On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Look up Indian, Indián, or indián indian lentil dish Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Look up Indians in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. This article is about Indian people from India. For the ethno-religious Indian Christian group also referred to as East Indian, see East Indians. Indians or Indian people are the citizens and nationals of India. In 2022, the population of India stood at over 1. 4 billion people, making it the world’s second-most populous country, containing 17.

The name Bhārata has been used as a self-ascribed name by people of the Indian subcontinent and the Republic of India since 1949. The designation “Bhārata” appears in the official Sanskrit name of the country, Bhārata Gaṇarājya. Indos, “an Indian”, from Old Persian Hinduš and medieval term Hindustani. The name is derived ultimately from Sindhu, the Sanskrit name of the river Indus, but also meaning “river” generically.