India is a state.
India , officially the Republic of India -LRB- Bhrat Gaarjya '' -RRB- , is a country in South Asia .	Republic	Republic	South Asia	South Asia
A country may be an independent sovereign state or one that is occupied by another state , as a non-sovereign or formerly sovereign political division , or a geographic region associated with sets of previously independent or differently associated people with distinct political characteristics .	sovereign state	sovereign state	sovereign	sovereignty	political division	political division	people	nation
