100 Interesting Facts About India

100 Interesting Facts About India

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3. Interesting Facts India is abundantly rich with culture, history, talent, personality, and charisma. It has broken multiple world records, made cinematic history, and has some of the best food 00

4. The population of India is 1.3 billion Second, only China. To be precise, the population of India accounts for a 1/6th of the population worldwide. Yet, India only occupies approximately 2.4% of the world’s land area. 01

5. India is predicted to pass China’s population by 2028 02

6. India is the 7th largest country and the largest democracy in the world India’s area is 3.1 million square kilometers (Excluding Kashmir). India is also the largest democracy and has the sixth largest economy in the world. 03

7. 20 different official languages spoken in different parts of India 04 The Constitution of India now recognizes 23 languages. English plus 22 Indian languages: Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Maithili, Malayalam, Meitei, Marathi, Nepali, Oriya, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Santhali , Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu.

8. The name ‘India’ is derived from Indus The name India was indeed derived from Indus, which is actually further derived from Sindhu. Early civilizations first settled in the valley around Indus.. 05

9. The Guinness Book Of World Records - India has the 3rd highest number of record applications 06

10. India is the only country that has a bill of rights for cows Cows are believed to be holy in Hinduism. As such, in 2017 a Cow Protection Bill was introduced, preventing the sale and slaughter of cows. 07

11. India has the largest number of vegetarians in the world 38% of India’s population is vegetarian. Not following India closely at all is Israel, with 13% of its population being vegetarian. 08

12. India has the largest postal network in the world With 1,54,866 post offices, each of which individually serves over 7,000 people Nearly 89% of all these post offices are in rural areas. 09

13. India has the largest film industry in the world 10

14. India has the second largest active army. After the China US -3rd Rank 11

15. The gathering of Kumbh Mela is so large that is visible from the space 12 Indeed, over 75 million people gather at a sacred location on the Ganges River, 15 km from Allahabad, for more than a month of bathing rituals. The Kumbh Mela is held every 12 years. In 2011, this religious gathering was so huge that it was indeed visible from space through a satellite.

16. Mawsynram receives the highest recorded average rainfall in the world Located on the Kashi Hills in Meghalaya, and known as the wettest village, Mawsynram gets about 11,873 millimeters of rain owing to its proximity to the Bay of Bengal. 13

17. India is the second largest English-speaking country in the world (125 million speakers) Yes everyone, over 125 million people in India speak English, and this is second only to the United States. This statistic is expected to quadruple in the next decade. 14

18. India has 300,000 active mosques India happens to have the greatest number of mosques in the world. A few famous ones you might have heard of are, Jama Masjid(New Delhi), Mecca Masjid (Hyderabad), Taj-Ul-Masjid (Bhopal). 15

19. We owe India the decimal number system and the number zero Astronomer and mathematician, Aryabhata, devised a number system that included absolute zero. While he did not invent the number zero itself, the knowledge of zero was implicit in Aryabhata’s place-value system as a place holder for the powers of ten with null coefficients. 16

20. First Rocket made in India was Transported by a Cycle In 1963, ISRO launched its first rocket from a church in Thumba, on the outskirts of modern-day Trivandrum. This rocket was small enough to be transported on a bicycle. The launching pad later came to be known as Vikram Sarabhai Space Center (VSSC). 17

21. Shampoo was invented in India Not commercial liquid ones, but the method by use of herbs. The word shampoo comes from the Sanskrit word Champu, which means ‘to massage’ 18

22. Switzerland celebrates science day on the 26th of May, honouring Abdul Kalam Indeed, the whole day is set aside in honour of APJ Abdul Kalam, who studied physics and aerospace engineering. He was also called “The missile man” because of his development of ballistic missiles. 19

23. Chess was invented in India before the 6th century AD The original word for “chess” is the Sanskrit chaturanga, which means “four members of an army.” This is probably in reference to four chess pieces, elephants, horses, chariots and foot soldiers. 20

24. India is the world’s largest milk producer, with over 21% of global production 21

25. India’s road network is the second largest with 4.8 million miles of roads constructed 22

26. The Highest Cricket Ground in the World, at a level of 2,144 meters above sea level in Chail , Himachal Pradesh. 23

27. the first satellite of India 24

28. Indian railways employ more than a million people 25

29. The Himalayas Peaks 26

30. The world’s highest rail bridge is in Jammu Kashmir, India (1,178 feet over the river Chenab) 27

31. USB was developed by an Indian-American computer architect (AjayBhatt) 28

32. Bandra-Worli sea link (Mumbai) has steel wires equal to Earth’s circumference 29

33. The Indian national “Kabaddi” team has won all World Cups 30

34. Indian millionaires count to grow 63% over next 5 years. Source: EconomicTimes.IndiaTimes.com | DT: Feb 24, 2021 31 https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/indicators/indian-millionaires-count-to-grow-63-over-next-five-years-report/articleshow/81188222.cms

35. Ganga is the longest river in India, length of 2525 km 32

36. Calculus and Trigonometry came from India 33

37. India has been the 5th largest troop contributor to the United Nations Peacekeeping Missions 34

38. Over 4700 daily newspapers in more than 300 languages are produced in India. 35

39. The largest wholesale spice market of Asia is in India – Khari Baoli, New Delhi. 36

40. India has a spa just for elephants, located in Kerala 37

41. 38 Kanchenjunga is the highest mountain peak Altitude - 8,586 meters

42. The Number of People Travelling in the Indian Railways Every Day is Equal to the Population of Australia 39

43. India has a mysterious anti-gravity hill, in Ladakh, called Magnetic Hill 40

44. Most historians agree that the first recorded account of plastic surgery is found in ancient Indian Sanskrit texts 41

45. Samosas, the much-loved Indian snack are banned in Somalia 42

46. The City Montessori School in Lucknow is the world’s largest school 43 number of students- 9,437 students and 2,500 teachers – YR 2011

47. The human calculator, Shakuntla Devi, was given this title after she demonstrated the calculation of two 13 digit numbers: 7,686,369,774,870 × 2,465,099,745,779, picked at random. She answered correctly within 28 seconds 44

48. Yoga 45

49. Despite budgetary constraints, India’s space program is one of the top 5 space programs in the world 46

50. Actor Ben Kingsley’s birth name is Krishna Pandit Bhanji and he is of Indian descent 47

51. The Indian culture is one of the oldest in the world, going back to about 4,500 years 48

52. Rabindranath Tagore also wrote the national anthem for Bangladesh 49

53. Dhyan Chand was offered German citizenship- After defeating Germany 8-1 in the 1936 Berlin Olympics Major Dhyan Chand, the wizard of hockey, was summoned by Hitler 50

54. Only for India, KFC had to introduce a “vegetarian” menu 51

55. Snakes and ladders – the game, was invented in India in the 13th century by a poet saint Gyandev 52

56. Freddie Mercury was of Indian descent 53

57. Golden Temple Amritsar 54

58. The World’s First Granite Temple is the Brihadeswara Temple at Tanjavur, Tamil Nadu. 55

59. India was once the hub of Buddhism and emperor Ashoka helped spread it around the world 56

60. Astronaut Rakesh Sharma said India looks saare jahaan se achcha from space 57

61. India has most no of cattle's 58

62. India EXPORTS software TO > 90 countries 59

63. The river dolphins of the Ganges is the national aquatic animal of India. 60

64. The Himalayan blue sheep is found only in India 61

65. More than $6 million is donated to the Vishnu temple in the city of Tirupathi. It was built in the 10th century 62

66. The Pentium Chip was invented by an Indian 63 Vinod Dham is an Indian-American engineer. He is known as 'Father of the Pentium Chip

67. India is home to around 1300 species of beautiful birds 64

68. World’s First Hospital Train – the Lifeline Express a.k.a the Jeevan Rekha Express is the world’s first hospital train taking its services ranging from surgeries to cancer treatment to remote villages.

69. The world’s first university was established in Takshila in 700 BC. More than 10,500 students from all over the world studied more than 60 subjects. 66

70. Diamonds were first mined in India 67

71. Benaras, now known as Varanasi is the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world. Buddha had also visited it 68

72. A special polling station is set up for a lone voter in the middle of Gir Forest 69

73. Banjaran was the first folk album of India that contained folk songs from Gujrat and Rajasthan 70

74. The veena is a beautiful instrument that was first made in India 71

75. The Ladybirds was the first India band that only had women 72

76. Gandharva Mahavidyalaya was the first music school in India The tabla musical instrument was made first in India. 73

77. Ganesh Chaturthi is held in reverence of Lord Ganesha and is a popular festival throughout India 74

78. Karwa Chauth is a festival that Hindu women celebrate, where they pray for their husbands’ longevity 75

79. basmati rice 76

80. Dum biryani was originally a money-saving dish that was engineered by the Nawab of Awadh to feed the poor 77

81. the Indian pharmaceutical industry is the world’s second-largest after China By volume of pills produced 78

82. 100 of the Fortune 500 companies have R&D facilities in India 79

83. 3+ million people of Indian origin live in the U.S 80

84. India sends large students to U.S. colleges. 81

85. The Bombay stock exchange(BSE) lists In Top 10 82

86. The longest station name on the Indian Railways is VenkataNarasimharajuvariapeta 83

87. TOP 5 ECONOMY IN THE WORLD 84

88. North Sentinel Island It is home to the Sentinelese, an indigenous people in voluntary isolation who have defended, often by force, their protected isolation from the outside world 85

89. World largest tea plantation The first recorded mention of tea in the country dates back to 750 BCE 86

90. British favorite food – chicken tikka Chicken tikka masala has become one of Britain’s national dishes 87

91. Tiger only found here The Bengal tiger is India's national animal 88

92. India has the highest motorable highway in the world The Ladakh Road has an altitude of 5882 meters (19,300 feet) 90

93. Dabbawallahs  deliver a staggering amount of lunches Mumbai's foodservice network known as  dabbawallahs  delivers over 200,000 lunch boxes by bike and train from home to office daily 91

94. INDIA IS HOME TO WORLD WONDER – THE TAJ MAHAL 92

95. INDIA IS HOME TO THE FAMOUS HOLI FESTIVAL 93

96. Karni Mata temple or the “temple of rats”  Although rats are not as widely worshipped as cows in India 94

97. The town of Jaipur is home to the world’s largest sundial 90 feet tall. The sundial has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site 95

98. A Meteor formed the Breathtaking Lonar Lake in Maharashtra 96

99. spicy pepper In 2007, Guinness World Records certified that the ghost pepper was the world's hottest chili pepper, 170 times hotter than Tabasco sauce 97

100. There are 8 types of classical dance in India. Bharatnatyam, Kathakali, Kathak, Mohiniyattam , Kuchipudi, Odissi, Manipuri & Sattriya 98

101. Women in India own > 10% of the world's gold. 99

102. There is a village with no doors and locks, and zero crimes 100

103. Thank You ! God bless you.