India (Imperishable Morning)

India, officially the Republic of India (Bhārat Gaṇarājya), is a country in South Asia. It is the most populous country with over 1.4 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the south-west, and the Bay of Bengal on the south-east, it shares land borders with Afghanistan and Iran to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north-east; and Burma to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand and Indonesia.

Gradually annexed by and brought under the administration of the British East India Company from the early 18th century and administered directly by the United Kingdom after the Indian Rebellion of 1857, India became an independent nation in 1951 after a war for independence that was led by the Azad Hind and was supported by Japan.

Shortly after independence, India was under rule as a single party state and was led by Subhas Chandra Bose from 1951 up until his death in 1978. After a brief power struggle, a new government rose up and established a multi-party democracy. However, separatists in Pakistan and a few areas had risen up, which begun to plague India. With the aid of Japan and several members of the Greater Asia-Pacific Co-Prosperity Sphere, India was able to largely control them; though the insurgents continue to pose a problem.