Atlas of India

India
India with states, union territories and their capitals shown.
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The Bahá’í Faith has been established in India almost since the founding of the religion in 1844. An important early follower of Bahá’u’lláh, Jamal Effendi, arrived in India in 1872 to promulgate the Faith. Today, following a period of growth beginning around the 1960s, Indian Bahá’ís number perhaps some 22 lakh members (2.2 million), making it the largest national contingent of Bahá’ís in the world.

However, the Bahá’í Faith in India has a visibility even exceeding its numbers, thanks to the famous 'Lotus Temple', a major New Delhi landmark that attracts an average of four million visitors per year (around 13,000 each day). Much praised for its striking and graceful architecture, this is currently the sole House of Worship for the Asian continent. The Lotus Temple attracts tens of thousands of worshippers on Hindu holy days.

The National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of India is the organizational body for the Bahá’í Faith, and is headquartered in New Delhi.

National Assembly: India
Official Website: http://www.bahai.in/
Statistics
Population: 1,324,171,354
Bahá’í pop.: 2,200,000
History
First pioneers: Jamal Effendi, 1872
Hájí Sayyid Mírzá
Sayyid Muhammad
First National Assembly: 1923

Regions of India

India contains a total of 36 administrative divisions, including 28 states and 8 union territories. These divisions can be divided into six general regions: Northern, Central, Eastern, North-eastern, Western, and Southern. The status of some territories is disputed.

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  Regions of India.
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  Northern: Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir (disputed), Punjab, Rajasthan.
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  Central: Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Uttar Pradesh.
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  Eastern: Bihar, Jharkand, Orissa, West Bengal; includes the Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
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  North-eastern: Arunachal Pradesh (disputed), Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura.
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  Western: Goa, Gujarat, Maharashtra.
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  Southern: Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu; includes the Lakshadweep Islands.

Notes and references

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