Important Points you should know about India

• National Bird : Peacock
• National Flower : Lotus
• National Animal : Tiger
  

National Flag :

• Designed by : Pingali Venkayya (Andhra Pradesh
• Date of Adoption by the Constituent Assembly : 22nd July 1947
• Presented to the Nation on : 14th August 1947

National Emblem :

• Adapted From : Saranath Lion Capitol of Emperor Ashoka
• The Words "Satyameva Jayate" (Truth Alone Triumphs)Taken from : Mundaka Upanishad

National Anthem :

• Jana-gana-mana
• Writer & Composer : Rabindranath Tagore
• First Published : "Tatva Bodhini Patrika" with the name "Bharat Vidhata" in 1912
• English Translation : Tagore in 1919 with the name "Morning Song of India"
• First Sung : 27th December 1911 at Calcutta
• Date of Adoption by the Constituent Assembly : 24th January 1950

National Song :

• Vandemataram
• Writer & Composer : Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
• First Published : A novel named "Ananda Math" in 1882
• English Translation : Sri Aurobindo
• First Sung : 1896 session of the congress
• Date of adoption by the Constituent Assembly :  24th January 1950

National Calender (Saka)

• Introduced from : 22nd March 1957 (Saka, 1879)
• Based on : Saka Era which began with vermal equinox of AD 78
• First Month ; Chaitra
• Last Month : Phalguna

Measurements :

• 3,214 Kms from North to South
• 2,933 Kms from East to West
• Total Area : 3,287,263 sq.km
• Land Frontier : 15,200 Km
• Coastline : 7,516.5 Km
• Bigger State : Rajasthan (3,42,239 Sq Km)
• Smallest State : Goa (3,702 Sq Km)

Boundaries of India :

• East : The Bay of Bengal
• West : The Arabian Sea
• North : The Great Himalayan Range
• South : The Indian Ocean
  

Political Borders : 

• East :  Bangladesh & Barma
• West : Pakisthan & Afghanisthan
• North : Sinkiang Province in China, Nepal and Bhutan

States

• States : 29 States 
• New States : 
• 2014 - Telangana
• 2000 - Chattisgarh, Uttaranchal & Jharkhand
• Union Territories : 6 (Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Puducherry, Chandigarh, Daman and Diu and Lakshadweep)
• National Capital Territory : 1 (Delhi)
• Number of Villiages : 6,05,224
• Number of Towns : 3,949
• 77 % of Population lives in Rural Areas