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India

The parliamentary federal republic of India (Hindi भारत गणराज्य, Bhārat Gaṇarājya) in South Asia with the capital New Delhi covers 3,287,263 km². The Himalayas form the natural northern border and the Indian Ocean surrounds the territory in the south. India borders Pakistan, Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, and Bangladesh. Other neighboring states in the Indian Ocean are Sri Lanka and the Maldives. The nonviolent resistance against British colonial rule under Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1949) and Jawaharlal Nehru led to independence in 1947.

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History

In the second millennium BC, the Aryans migrated over the Hindu Kush into northwest India. In the Vedic culture until 800 BC, the Vedas, the holy scriptures of Hinduism, were created. Two alcoholic beverages are mentioned in them. For a sacrifice, "Soma" was served, a milky drink with drug-like effects made from fly agaric and thorn apple or rhubarb. The second was the fermented "Sura" made from barley or wine.

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