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Article has too many pics and placed as a Gallery. This is not standard practice in any country i have ever seen on Wikiedpia. It is quite distracting. Most of those pics should to be moved to the side

Rather than including an image gallery on an article, which could add significantly to the download size, consider creating a gallery/category on the Wikimedia Commons instead.

Generally, a gallery or cluster of images should not be added so long as there is space for images to be effectively presented adjacent to text.

Articles consisting entirely or primarily of galleries are discouraged

Wikipedia is not an image repository. WP:GALLERY

Cinaroot (talk) 01:37, 14 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sports section has two para and 6 pics. This is totally undue. It should has almost 1 pic. See MOS:IMAGEREL too many can be distracting or cause undue weight Cinaroot (talk) 01:40, 14 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

And i think - there are other policies this article might be violating. But lets start with these Cinaroot (talk) 01:54, 14 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Please add this sentence copied from the article about Maratha Empire to this article, after the Mughals are mentioned and before the British are mentioned in the lead and body: Shivaji's monarchy, referred to as the Maratha Kingdom,[22] expanded into a large realm in the 18th century under the leadership of Peshwa Bajirao I. Marathas from the time of Shahu I recognised the Mughal emperor as their nominal suzerain, similar to other contemporary Indian entities, though in practice, Mughal politics were largely controlled by the Marathas between 1737 and 1803.[b][23][24][c][26][27][d] ~2025-41329-60 (talk) 15:01, 17 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not done for now: Haven't looked at the body, but if that's what would fit there then it is certainly too detailed for the lead. CMD (talk) 15:18, 17 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I am unrelated to the above requested but I also request that you people at least add this: "Marathas from the time of Shahu I recognised the Mughal emperor as their nominal suzerain, similar to other contemporary Indian entities, though in practice, Mughal politics were largely controlled by the Marathas between 1737 and 1803.[b][23][24][c][26][27][d]" along with the sources copied from the Maratha Empire article.-~2025-42900-99 (talk) 06:08, 25 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Marathas are acknowledged in the sentences in the early modern history section :

Newly coherent social groups in northern and western India, such as the Marathas, the Rajputs, and the Sikhs, gained military and governing ambitions during Mughal rule, which, through collaboration or adversity, gave them both recognition and military experience. Expanding commerce during Mughal rule gave rise to new Indian commercial and political elites along the coasts of southern and eastern India. As the empire disintegrated, many among these elites were able to seek and control their own affairs.

I am in the process of updating the sources, but this conclusion does not seem to have been affected thus far. Fowler&fowler«Talk» 14:44, 25 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

India’s national anthem is written in Bengali, not Hindi. Please correct this. For reference, cf. the Wikipedia page of “Jana Gana Mana”. ~2025-44069-84 (talk) 04:27, 31 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: See note a in the article. Although the composition was originally written in Bengali, it was adopted as the national anthem in its Hindi translation. Day Creature (talk) 18:47, 31 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

There are 22 official languages in India, not just Hindi and English. ~2026-28888 (talk) 11:01, 2 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

• Which can be seen by clicking the "show" button in the infobox. Black Kite (talk) 11:03, 2 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

can we add a hyperlink to myanmar, when it mentions that india's andaman and nicobar island shares a maritime border with it. thanks:) Aaravjuneja4 (talk) 03:41, 17 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done Myanmar is already linked earlier in the lead, precisely in the previous sentence. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 08:02, 17 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]