India, officially the Republic of India is a country in

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, consisting of 28 states and eight union territories. All Indian states and some of the union territories have their own elected government and the union territories come under the jurisdiction of the

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. India has its own

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. Apart from the

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s, the states and union territories have adopted their own seals and symbols including birds listed below.

States

Union territories

References

{{Symbols of Indian states State Birds Indian state birds State birds

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