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India achieved independence on August 15, 1947. This is significant because it has brought on a time of change in India. It started out as more of a socialistic society and has slowly progressed to a more democratic society. India still faces many problems with class struggles, poverty, and political issues. These have affected the ICT landscape immensely.
 (Provided by CIA Factbook)
Here are some key statistics regarding the Indian subcontinent:
Location: Southern Asia
Population: 1,080,264,388 (July 2005 est.)
Languages: Hindi is the national language, but there are over 14 other official languages: Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Urdu, Gujarati, Malayalam, Kannada, Oriya, Punjabi, Assamese, Kashmiri, Sindhi, and Sanskrit.
Literacy Rate: 59.5% (2003 est.)
Capital: New Delhi
GDP (purchasing power parity): 3.678 Trillion (2005 est.)
GDP real growth rate: 7.1% (2005 est.)
GDP per capita: $3,400 (2005 est.)
Labor Force: 496.4 Million (2005 est.)
Unemployment Rate: 9% (2005 est.)
Population below poverty line: 25% (2002 est.)
Telephone lines in use: 48.917 million (2003)
Cellular lines in use: 26,154,400 (2003)
Internet country code: .in
Internet hosts: 86,871 (2003)
Internet users: 18.481 million (2003)
Information provided by CIA - The World Factbook(1).
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