INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT INDIA
| India has the largest democracy in the world. |
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Indus Valley Civilisation is the world’s oldest civilisation.India, hence, is the world’s oldest, most advanced and continuous civilisation.
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The name ‘India’ is derived from the River Indus, the valleys around which were the home of the early settlers. The Aryan worshippers referred to the river Indus as the Sindhu.
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| The Persian invaders converted it into Hindu. The name ‘Hindustan’ combines Sindhu and Hindu and thus refers to the land of the Hindus |
| Algebra, Trigonometry and Calculus are studies, which originated in India. |
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The world’s highest cricket ground is in Chail, Himachal Pradesh. Built in 1893 after leveling a hilltop, this cricket pitch is 2444 meters above sea level
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| Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to mankind. The Father of Medicine, Charaka, consolidated Ayurveda 2500 years ago. |
| Varanasi is the oldest, continuously inhabited city in the world today |
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India has more mosques (300,000 mosques) than any other nation in the world and the third largest Muslim population in the world.
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| Takshila is said to be the first every university in the world; it started around 700 BC. |
| India has been the largest troop contributor to the United Nations Peacekeeping Missions since its inception |
| India exports software to 90 countries. |
| Jainism and Buddhism were founded in India in 600 B.C. and 500 B.C. respectively. |
| Jews and Christians have lived continuously in India since 200 B.C. and 52 A.D. respectively |
| Yoga originated in India some 5000 years ago |
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The first Granite Temple of the world, the Brihadeswara Temple is situated in Tamil Nadu. It was built during the 11th century, in only five years.
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| Buttons were invented in India. Yes, your shirt’s buttons. |
| And invented the ruler |
| And discovered the number zero. |
| And the value of pi. |
| And cataract surgery |
| And plastic surgery |
| And diamond mining. |
| India is the largest producer of films in the world. |
| Martial Arts was first created in India and later spread to Asia by Buddhist missionaries. |
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Today, India has the world’s largest school in terms of students, the City Montessori School in Lucknow. It has more than 45 thousand students
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| The Biggest Air Evacuation in the History of Mankind Was Done by India.
In 1990 Iraq invaded Kuwait home to almost 1,76,000 Indians, all of who had suddenly lost all their money, were homeless and scared for their lives. Back home in India, it was politically one of the most fragile times. India was in financial trouble and the VP Singh government was lacking support with the opposition trying to bring the government down. But leaving all problems aside, the Indian govt. decided to rescue its citizens.
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| India has the world’s third largest active army, after China and USA. |
| The four religions born in India – Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism, are followed by 25% of the world’s population |
| Sikhism originated in the Holy city of Amritsar in Punjab. Famous for housing the Golden Temple, the city was founded in 1577. |
| Ayurveda, the earliest school of medicine known to mankind, was started in India in 2,500 BC. |
| The maximum number of post offices in the world are in India. |
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India invented the number system. The scientist Aryabhatta invented the number ‘zero’. The place value system, the decimal system was developed in India in 100 BC.
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The world’s largest pilgrimage destination is in India. It is called the Vishnu Temple in the the city of Tirupati. Around 30,000 people visit this temple daily, donating about $6 million US dollars everyday
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| India planted nearly 50 million trees in 24 hours on Monday, July 11, 2016, a new Guinness World Record. |
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During World War 2 India produced the largest volunteer army in world history , over 2-5 million men. at least 38 Indians received the Victoria cross or George cross.
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| The village of Shani Shingnapur, India, had no doors, locks or crime for over 400 years until 2010. |
| India has more people using the internet than the entire population of the U.S. |
| India is the largest milk producer in the world. |
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Science Day in Switzerland – To honor Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, the 11th President of India, Switzerland has declared 26th May, 2005 as Science Day. On this day, Kalam was visiting Switzerland. It is known that Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam is widely popular as the people’s president in the country.
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| More than 54 crore people voted in the 2014 General Election – more people than the population of USA, UK, Australia and Japan combined. |
| Every 12 years, a religious gathering called the Kumbh Mela occurs in India. It is the world’s largest gathering of people.The gathering is so large that the Kumbh Mela is visible from the space |
| India was the first country in the world to have a finger print forensic laboratory in 1897. |
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