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India (Hindi and Marathi: भारत; Urdu: ہندوستان; Bengali: ভারত; Punjabi: ਭਾਰਤ; Gujarati: ભારત; Kannada: ಭಾರತ; Tamil: இந்தியா; Telugu: భారతదేశం Bhāratadēśaṁ; Malayalam: ഇന്ത്യ), officially the Republic of India (Hindi: भारत गणराज्य; Urdu: جمہوریہ ہندوستان; Bengali: ভারতীয় প্রজাতন্ত্র; Punjabi: ਭਾਰਤ ਗਣਰਾਜ; Gujarati: ભારતીય ગણતંત્ર; Kannada: ಭಾರತ ಗಣರಾಜ್ಯ; Tamil: இந்தியக் குடியரசு; Telugu: భారత గణతంత్ర రాజ్యము; Malayalam: ഭാരതമഹാരാജ്യം), is a country in South Asia and is the second-most populous country in the world, with a population of 1,324,000,000, and is where Kwik-E-Mart owner Apu was born.
History[]
The Kwik-E-Mart headquarters is located on the Himalayas and Apu and Homer travel there to get Apu's job back.[1]
Moe rescues people from a natural disaster here and in other countries.[2]
During a flashback Apu and Manjula's parents arrange for them to get married when they become adults.[3]
The country's borders with: Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, China and Myanmar. The Springfield Nuclear Power Plant was temporarily outsourced to India and Homer becomes a supervisor for the Plant. There, he meets a relative of Apu.[4]
There are more than 23 recognised regional languages in India, and the country became independent from the United Kingdom as a doninion on 15 August 1947, before declaring itself a republic on 26 January 1950. The largest city in India is Mumbai (formerly known as Bombay) with a population of 12,400,000. The current Prime Minister is Narendra Modi, who is head of government and has served since 26 May 2014. The current President, is Ram Nath Kovind, who is head of state, and has served since 25 July 2017.
Krusty the Clown remarked that India nuked Pakistan.[5]
To rescue a cow Bart raised, Apu shipped the cow by air to India since cows are sacred animals in the country.[6]
Noah builds the Taj Mahal model.[7]
Apu revealed he attended the Mumbai Institute of Tantric Sex where he was recruited by a card-counting ring. He won enough money to buy fake SAT scores which he used to attend the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In turn, he failed every class and was kicked out and had to move to Springfield.[8]
Appearances[]
Episode – "Dead Putting Society" (mentioned)- Episode – "Homer and Apu"
Episode – "Lisa's Rival" (mentioned)- Episode – "The Homer They Fall"
- Episode – "My Sister, My Sitter"
- Episode – "The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons"
- Episode – "Bart to the Future" (mentioned)
- Episode – "Jaws Wired Shut" (mentioned)
- Episode – "Kiss Kiss Bang Bangalore"
- Episode – "Apocalypse Cow" (mentioned)
- Episode – "Father Knows Worst" (Taj Mahal model)
- Episode – "Sky Police" (flashback)