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___MASK43___ ( or ), officially the Kingdom of ___MASK43___ , formerly known as Siam , is a country at the centre of the Indochinese peninsula in Southeast ___MASK8___ . With a total area of approximately , ___MASK43___ is the world ' s 51st - largest country . It is the 20th - most - populous country in the world , with around 66 million people . The capital and largest city is Bangkok . New ___MASK39___ is the capital of ___MASK34___ and one of ___MASK39___ city ' s 11 districts . ___MASK53___ ( , " The country of Bengal "), officially the People ' s Republic of ___MASK53___ (                  " Gônôprôjatôntri ___MASK53___ "), is a country in South ___MASK8___ . It shares land borders with India and Myanmar ( Burma ). Nepal , Bhutan and China are located near ___MASK53___ but do not share a border with it . The country ' s maritime territory in the Bay of Bengal is roughly equal to the size of its land area . ___MASK53___ is the world ' s eighth most populous country . Dhaka is its capital and largest city , followed by Chittagong which has the country ' s largest port . A pargana ( Hindi : ), or parganah , also spelt pergunnah during the ___MASK22___ of the Sultanate period , Mughal times and British Raj , is a former administrative unit of the Indian subcontinent , used primarily , but not exclusively , by the Muslim kingdoms . many villages together made a pargana . for example Pune pargana . The Deshmukh and the Deshpande were the watandar officers of the pargana . The deshmukh was the chief of the Patils in pargana . The deshmukh did at pargana level , what Patil did at village level . The deshpande were the chief of all kulkarnis in the pargana . Deshpande did at pargana level , what Kulkarnies did at village level . Pune pargana was a big pargana . It consisted of 290 villages . There were 64 villages in the Chakan pargana . Ramtek is a City and municipal council in ___MASK4___ of the ___MASK35___ , India . Sri Lanka ( or ; Sinhalese :         ', Tamil :     " Ilakai "), officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka ( formerly known ___MASK41___ ___MASK55___ ), is an island country in ___MASK37___ ___MASK8___ near south - east India . Sri Lanka has maritime borders with India to the northwest and the Maldives to the southwest . ___MASK44___ , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of ___MASK44___ , is a landlocked central Himalayan country in ___MASK37___ ___MASK8___ . It has a population of 26 . 4 million and is the 93rd largest country by area . Bordering China in the north and India in the south , east , and west , it is the largest sovereign Himalayan state . ___MASK44___ does not border Bangladesh , which is located within only 27 km ( 17 mi ) of its southeastern tip . It neither borders Bhutan due to the Indian state of Sikkim being located in between . ___MASK44___ has a diverse geography , including fertile plains , subalpine forested hills , and eight of the world ' s ten tallest mountains , including Mount Everest , the highest point on Earth . Kathmandu is the nation ' s capital and largest city . It is a multiethnic nation with Nepali as the official language . An administrative division , unit , entity , area or region , also referred to ___MASK41___ a subnational entity , constituent unit , or country subdivision , is a portion of a country or other region delineated for the purpose of administration . Administrative divisions are granted a certain degree of autonomy and are usually required to manage themselves through their own local governments . Countries are divided up into these smaller units to make managing their land and the affairs of their people easier . For example , a country may be divided into provinces , which , in turn , are divided into counties , which , in turn , may be divided in whole or in part into municipalities ; and so on . Vidarbha is the ___MASK76___ of the Indian state of ___MASK35___ , comprising Nagpur Division and Amravati Division . Its former name is Berar ( Varhad in Marathi ). It occupies 31 . 6 % of total area and holds 21 . 3 % of total population of ___MASK35___ . It borders the state of ___MASK15___ to the north , Chhattisgarh to the ___MASK75___ , Telangana to the south and Marathwada and Khandesh regions of ___MASK35___ to the west . Situated in central India , Vidarbha has its own rich cultural and historical background distinct from rest of ___MASK35___ . The largest city in Vidarbha is Nagpur . A majority of Vidarbhians speak Hindi and Varhadi - a dialect of Marathi . Kolkata (, also known ___MASK41___ Calcutta , the official name until 2001 ) is the capital of the Indian state of ___MASK13___ . Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River , it is the principal commercial , cultural , and educational centre of East India , while the Port of Kolkata is India ' s oldest operating port and its sole major riverine port . In 2011 , the city had population of 4 . 5 million , while the population of the city and its suburbs was 14 . 1 million , making it the third - most populous metropolitan area in India . In 2008 its gross domestic product ( adjusted for purchasing power parity ) was estimated to be 104 billion , which was the third highest among Indian cities , behind Mumbai and Delhi . ___MASK94___ ( or ), officially the Islamic Republic of ___MASK94___ , is a federal parliamentary republic in South ___MASK8___ on crossroads of Central ___MASK8___ and Western ___MASK8___ . It is the sixth - most populous country with a population exceeding 200 million people . It is the 36th largest country in the world in terms of area with an area covering . ___MASK94___ has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by India to the east , Afghanistan to the west , Iran to the southwest and China in the far northeast respectively . It is separated from Tajikistan by Afghanistan ' s narrow Wakhan Corridor in the north , and also shares a maritime border with Oman . ___MASK3___ ; formerly known ___MASK41___ Madras or ) is the capital of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu . Located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal , it is one of the biggest cultural , economic and educational centres in South ___MASK34___ . According to the 2011 Indian census , it is the sixth - largest city and fourth - most populous urban agglomeration in ___MASK34___ . The city together with the adjoining regions constitute the ___MASK3___ Metropolitan Area , which is the 36th - largest urban area by population in the world . ___MASK3___ is among the most visited Indian cities by foreign tourists . It was ranked 43rd most visited city in the world for year 2015 . The Quality of Living Survey rated ___MASK3___ ___MASK41___ the safest city in ___MASK34___ . ___MASK3___ attracts 45 percent of health tourists visiting ___MASK34___ , and 30 to 40 percent of domestic health tourists . As such , it is termed " ___MASK34___ ' s health capital ". As a growing metropolitan city in a developing country , ___MASK3___ confronts substantial pollution and other logistical and socio - economic problems . China , officially the People ' s Republic of China ( PRC ), is a unitary sovereign state in ___MASK75___ ___MASK8___ . With a population of over 1 . 381 billion , it is the world ' s most populous country . The state is governed by the Communist Party of China , and its capital is Beijing . It exercises jurisdiction over 22 provinces , five autonomous regions , four direct - controlled municipalities ( Beijing , Tianjin , Shanghai , and ___MASK12___ ), and two mostly self - governing special administrative regions ( Hong Kong and Macau ), and claims sovereignty over Taiwan . The country ' s major urban areas include Shanghai , Guangzhou , Beijing , ___MASK12___ , Shenzhen , Tianjin and Hong Kong . China is a great power and a major regional power within ___MASK8___ , and has been characterized as a potential superpower . A city is a large and permanent human settlement . Although there is no agreement on how a city is distinguished from a town in general English language meanings , many cities have a particular administrative , ___MASK83___ , or historical status based on local law . ___MASK66___ ( also known ___MASK41___ Bombay , the official name until 1995 ) is the capital city of the Indian state of ___MASK35___ . It is the most populous city in India and the ninth most populous agglomeration in the world , with an estimated city population of 18 . 4 million . Along with the neighbouring regions of the ___MASK66___ Metropolitan Region , it is one of the most populous urban regions in the world and the second most populous metropolitan area in India , with a population of 20 . 7 million . ___MASK66___ lies on the west coast of India and has a deep natural harbour . In 2009 , ___MASK66___ was named an alpha world city . It is also the wealthiest city in India , and has the highest GDP of any city in South , West , or Central ___MASK8___ . ___MASK66___ has the highest number of billionaires and millionaires among all cities in India . Democracy ("" literally " rule of the commoners "), in modern usage , is a system of government in which the citizens exercise power directly or elect representatives from among themselves to form a governing body , such ___MASK41___ a parliament . Democracy is sometimes referred to ___MASK41___ " rule of the majority ". Democracy was originally conceived in Classical Greece , where political representatives were chosen by a jury from amongst the male citizens : rich and poor . ___MASK37___ ___MASK8___ or Southern ___MASK8___ is a term used to represent the southern region of the Asian continent , which comprises the sub - Himalayan SAARC countries and , for some authorities , adjoining countries to the west and east . Topographically , it is dominated by the ___MASK48___ , which rises above sea level as Nepal and northern parts of India situated south of the Himalayas and the Hindu Kush . ___MASK37___ ___MASK8___ is bounded on the south by the Indian Ocean and on land ( clockwise , from west ) by West ___MASK8___ , Central ___MASK8___ , East ___MASK8___ , and Southeast ___MASK8___ . ___MASK8___ is Earth ' s largest and most populous continent , located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres and sharing the continental landmass of Eurasia with the continent of Europe . ___MASK8___ covers an area of , about 30 % of Earth ' s total land area and 8 . 7 % of the Earth ' s total surface area . The continent , which has long been home to the majority of the human population , was the site of many of the first civilizations . ___MASK8___ is notable for not only its overall large size and population , but also dense and large settlements as well as vast barely populated regions within the continent of 4 . 4 billion people . The ___MASK29___ was a Muslim kingdom based mostly in Delhi that stretched over large parts of the Indian subcontinent for 320 years ( 1206  1526 ). Five dynasties ruled over ___MASK29___ sequentially , the first four of which were of Turkic origin : the Mamluk dynasty ( 1206  90 ); the Khilji dynasty ( 1290  1320 ); the Tughlaq dynasty ( 1320  1414 ); the Sayyid dynasty ( 1414  51 ); and the Afghan ___MASK92___ dynasty ( 1451  1526 ). Nagpur Division is one of six administrative divisions of ___MASK35___ State in India . Nagpur is the easternmost division in the state , with an administrative headquarters in the city of Nagpur . it covers 19 , 821 sq mi [ 51 , 336 km ]. Amravati and Nagpur divisions make up the region of Vidarbha . History . Nagpur Division was created in 1861 , when the Central Provinces administrative division of British India was created by merging the Nagpur Province and the Saugor and Nerbudda Territories . Before 1861 , Nagpur Division had been part of Nagpur Province , which had been created after the Nagpur kingdom was annexed by the British in 1853 by means of the Doctrine of lapse . The British Nagpur Division included the current districts as well as Balaghat District , currently part of ___MASK15___ . ___MASK93___ ( or ; Indonesian : ), officially the Republic of ___MASK93___ , is a unitary sovereign state and transcontinental country located mainly in Southeast ___MASK8___ with some territories in Oceania . Situated between the Indian and Pacific oceans , it is the world ' s largest island country , with more than seventeen thousand islands . At , ___MASK93___ is the world ' s 14th - largest country in terms of land area and world ' s 7th - largest country in terms of combined sea and land area . It has an estimated population of over 260 million people and is the world ' s fourth most populous country , the most populous Austronesian nation , as well as the most populous Muslim - majority country . The world ' s most populous island of Java contains more than half of the country ' s population . The Maldives (, or ), officially the Republic of Maldives (""), is a ___MASK37___ Asian ___MASK36___ country , located in the Indian Ocean . It lies ___MASK91___ of India and Sri Lanka . The chain of twenty - six atolls stretches from Ihavandhippolhu Atoll in the north to the Addu City in the south . Comprising a territory spanning roughly , the Maldives is one of the world ' s most geographically dispersed countries , as well as the smallest Asian country by both land area and population , with a little over 393 , 500 inhabitants . Malé is the capital and most populated city , traditionally called the " King ' s Island " for its central location . ___MASK39___ ( Dilli )       , officially the National Capital Territory of ___MASK39___ , is a city and a union territory of ___MASK34___ . It is bordered by Haryana on three sides and by Uttar Pradesh to the east . It is the most expansive city in ___MASK34___  about . It has a population of about 25 million , making it the second most populous city after Mumbai and most populous urban agglomeration in ___MASK34___ and 3 largest urban area in the world . Urban expansion in ___MASK39___ has caused it to grow beyond the NCT to incorporate towns in neighbouring states . At its largest extent , there is a population of about 25 million residents . According to data released by Oxford Economics , ___MASK39___ NCR urban agglomeration has replaced Mumbai Metropolitan Region urban agglomeration as the economic capital of ___MASK34___ . However the comparison of the figures specific to the Metropolis of ___MASK39___ and Metropolis of Mumbai was not provided by this institution . These figures however did not match with those revealed by the reserve bank of ___MASK34___ , The economic survey of ___MASK34___ , The economic survey of ___MASK39___ and ___MASK35___ . ___MASK100___ ('), officially the Kingdom of ___MASK100___ ('), is a landlocked country and the smallest state in ___MASK8___ to be located entirely within the Himalaya mountain range . Located in the Eastern Himalayas , it is bordered by China in the north and India in the south . ___MASK100___ lacks a border with nearby Nepal due to the Indian state of Sikkim and with Bangladesh due to the Indian states of West Bengal and Assam . ___MASK100___ is geopolitically in South ___MASK8___ and is the region ' s second least populous nation after the Maldives . Thimphu is its capital and largest city , while Phuntsholing is its financial center . Hyderabad (; often ) is the capital of the southern Indian state of Telangana and " de jure " capital of ___MASK10___ . Occupying along the banks of the Musi River , it has a population of about and a metropolitan population of about , making it the fourth most populous city and sixth most populous urban agglomeration in India . At an average altitude of , much of Hyderabad is situated on hilly terrain around artificial ___MASK51___ , including Hussain Sagar  predating the city ' s founding  north of the city centre . The Andaman and Nicobar Islands , one of the seven union territories of ___MASK34___ , are a group of islands at the juncture of the Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea . Nagpur ( Marathi      ) is the winter capital and the third largest city of the Indian state of ___MASK35___ and largest city of central India . It has one of the highest literacy rate of 91 . 92 % among all the urban agglomerations in India and one of the proposed Smart Cities from ___MASK35___ . Standard of living refers to the level of wealth , comfort , material goods and necessities available to a certain socioeconomic class in a certain geographic area , usually a country . The standard of living includes factors such ___MASK41___ income , quality and availability of employment , class disparity , poverty rate , quality and affordability of housing , hours of work required to purchase necessities , gross domestic product , inflation rate , amount of leisure ___MASK22___ every year , affordable ( or free ) access to quality healthcare , quality and availability of education , life expectancy , incidence of disease , cost of goods and services , infrastructure , national economic growth , economic and political stability , political and religious freedom , environmental quality , climate and safety . The standard of living is closely related to quality of life . Bengal ( bgl ; Bengali :    ,      and    ) is a region in ___MASK8___ which is located in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent at the apex of the Bay of Bengal . Geographically , it is made up by the Ganges - Brahmaputra delta system , the largest such formation in the world ; along with mountains in its north ( bordering the Himalayan states ) and east ( bordering Northeast India and Burma ). A tehsil ( also known ___MASK41___ a mandal or taluka ) is an administrative division of some countries of South ___MASK8___ . It is an area of land with a city or town that serves ___MASK41___ its administrative centre , with possible additional towns , and usually a number of villages . The terms in India have replaced earlier geographical terms , such ___MASK41___ " pargana ", " pergunnah " and " thannah ", used under the Delhi Sultanate and the British Raj . The British Raj ( from " rj ", literally , " rule " in Hindustani ) was the rule of the British Crown in the Indian subcontinent between 1858 and 1947 . The rule is also called Crown rule in ___MASK34___ , or direct rule in ___MASK34___ . The region under British control was commonly called ___MASK34___ in contemporaneous usage , and included areas directly administered by the United Kingdom , which were collectively called British ___MASK34___ , and those ruled by indigenous rulers , but under British tutelage or paramountcy , and called the princely states . The resulting political union was also called the Indian Empire and after 1876 issued passports under that name . As ___MASK34___ , it was a of the League of Nations , a participating nation in the Summer Olympics in 1900 , 1920 , 1928 , 1932 , and 1936 , and a founding member of the United Nations in ___MASK61___ in 1945 . Parseoni is a town and a tehsil in Ramtek subdivision of ___MASK4___ in Nagpur revenue Division in the Berar region in the state of ___MASK35___ , India . It is located on the banks of Pench River . ___MASK80___ , officially the Republic of the Union of ___MASK80___ and also known as Burma , is a sovereign state in South East ___MASK8___ bordered by Bangladesh , India , China , Laos and Thailand . About one third of ___MASK80___ ' s total perimeter of 5 , 876 km ( 3 , 651 miles ), forms an uninterrupted coastline of 1 , 930 km ( 1 , 200 miles ) along the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea . The country ' s 2014 census revealed a much lower population than expected , with 51 million people recorded . ___MASK80___ is 676 , 578 square kilometres ( 261 , 227 sq mi ) in size . Its capital city is Naypyidaw and its largest city is Yangon ( Rangoon ). ___MASK34___ , officially the Republic of ___MASK34___ (" Bhrat Gaarjya "), is a country in South ___MASK8___ . It is the seventh - largest country by area , the second - most populous country ( with over 1 . 2 billion people ), and the most populous democracy in the world . It is bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south , the Arabian Sea on the southwest , and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast . It shares land borders with Pakistan to the west ; China , Nepal , and Bhutan to the northeast ; and Myanmar ( Burma ) and Bangladesh to the east . In the Indian Ocean , ___MASK34___ is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives . ___MASK34___ ' s Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand and Indonesia . Its capital is New Delhi ; other metropolises include Mumbai , Kolkata , Chennai , Bangalore , Hyderabad and Ahmedabad . ___MASK35___ ( Marathi :          pronunciation : , abbr . MH ) is a state in the western region of India and is India ' s third - largest state by area and is also the world ' s second - most populous sub - national entity . It has over 112 million inhabitants and its capital , Mumbai , has a population of approximately 18 million . Nagpur is ___MASK35___ ' s second capital as well as its winter capital . ___MASK35___ ' s business opportunities along with its potential to offer a higher standard of living attract migrants from all over India . Ahmedabad ( also known ___MASK41___ Amdavad ) is the largest city and former capital of Gujarat , which is a state in ___MASK34___ . It is the administrative headquarters of the ___MASK20___ and the seat of the Gujarat High Court . With a population of more than 6 . 3 million and an extended population of 7 . 8 million , it is the sixth largest city and seventh largest metropolitan area of ___MASK34___ . Ahmedabad is located on the banks of the Sabarmati River , from the state capital Gandhinagar , which is its twin city . A village is a clustered human settlement or community , larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town , with a population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand . Though often located in rural areas , the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods . Villages are normally permanent , with fixed dwellings ; however , transient villages can occur . Further , the dwellings of a village are fairly close to one another , not scattered broadly over the landscape , ___MASK41___ a dispersed settlement . The ___MASK25___ , the largest bay in the world , forms the northeastern part of the ___MASK52___ . Roughly triangular , it is bordered mostly by ___MASK34___ and Sri Lanka to the west , Bangladesh to the north , and ___MASK80___ ( Burma ) and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands ( ___MASK34___ ) to the east . ___MASK4___ is a district in the Vidarbha region of ___MASK35___ state in central India . The city of Nagpur is the district headquarters . The district is part of Nagpur Division . The ___MASK52___ is the third largest of the world ' s oceanic divisions , covering ( approximately 20 % of the water on the Earth ' s surface ). It is bounded by ___MASK8___ on the north , on the west by Africa , on the east by Australia , and on the south by the Southern Ocean or , depending on definition , by Antarctica . It is named after the country of India . The ___MASK52___ is known as " Ratnkara ", "" the mine of gems "" in ancient Sanskrit literature , and as " Hind Mahsgar ", "" the great Indian sea "", in Hindi . The ___MASK1___ is a region of the northern ___MASK52___ bounded on the ___MASK17___ by ___MASK94___ and Iran , on the west by northeastern ___MASK2___ and the Arabian Peninsula , and on the east by India . Historically the sea has been known by other names including the Erythraean Sea and the Persian Sea . Its total area is and its maximum depth is . The Gulf of Aden is in the southwest , connecting the ___MASK1___ to the Red Sea through the strait of Bab - el - Mandeb , and the Gulf of Oman is in the northwest , connecting it to the Persian Gulf .