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Featured articleIndia is a featured article; it (or a previous version of it) has been identified as one of the best articles produced by the Wikipedia community. Even so, if you can update or improve it, please do so.
Main Page trophyThis article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page as Today's featured article on December 3, 2004, and on October 2, 2019.
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On this day... Facts from this article were featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "On this day..." column on August 15, 2004, August 15, 2005, August 15, 2011, and November 26, 2012.
Current status: Featured article


Bringing the article back to FA standard

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I have just read user:SandyGeorgia's caution in Talk:India/Archive_58#WP:FARGIVEN of late November 2023. I have also noticed that nothing much has happened in its wake, for no fault of anyone but my own.

Although my heart is not in this article any more, I have had such a long history here that I feel a certain amount of responsibility for not letting it go to dogs.

I won't formally begin an FAR process just yet, but I will improve it so the FAR itself is not fraught with people pointing out the very obvious things we all know we should have done. Please bear with me. Fowler&fowler«Talk» 15:22, 17 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  • I have reduced the lead from 751 words to 656. I don't think it can be reduced much further, unless one wants self-satisfied descriptions in blue-linked simple sentences like other country articles, including FAs. India's ancient history alone has a longer span than the histories of many nations. Fowler&fowler«Talk» 17:48, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
*:@Fowler&fowler Everything which had a little positive thing about India and Hinduism, you removed all in last many edits very cleverly without any discussion. Looks like you owns the India page that how it should be presented to the world. You removed Rigveda, Spiritual teaching, ISRO mention without discussion. Itsjustme555 (talk) 14:53, 19 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • While the length is what it is, the more it could be pared back, the more that could be said about the current country. SandyGeorgia mentioned a need throughout to shift to sub-articles, there do seem to be obvious options. We probably don't need the specific list of endangered species here for example, but it's not on the subarticle. Might put duplicating biodiversity down on my to-do list. CMD (talk) 15:57, 19 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
*:@Chipmunkdavis Even India's involvement in G20, Brics, QUAD etc is not mentioned in lead. Lead is completely not up.to the bar as per India's importance to the world right now. Itsjustme555 (talk) 16:03, 19 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Possibly those are examples of information on the current country, although we'd have to get those into the body first. CMD (talk) 16:08, 19 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • :::@Chipmunkdavis Evaluation of India page lead is much much needed. Itsjustme555 (talk) 16:11, 19 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    This is the version of the article that appeared on the Wikipedia front page on Gandhi's 150th anniversary on 2nd October 2019, after a two month discussion on the talk page which was both commented on and overseen by dozens of editors, including administrators. The list of G20, etc, passing associations of the moment, have never been a part of the lead of this page Fowler&fowler«Talk» 11:42, 20 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Britannica, for example, makes no mention of G20, or the rest of the fluff, in its article on India, last updated a few days ago. Fowler&fowler«Talk» 11:44, 20 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    The endangered species in the Biodiversity section have been a part of the article since 2007. I doubt they can be removed. Fowler&fowler«Talk» 11:31, 20 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    I do not feel the individual species and the occasional longer explanation, for the endangered and the extinct species, significantly contributes to reader understanding of India. The broader statistics, description of human encroachment, and government initiatives provide a succinct overview. CMD (talk) 12:58, 20 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    The article section is about biodiversity, not Homo sapiens-managed biodiversity, and especially not elected government advertised biodiversity. Fowler&fowler«Talk» 13:14, 20 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to Wikipedia Itsjustme555 (talk · contribs)! I have pared the lead down a little. user:Moxy had suggested a 400-word limit somewhere. It is 650 now. Next, I will revise the history subsections and look for higher-level descriptions of the two history paragraphs. Fowler&fowler«Talk»

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 31 January 2025

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India's cricket team is worse than Pakistan's cricket team for they have lost in more games than Pakistan has. Alk2336 (talk) 00:50, 31 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 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. Remsense ‥  00:52, 31 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

National Anthem

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Is the anthem really in Hindi or in Sadhu bhasha? Shubhsamant09 (talk) 21:45, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The original Jana Gana Mana was in Sadhu bhasha, but the version that became the national anthem is a Hindified version. Basically the one Tagore recited isn't the same. Pur 0 0 (talk) 08:45, 10 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Shubhsamant09 and Pur 0 0: The words of India's national anthem are exactly the ones Tagore had written. So what does the "Hindi" version mean? The decision to call it the "Hindi version" was made in the freewheeling Constituent Assembly (India) debates, chaired by Rajendra Prasad, most likely in the second half of 1949. I have thought about this over the years. There was a conservative Hindi group in the Assembly, to which Prasad himself belonged, as did Purushottam Das Tandon and others. My best guess is that by "Hindi version," they meant "in the Hindi pronunciation." Thus, instead of "Jono Gono Mono," the anthem was to be pronounced "Jun Gun Mun." That is how it has remained, how most Indian citizens sing it, most unaware of the meanings behind the word (except the geographical names, of course). However, because the Assembly debates were summarized in the words "Hindi version," that is how we summarize it on Wikipedia. Fowler&fowler«Talk» 11:12, 10 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Please see Hindi Day Fowler&fowler«Talk» 11:13, 10 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Here is a version sung by Rabindranath Tagore himself.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7c6zqn4L8g
I do not find any difference. Shubhsamant09 (talk) 23:08, 10 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

National wall memorial, 4 concentric circles

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First circle is Amar chakra: the oblique with eternal flame symbolises a mortality of the spirit of the soldier with an assurance that the nation will never forgot their sacrifice Veerta chakra: a covered gallery that exhibits the valiant x of the armed forces during operations represented through bronze murals there are 6 murals tyag chakra: names of soldiers homemade the supreme sacrifices inscribed in golden letters on granite tablets arranged in a circular pattern with symbolises the ancient war formation chakravyu there are 29000 tablets and 26000 names of fallen soldiers Raksha chakra : role of dense trees in the Raksha chakra assurance to the citizens to the country about their safety against any thread which each tree representing many soldiers who got territorial integrity of the nation around the clock. 2405:201:2000:BC11:51BB:990D:DDA2:B0AC (talk) 10:34, 10 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You should add The 360 degree view of four concentric circles of national war memorial as it is the tribute to the soldiers of our country of our brave soldiers who sacrifice life forever peace please take action according to it 2405:201:2000:BC11:51BB:990D:DDA2:B0AC (talk) 10:35, 10 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your post. I understand the national sentiment, but Wikipedia is beholden only to the reliable sources, and for a broad-scale and vital featured article such as this only to the scholarly sources of due weight.
Mostly, these are introductory text books used in colleges and sometimes graduate schools worldwide. Please see WP:TERTIARY for their role in neutrality matters. Unfortunately, in these sources, the modern war memorials have as yet not acquired the notability (both historically and architecturally) that the old ones have, such as what used to be called War Memorial Arch, which commemorated the nearly 75,000 Indian soldiers who died in World War I. Fowler&fowler«Talk» 10:59, 10 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question about national anthems

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How come all the national anthems on Wikipedia have no lyrics only the music? CodeMiner11 (talk) 05:45, 19 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

If I had to guess, the reason is probably consistency. Some countries' anthems don't have lyrics. Some, like India, have lyrics in dozens and dozens of languages. The straightforward choice then is just to have the instrumentals. Yue🌙 06:23, 19 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 19 February 2025

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chief justice - sanjiv khanna 2409:408A:381:286A:8AD2:F1FD:FBC9:55AE (talk) 08:44, 19 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 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. Annh07 (talk) 08:47, 19 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 24 February 2025

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I want to add my country's vice president and chief justice name in the page so give me that permission. RoniPDas (talk) 15:56, 24 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: this is not the right page to request additional user rights. You may reopen this request with the specific changes to be made and someone may add them for you. Annh07 (talk) 16:02, 24 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
so sir where I can made the changes RoniPDas (talk) 16:09, 24 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
You can make another edit request with specific changes. Hacked (Talk|Contribs) 16:45, 24 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
but how?? With the same method that I had previously done?? RoniPDas (talk) 04:50, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
FYI - see the SPI at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Pritam kumar roni das, this is the latest sock of Pritam kumar roni das. Ravensfire (talk) 15:02, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

FAQ on VP and CJ

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Thoughts on adding the reason for exclusion of Vice President and Chief Justice infobox, as a FAQ item on the top of the talk page? We get that request once or twice a month. — Benison (Beni · talk) 18:35, 24 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Image for Template:History of India

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Pls see Template talk:History of India#Lead image. Moxy🍁 23:01, 24 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 25 February 2025

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I want to add my country's vice president and our chief justice name on the article and also our house speaker name. As an Indian i want to add my leader name on the page so please give me that permission. RoniPDas (talk) 08:22, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: See your previous requests last year [1] by one of your previous socks (now blocked, of course) for this. SPI already filed, will be adding this as useful evidence. Ravensfire (talk) 14:58, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
so I don't have any rights on editing. RoniPDas (talk) 15:33, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]