alabama—in the world.
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The Indian Elephant is one of three extant recognized subspecies of the Asian Elephant. These three subspecies of the Asian Elephant are recognized as the Sri Lankan elephant, the Indian elephant and the Sumatran elephant.
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The tiger (Panthera tigris) is the largest living cat. It is a member of the genus Panthera. The tiger is usually a symbol of power and enormous energy. The tiger is the national animal of India, Bangladesh, Malaysia, and South Korea.
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The provision of the Preamble in the Indian Constitution comes from the American Constitution. The term ‘Preamble’ refers to the introduction or preface to the Constitution. It contains the essence or summary of the Constitution. The words used in the Preamble of the Indian Constitution are some of the noblest. These words embody the highest values of the Indian Constitution.
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The Constituent Assembly adopted the Indian Constitution on 26th November 1949 and it came into effect on 26th of January 1950.The Constitution of India has borrowed most of its provisions from various Constitutions of the countries as well as from the Government of India Act of 1935.
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The Constituent Assembly adopted the Indian Constitution on 26th November 1949 and it came into effect on 26th of January 1950.The Constitution of India has borrowed most of its provisions from various Constitutions of the countries as well as from the Government of India Act of 1935.
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The Indian Constitution is unique for many outstanding features. Though the Indian Constitution is borrowed from all the known constitutions of the world, and most of its provisions are substantially taken from others. But it has several salient features that distinguish it from other constitutions of the world.
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