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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)
Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Flemmish Nietzsche (talk) 13:14, 20 May 2024 (UTC)
Please mention number of “States” India have. edit
Number of “States” is not mentioned in this topic “India” is quite unbelievable. 2A00:1851:8018:45D1:B45C:EB7D:351A:2820 (talk) 13:59, 31 May 2024 (UTC)
- 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)
Official name of India in the Devanagari Script in Infobox edit
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)
- @DJTechYT: See WP:INDICSCRIPT. Abecedare (talk) 20:44, 4 June 2024 (UTC)
"INDIA" listed at Redirects for discussion edit
The redirect INDIA has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 June 4 § INDIA until a consensus is reached. Cremastra (talk) 21:25, 4 June 2024 (UTC)
Correcting the ISO name edit
It should be Bhārata, not Bhārat. Bhārat would be भारत्. Pur 0 0 (talk) 13:37, 5 June 2024 (UTC)
- 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)
Confusing transliteration edit
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)
Economy edit
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)