Indian and their Amazing Facts

Fact #1 

India is the world's largest, oldest, continuouscivilization.

Fact #2

India is the world's Largest democracy.

Fact #3

India never invaded any country in her last 1000 years of history.

Fact #4

India invented the number system. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.

Fact #5

India has the largest number of Post Offices in the world

Fact #6

When many cultures were only nomadic forest dwellers over 5000 years ago, Indiansestablished Harappan culture in SindhuValley (Indus Valley Civilization)

Fact #7

India is the largest English speaking nation in the world.

Fact #8

One of the largest employer in the world is theIndian Railways , employing over a million people. The Indian Railways has a total of almost 1.4 million employees which is almost equal to or larger than the population of many small countries; countries like Mauritius, Iceland, Monaco, Vatican City, Estonia, et cetera, etc.

There are 300,000 active mosques in Indiamore than in any other country, including theMuslim world.

Fact #10

Sanskrit is the mother of all the EuropeanLanguages . Sanskrit is the most suitable language for computer software - a report in Forbes magzine July 1987.

Fact #11

Chess (Shataranja or AshtaPada) was invented in India.

Fact #12

India has the second largest pool of Scientist and Engineers in the World.

Fact #13

India was one of the richest countries till the time of British rule in the early 17th Century.Christopher Columbus, attracted by India's wealth, had come looking for a sea route toIndia when he discovered America by mistake.

Fact #14

India has a large number of road accidents and fatalities. Every year there are about 115,000 cases of road fatalities. In this case India lags behind just two other countries, Eritrea and the Cook Island.

India street

Fact #15

Yoga has its origins in India and has existed for over 5,000 years. Well, that is not a surprise I guess. According to the famous Sam Miller, India is the largest producer and consumer of mangoes. There are hundreds of varieties when it comes to mangoes out of which only 30 are used for commercial purposes.

Fact #16

The Baily Bridge is the highest bridge in the world. It is located in the Ladakh valleybetween the Dras and Suru rivers in theHimalayan mountains. It was built by theIndian Army in August 1982.

Fact #17

India’s film industry produce the most films in a year, about 1100 movies per year out of which only 200 are the product of Bollywood. The majority of Indian films come from Chennai and Hyderabad in Tamil and Telugu, the two common languages of South India.

Fact #18

Martial Arts were first created in India, and later spread to Asia by Buddhist missionaries.

Fact #19

India is the only country other than US and Japan, to have built a super computer indeigenously.

Fact #20

The Vishnu Temple in the city of Tirupathi built in the 10th century, is the world's largestreligious pilgrimage destination. Larger than either Rome or Mecca, an average of 30,000 visitors donate $6 million (US) to the temple everyday.

Fact #21

Varanasi, also known as Benaras, was called "the Ancient City" when Lord Buddha visited it in 500 B.C., and is the oldest, continuously inhabited city in the world today.

Fact #22

India facts

India was an Island Once. That’s a different thing that this was true about 100 million years ago, when dinosaurs used to exist, but it is true, that’s what matters. Then about 50 million years ago the Indian continental plate collided with that of Asia’s thus formingHimalayas.