Interesting Facts About India
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* Zero "0" was discovered in India only.
* India's oldest civilization is about 5000 years old, which we know by the name of Indus Valley Civilization and Harappan Culture.
* India's army is the most powerful after China and America.
* Kumbh Mela is organized every 12 years, which is the largest fair in the world.
* Tea is the national drink of India.
* India's name in English 'India' is made from the Indus river.
* Indian Railways provides employment to more than one million people of the country.
* Varanasi is the oldest city in the world.
* There are about 30000 mosques in India, which is more than any other country.
* India is at number three from the point of view of Muslim population.
* India's first rocket cycle and first satellite were brought on a bullock cart.
* The City Montessori School located in Lucknow in India is the largest school in the world.
* About 45000 children study in this school.
* Most English speaking people in the world are in India only.
Takshashila University was the first university in the world, which was started in 700 BC.
* Lonar Sarovar located in Maharashtra is the largest brackish water lake in India.
* Chess (CHESS) was invented in India only.
* Diamond mining was first started from India.
* Shempoo was also discovered in India only.
* Water on the Moon was first discovered by India.
* India is the largest milk producing country in the world.
* India has the largest number of post offices in the world.
* Buddhism and Jainism were established in India only.
* The world's highest stadium is located in Himachal Pradesh, India, which is at an altitude of 2444 m above sea level.
* India is the world's largest democracy and seventh largest country.
* India is the largest film producing country in the world.
* π was also discovered in India only.
* Sachin is called the God of Cricket, who is from India.
* The state of Meghalaya is the state which resides on the wettest part of the earth. It receives 12,000 mm [470 inches] of rain.
* Martial arts were first developed in India and were spread throughout Asia by Buddhist missionaries.
* Plastic surgery was also discovered in India only.
* The world's highest railway bridge is in Jammu, India.
* Former President of India Dr. A.P.J. Honoring Abdul Kalam, they celebrate that day every year as Science Day, because on the same day Dr. Kalam went to Switzerland.
* Today India's economy is the third largest economy in the world.
India is the world's largest importer of arms.
* India never invaded any country.
* White tigers are found only in India in the world.
* The world's largest family lives in India only. The name of the head of this family is Mr Ziona Chana and he is from Mizoram. There are a total of 100 rooms in his house. There are 39 wives, 94 children, 33 grandchildren and 14 daughters-in-law in his family.
* The world's highest road is located in India. It is in Ladakh and its height is 19,300 feet.
* India is the second most populous country in the world.
* Shakuntala Devi is the first woman in the world who used to solve the biggest problem of mathematics in a pinch and hence the world gave her the nickname Human Calculator.
* Most vegetarian people in the world live in India only.
* The world's first floating post office is in India. You will get to see this in Dal Lake of Srinagar.
* Shani Shingnapur is the only village in India in the world where there are no doors in the houses.
* India has the second largest road network in the world after USA.
* The number of people traveling by rail every day in India is equal to the population of the entire country of Australia.
* India is the only country in the world to go to Mars in the very first attempt, which has become possible because of ISRO.
* India is the world's largest spice exporting country, where about 70% of the whole world's spices are prepared.
* India is the only country in the world where voting booth is set up for only one voter and it is in the state of Gujarat.
* Most people in the world go to see the Golden Temple, so it has been kept in the list of Most Visited Place in the World.
* There is a lake in the lap of the Himalayas. Which is known as Skeleton Lake and it is 16,470 feet high. No one has been able to know till date how so many bones have come here.
* After US and Japan, India is the only place among the three countries that make supercomputers.
