Article left in Indian state or country (6)
I believe the answer is:
angola
'country' is the definition.
(Angola is an example)
'article left in indian state' is the wordplay.
'article' becomes 'an' (indefinite article).
'left' becomes 'l' (common abbreviation).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'indian state' becomes 'goa' (I've seen this before).
'l' put into 'goa' is 'gola'.
'an'+'gola'='ANGOLA'
'or' is the link.
(Other definitions for angola that I've seen before include "SW African republic, capital Luanda" , "SW African state" , "West African country" , "South-west African country, capital Luanda" , "Luanda is its capital city" .)