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India Government 1996
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Administrative divisions:
25 states and 7 union territories*; Andaman and Nicobar Islands*, Andhra
Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chandigarh*, Dadra and Nagar
Haveli*, Daman and Diu*, Delhi*, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh,
Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Lakshadweep*, Madhya Pradesh,
Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Orissa, Pondicherry*,
Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal
Anniversary of the Proclamation of the Republic, 26 January (1950)
based on English common law; limited judicial review of legislative acts;
accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations
18 years of age; universal
President Shankar Dayal SHARMA (since 25 July 1992); Vice President Kicheril
Raman NARAYANAN (since 21 August 1992)
Prime Minister P. V. Narasimha RAO (since 21 June 1991)
Council of Ministers; appointed by the president on recommendation of the
prime minister
bicameral Parliament (Sansad)
Council of States (Rajya Sabha):
body consisting of not more than 250 members, up to 12 appointed by the
president, the remainder chosen by the elected members of the state and
territorial assemblies
People's Assembly (Lok Sabha):
elections last held 21 May, 12 and 15 June 1991 (next to be held by 1996);
results - percent of vote by party NA; seats - (545 total, 543 elected, 2
appointed) Congress (I) Party 245, BJP 119, Janata Dal Party 39, Janata Dal
(Ajit Singh) 20, CPI/M 35, CPI 14, Telugu Desam 13, AIADMK 11, Samajwadi
Janata Party 5, Shiv Sena 4, RSP 4, BSP 1, Congress (S) Party 1, other 23,
vacant 9; note - the distribution of seats as of 18 January 1995 is as
follows: Congress (I) Party 260, BJP 117, CPI/M 36, Janata Dal Party 24,
Samta Party 14, CPI 14, AIADMK 12, Janata Dal (Ajit) 7, Telugu Desam 7, RSP
4, Janata Dal (Ex-Ajit) 3, Samajwadi Party 3, BSP 3, AIFB 3, Shiv Sena 2,
Congress (S) Party 1, Kerala Congress (Mani faction) 1, Bihar Peoples Party
1, India National League 1, other 14, vacant 16
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Political parties and leaders:
Congress (I) Party, P. V. Narasimha RAO, president; Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP), L.K. ADVANI; Janata Dal Party, S.R. BOMMAI; Janata Dal (Ajit), Ajit
SINGH; Janata Dal (Ex-Ajit), leader NA; Communist Party of India/Marxist
(CPI/M), Harkishan Singh SURJEET; Communist Party of India (CPI), Indrajit
GUPTA; Telugu Desam (a regional party in Andhra Pradesh), N. T. Rama RAO;
All-India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazagham (AIADMK; a regional party in Tamil
Nadu), Jayaram JAYALALITHA; Samajwadi Party (SP), Mulayam Singh YADAV
(President), Om Prakash CHAUTALA, Devi LAL; Shiv Sena, Bal THACKERAY;
Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP), Tridip CHOWDHURY; Bahujan Samaj Party
(BSP), Kanshi RAM; Congress (S) Party, leader NA; Communist Party of
India/Marxist-Leninist (CPI/ML), Vinod MISHRA; Dravida Munnetra Kazagham (a
regional party in Tamil Nadu), M. KARUNANIDHI; Akali Dal factions
representing Sikh religious community in the Punjab; National Conference
(NC; a regional party in Jammu and Kashmir), Farooq ABDULLAH; Bihar Peoples
Party, Lovely ANAND; Samta Party (formerly Janata Dal members), Natish
KUMAR; Indian National League, Suliaman SAIT; Kerala Congress (Mani
faction), K.M. MANI; All India Forward Bloc (AIFB), Prem Dutta PALIWAL
(Chairman), Chitta BASU (General Secretary)
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Other political or pressure groups:
various separatist groups seeking greater communal and/or regional autonomy;
numerous religious or militant/chauvinistic organizations, including Adam
Sena, Ananda Marg, Vishwa Hindu Parishad, and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
AfDB, AG (observer), AsDB, C, CCC, CP, ESCAP, FAO, G- 6, G-15, G-19, G-24,
G-77, GATT, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO,
IMF, IMO, INMARSAT, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, IOM (observer), ISO, ITU, NAM,
OAS (observer), PCA, SAARC, UN, UNAVEM II, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNIKOM,
UNITAR, UNOMIL, UNOMOZ, UNOSOM, UNU, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
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Diplomatic representation in US:
Ambassador Siddhartha Shankar RAY
2107 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008
Chicago, New York, and San Francisco
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US diplomatic representation:
Ambassador Frank G. WISNER
Shanti Path, Chanakyapuri 110021, New Delhi
use embassy street address
three equal horizontal bands of orange (top), white, and green with a blue
chakra (24-spoked wheel) centered in the white band; similar to the flag of
Niger, which has a small orange disk centered in the white band
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