FACTS ABOUT INDIA
AMAZING FACTS ABOUT INDIA
1.
The name ‘India’ is derived from the
river Indus. It is a valley around which people settled in earlier times.
2.
India is the world’s oldest, largest and
continuous civilization – the Indus Valley civilization.
3.
India is also one of the largest
democracies in the world.
4.
India has the largest postal system in
the world with more than 150,000 post offices, which is thrice the size of that
of China.
5.
India has more than 300,000 active
mosques. This outnumbers any other country in the world, even the Muslim
countries.
6.
The second largest pool of engineers and
scientists is from India.
7.
India is the second largest English
speaking country in the world – 125,226,449 numbers of English speakers.
8.
Indian railway employs more than a
million people, making it the largest employers in the world.
9.
India is the 7th largest country in the
world and the largest democracy.
10.
The city Montessori School, in Lucknow,
is the world’s largest school in terms of students with over 45,000 inductees.
11.
India is the world’s largest milk
producer, with 16 percent of global production, followed by the United States
of America, China, Pakistan, and Brazil.
12.
India leads the world with the largest
number of films.
13.
Over 4700 daily newspapers in more than
300 languages are produced in India.
14.
The largest wholesale spice market of
Asia is in India – New Delhi.
15.
India’s road network is the world’s
second largest with 4,865,000 km of roads constructed.
16.
Mahatma Gandhi is known as The Father of
the Nation.
17.
Chess was invented in India.
18.
The highest award in the country is
Bharat Ratna.
19.
Apart from U.S. and Japan, only India
has built a supercomputer indigenously.
20.
Yoga originated from India and is still
in existence for over 5000 years.
21.
Calculus, Trigonometry, and Algebra
originated in India.
22.
Snakes and ladders – the game, was invented
in India in the 13th century by a poet
saint Gyandev.
23.
90 countries from all over the world buy
software from India.
24. Takshila, the first ever university in
the world started around 700 BC in India.
25.
India is the place of origin of Buddhism
and Jainism.
26.
In the August of 1982, ‘the highest
bridge in the world’ – the Baily Bridge, was built by Indian Army.
27.
More than 54 crore people voted in 2014
general elections. This is more than the entire population of the U.S., U.K.,
Japan, and Australia combined.
28.
Before the 18th century, India was one
of the richest countries in the world.
29.
India has the biggest population of
vegetarians in the world.
30.
India is the world’s largest importer of
arms.
31.
India has never hosted the Olympic
Games.
32.
Indian Lotus is its national flower.
33.
The first mining of diamonds was done in
India.
34.
The Taj Mahal, one of the Seven Wonders
of the World, is in India.
35.
You would be amazed to know that the
concept of shampoo was first invented in India when herbs were used for
strengthening hair.
36.
India is the largest gold buyer in the
world.
37.
Cricket is India’s most popular sport
while field hockey is its national sport.
38.
It is illegal to carry Indian currency,
Rupee, outside of India.
39.
While tea is the most popular beverage
in India, the country is also its largest producer in the world.
40.
India Imports:
crude
oil, precious stones, machinery, chemicals, fertilizer, plastics, iron and
steel.
41.
India Exports: petroleum
products, precious stones, vehicles, machinery, iron and steel, chemicals,
pharmaceutical products, cereals, apparel
42.
The total population of India is 1,326,572,000.
43.
India shares a border with China,
Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, and Bangladesh.
44.
The internet country code for India is .in.
45.
The Indian rupee (INR) is
the official currency of India.
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