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AZUZ: Which of these nations borders the Bay of Bengal: India, Pakistan, Thailand or Vietnam? Bengal used to be a provenance of India, and the Bay of Bengal is on the country's east coast.

The South Asian country of India has begun the process of holding a national election. But its' not something that can be done in a day. Even though India's about a third the size of the United States, its population is almost four times bigger. And the results of that election that started on Thursday aren't expected until late May.

To keep elections fair and safe, polling is done in seven phases around different regions of India, so not every part of the country votes at once.

And though the political party of the nation's current leader won a landslide victory in 2014, incumbent Prime Minister Narendra Modi may be facing a closer contest this time around. The challenges faced by farmers, unemployment among young workers, tensions with neighboring Pakistan, all of these are issues in this election.