Official – Bharat Ganarajya (Hindi)
Official – Republic of India (English)
Other – India, Bharat, Hindustan
Citizens – Indians, Bharatwasi or Hindustani
Capital – New Delhi
Languages – Hindi & English (associate official)Other languages recognized as being national languages: Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, Gujarati, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Maithili, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Oriya, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Santali, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu
Other languages with over 5 million speakers (but no official status) are Awadhi, Bhojpuri, Bundeli, Chhattisgarhi, Haryanvi, Kanauji, Magahi, Marwari
Over 2000 dialects have also been identified.
Radio – All India Radio: http://allindiaradio.org/
Why English? – Ruled by Great Britain for a century and a half, indirect rule prior to that.