India, officially Republic of India (Hindi Bharat), country in southern Asia and member of the Commonwealth of Nations, situated in the subcontinent of India and comprising, with Pakistan and Bangladesh, the 17 territories formerly included in British India and the native states of India (see India, Native States of). India consists geographically of the entire Indian Peninsula and portions of the Asian mainland. It is bounded on the north by Afghanistan, China, Nepal, and Bhutan; on the east by Bangladesh, Myanmar (formerly known as Burma), and the Bay of Bengal; on the south by Palk Strait and the Gulf of Mannr (which separate it from Sri Lanka) and the Indian Ocean; and on the west by the Arabian Sea and Pakistan. Including the portion of Jammu and Kashmr administered by India but disputed by Pakistan, India has an area of 3,165,596 sq km (1,222,243 sq mi). The capital of India is New Delhi, and the country’s largest city is Mumbai (formerly known as Bombay).