The country code for India is 91. This is the number that you dial before the local phone number when calling India from another country. For example, to call a mobile phone in Mumbai, you would dial 91 9876543210. The sign is the international dialing code, and 91 is the country code for India.The country code for India was assigned by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in the 1960s. The ITU is an international organization that coordinates telecommunications between countries. The

Ever wondered what the numbers before your phone number really mean? Like 1, 91, or 44 — who decided them, and why only America and USSR got single-digit codes? Back in the 1960s, when the world’s telephone networks were being connected, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) introduced the concept of country codes. The planet was divided into “phone zones” — North America → 1 Africa → 2 Europe → 3, 4 South America → 5 Asia Pacific → 6 USSR → 7 East Asia → 8 South Asia & Middle East → 9