Q4: Why aren't there sections on science and technology, education, media, tourism etc?
A4: New sections require talk-page consensus. In archived discussions, it was decided to keep them out. Consider expanding their respective daughter articles, such as History of India, instead. See WP:WPC.
Q5: Why was my image or external link removed?
A5: To add or remove images and links, start a thread on this page first. See WP:FP?, WP:IMAGE, and WP:EL.
Q6: The map is wrong!
A6: The map shows the official (de jure) borders in undisputed territory and the de facto borders and all related claims where there's a dispute; it cannot exclusively present the official views of India, Pakistan, or China. See WP:NPOV.
Q7: India is a superpower!
A7: Consult the archives of this talk page for discussions of India's status as a superpower before adding any content that makes the suggestion. See WP:DUE.
Q8: Delhi is a state!
A8: To create an Indian state, the Parliament of India must pass a law to that effect—see Articles 2 through 4 of the Constitution of India, full text here. The Sixty-ninth Amendment, which was enacted in 1991, added Article 239AA to the constitution. It proclaimed the National Capital Territory of Delhi, gave it a legislative assembly, and accorded it special powers that most union territories lack. But Delhi was not made a state. Several crucial powers were retained by the central government, such as responsibility for law and order. Delhi also does not have a governor; instead, a lieutenant governor presides. Unlike Himachal Pradesh, which gained statehood in 1970, and Goa, which gained it in 1987, Delhi continues to be listed as a union territory by the First Schedule.
Q9: Add Hindi as the national language/hockey as the national sport!
A9: Hindi is the official language, not national language. There is no national language, but there are constitutionally recognized languages, commonly known as Schedule 8 languages. English also serves as a subsidiary official language until the universal use of Hindi is approved by the states and parliament.
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PLEASE READ BEFORE POSTING AN EDIT REQUEST ABOUT CHANGING THE COUNTRY NAME If you have come here to post that the country name should be changed from India to Bharat, please note that we use the commonly-used name (common name) to determine article names, even when a country changes its name. For an example, see Turkey, where the official name of the country (Türkiye) is noted in the lead sentence and the infobox, but the article remains at its common English name.
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Kerala is the most literate state with 93.91% literacy to Kerala is the most literate state with 96.21% literacy The official kid (talk) 13:08, 20 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It's not very clear what you want done, but if you want the states listed, they already are in the India § States section. Please use the a "change X to Y" format and be more clear as to what exactly you would like changed. Flemmish Nietzsche (talk) 14:43, 31 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Official name of India in the Devanagari Script in Infobox
Is there any particular reason why the official name of India, written in Hindi in the Devanagari Script (भारत गणराज्य), is not shown in the infobox and instead only a romanization is included? It is common practice for articles about countries that don't use the Latin script to include the official name of the country in its native language, both in its native script and a Latin transliteration (see China, Saudi Arabia, Bulgaria, etc). I'm just posting it here on the talk page to make sure there's no particular reason against doing so before adding the official name of India in Hindi written in Devanagari in the infobox. Thanks! David Jiang (talk) 19:56, 4 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It should be Bhārata, not Bhārat. Bhārat would be भारत्. Pur 0 0 (talk) 13:37, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The suppression of the inherent vowel specifically at the end of words such as भारत is a fairly consistent phenomenon called "schwa deletion". Different transliteration standards deal with this in different ways. Some indicate all inherent vowels always, some don't indicate any inherent vowel that is omitted in pronunciation, and some don't indicate only certain omitted inherent vowels such as those that are subject to schwa deletion for example. Omission of an inherent vowel in the transliteration does not necessarily suggest the presence of an explixcit virama in the original script. 2A02:810D:8CC0:48C4:813E:CC10:B287:2E3 (talk) 19:01, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
But schwa deletion is done in ALA-LC, not ISO 15919. Pur 0 0 (talk) 02:41, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The ISO website says "Bhārat"[1]. CMD (talk) 02:50, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Pur 0 0 I think you're right, ISO 15919 explicitly states under clause 8: "Inherent a with a consonant shall always be transliterated." 2A01:599:A10:AC8E:7FA3:217B:AAE0:3945 (talk) 08:22, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Confusing transliteration
Why is it not in any way indicated that "Bhārat Gaṇarājya" is a transliteration from Hindi? Even one of the cited sources specifies this (Routledge, p.108, "Official name: English: Republic of India; Hindi: Bharat Ganarajya"). In the current version of the first sentence of this article, it is unclear to the reader where the transliteration comes from and what it refers to. I would suggest to either remove the transliteration entirely or explicitly indicate that it is a transliteration from Hindi. 2A02:810D:8CC0:48C4:813E:CC10:B287:2E3 (talk) 19:27, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Economy
More needs to be added about the economy in its present state. India is in the midst of an infrastructure boom the likes of which haven’t been seen since China went through theirs. However there is no information about it 73.210.30.217 (talk) 06:37, 8 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Lead
Hello fellow editors, I wanted to suggest a slight change to paragraph two, where I think this:
I find it odd that there is no mention of Indo-Aryan migrations in the introductory paragraphs as they are pretty important in the Indian context. PadFoot2008 10:20, 17 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]