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'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''', more formally known as the '''Republic of India''', is the world's most populous nation with an estimated population numbering 1 billion, 428 million inhabitants. | '''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''', more formally known as the '''Republic of India''', is the world's most populous nation with an estimated population numbering 1 billion, 428 million inhabitants. | ||
==Religious matters== | ==Religious matters== | ||
India has a long and rich religious history. Four major religions — Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism, and Sikhism — originated in India. Others, including Christianity, | India has a long and rich religious history. Four major religions — Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism, and Sikhism — originated in India. Others, including Christianity, Zoroastrianism, and Islamism, have been imported. | ||
Islamism has not co-existed well with the other religions because of its aggressive manner of pushing Islam on non-Muslims by such tactics as forced circumcision.<ref>{{URLwikipedia|Forced_circumcision|Forced circumcision}}</ref> | |||
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