

Secretariat support for India Countering violent extremism Commonwealth Youth Index: 34 out of 49 countries.Joined Commonwealth: 1947, following independence from Britain.In the north, it borders countries including Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh and China. Its diverse geography includes a plateau region to the south, flat-to-rolling plains along the Ganges river, and the Himalayan mountain range to the north.

India mainly sits on a vast peninsula in Southern Asia, surrounded by the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal.
