50 Atrangi (unique) facts about India

Some unknown Facts about India

India, our country, the largest democracy of the world. The country famous for its myriad of cultures from all around the world coming together and falling into one place, for its unity in diversity. Here are some unknown interesting facts about the Amazing Incredible India.

1.) Almost 5000 years old, Varanasi is believed to be the oldest inhabited city in the world.

2.) India has the largest postal network in the world. Which includes the floating post office in Dal lake, Sri nagar.

 3.) Mawsynram, a village on the Khasi hills, Meghalaya is considered as the wettest inhabited place in the world. It receives the highest recorded average rainfall in the world.

4.) Water on the moon was discovered by India. in september 2009, by ISRO Chandrayaan-1.

5.) The game of check & mate, Chess was invented in India.

6.) Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to mankind.

7.)  The world's highest cricket ground is in Chail, Himachal Pradesh. The pitch is 2444 meter above sea level.

8.) India was the first source of Diamonds in the world. It was also the only source of diamonds until 1896.

9.) The 'place value system' and 'Decimal system' was developed in India in 100 B.C..

10.) It is illegal for a child in India to neglect their parents after their retirement.

11.) India is the only country in the world which has both tigers and lions in the wild.

12.) The number of people travelling in Indian railways is roughly 25 millions per day which is like shifting the entire population of Australia.

13.) India has the second largest road network in the world after the U.S..

14.) Developed in 1972, Navi Mumbai, a planned satellite township of Mumbai, is the largest planned township of Mumbai.

15.) India is the second largest English speaking country in the world.

16.) India is the world's largest milk producer. with 22 percent of global production.

17.) Indian film industry (Bollywood) is the largest movie industry in terms of output.

18.) The concept of shampooing was first used in India, Shampoo was invented in India.

19.) The Bandra Worli sea link has steel wires equal to the Earth's circumference.

20.) India was the first country to consume sugar. The first country to develop extraction and purifying techniques of sugar was India.

21.) Indian cuisine may be the oldest continuously prepared cuisine in the known human history.

22.) in Indian law, only men can be punished for adultery.

23.) in terms of purchasing power, India is world's third largest economy.

24.) With 1.4 million employees, Indian railways is the largest employer on the planet.

25.) Half of the world's outsourced IT services come from India.

26.) it is illegal to take India's currency, the Rupee, out of India.

27.) Sonam Wangchuk an engineer and innovator born in Ladakh, India, designed the SECMOL campus that runs on solar energy.

28.) The second largest pool of engineers and scientists is from India.

29.) India is one among the only three countries with USA and Japan that make super computers.

30.) India has the second largest number of software developers after USA.

31.) Indian national Kabaddi team has won all the Kabaddi world cups till now and same is true for the women's Kabaddi team also.

32.) India has the largest number of news channels in the world.

33.) Dolphins are considered non human personnel in India, and cannot be kept captive here.

34.) A special polling station is set up for a lone voter in the middle of Gir forest, Gujarat, India.

35.) India controls the world's highest battlefield (Siachen) and Indian Army's High Altitude Warfare School (HAWS) is one the most elite military training centres of the world.

36.) India has the world's third largest Army after USA and China.

37.) India is the largest troop contributor to UN peacekeeping forces and also has the highest number of death tolls in UN peacekeeping operations.

38.) National Rural Employment Guarantee Act or NAREGA is the world's largest public employment program.

39.) Mid day meal scheme is the largest school lunch programme in the world.

40.) With the acquisition of Jaguar, Tetley and Chorus, TATA motors, an Indian company, is the largest private sector employer in U.K..

 41.) World's highest railway bridge, the Chenab bridge is in Jammu, India. With the height of 1,178 feet over the river Chenab, 35 meters taller than the Eiffel tower.

42.) Benny Prasad from India is the fastest man to have travelled around the world in 6.5 years.

43.) The Golden Temple of Punjab(Amritsar), India, is the most visited place in the world.

44.) The biggest family of the world is from India(not so surprising), the family of mr. Ziona Chana from Baktawng village of Mizoram, consisting of 181 members.

45.) The world's highest motorable road is in Ladakh, India at an elevation of over 19,300 feet.

46.) The Lifeline Express or the Jeevan Rekha Express is the world's first hospital train with services ranging from surgeries to cancer treatment for remote villages.

47.) Switzerland celebrates its science day on 26 May, in the memory of APJ Kalam, former president of India, who visited Switzerland on 26 May 2006.

48.) The first Rocket in India was transported on cycle.

49.) The funeral of C.N. Annadurai, who served as the first Chief minister of Tamil Nadu, India, is considered as the largest funeral attendance in history, with the attendance of almost 15 million people.

50.) Khari Baoli of old Delhi, India, is the world's largest spice market.