English enjoys associate status but is the most important
language for national, political, and commercial communication; Hindi is the
national language and primary tongue of 30% of the people; there are 14 other
official languages: Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Urdu, Gujarati, Malayalam,
Kannada, Oriya, Punjabi, Assamese, Kashmiri, Sindhi, and Sanskrit.
When are the Public Holidays in India?
Republic Day, 26 January (1950).
What is the flag of India?
three equal horizontal bands of saffron (subdued orange) (top),
white, and green with a blue chakra (24-spoked wheel) centred in the white band;
similar to the flag of Niger, which has a small orange disk centred in the white
band.
