The incredible india

Facts of India

1) Around a 100 million years ago, India was an island.

2) India’s name is derived from the “Indus” river.

3) Indus Valley Civilisation is the world’s oldest civilisation.

4) India, hence, is the world’s oldest, most advanced and continuous civilisation.

5) India has been the largest troop contributor to the United Nations Peacekeeping Missions since its inception.

6) India has the world’s third largest active army, after China and USA.

7) The Tirupati Balaji temple and the Kashi Vishwanath Temple both, receive more visitors than the Vatican City and Mecca combined.

8) Every 12 years, a religious gathering called the Kumbh Mela occurs in India. It is the world’s largest gathering of people.

9) Varanasi is the oldest, continuously inhabited city in the world today.

10) Indian Railways employs more than 1.3 million people. That’s more than the population of many nations.

11) More than 54 crore people voted in the 2014 General Election – more people than the population of USA, UK, Australia and Japan combined.

12) India has the largest English speaking population in the world.

23) In a village called Shani Shingnapur in Maharashtra, people have been living in houses with no doors for generations. This is because they believe that whoever steals anything from this place will incur the wrath of Shani God and will have to pay for his/her sins very dearly. There is no police station in this village either.

 

14) Chess was invented in India.

15) Buttons were invented in India. Yes, your shirt’s buttons.

16) We also invented the ruler.

17) And shampoo.

18) And discovered the number zero.

19) And the value of pi. 

20) And trigonometry, algebra, calculus.

21) And cataract surgery.

22) And plastic surgery.

23) And diamond mining.

34) And water on the moon.

35) India is the largest producer of films in the world.

36) India is the largest milk producer in the world.

37) Two major religions, Buddhism and Jainism, were established in India.

38) Chail in Himachal Pradesh is the highest cricket pitch in the world. It is situated at an elevation of 2444 meters (above the sea level).

39) Today, India is the world’s third largest economy.

40) India has the largest amount of vegetarians in the world.

41) The state of Meghalaya is the wettest inhabited place of earth.

42) Martial Arts was first created in India.

43) The world’s biggest family lives in India. One man, 39 wives and 94 children.

44) India is the world’s largest importer of arms.

45) But India has never invaded or attacked a country.

We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made.Albert Einstein.