47 Interesting Facts About India !! Happy Independence Day !!

 

 

 

πŸ’“India, projected to surpass China as the world's most populous country around 2027, is expected to add nearly 273 million people between now and 2050 and will remain the most populated country. 

πŸ’“India is the seventh largest country in the world, with an area of 32,87,590 square kilometres.

πŸ’“Chilika is the largest lake in India.

πŸ’“Cherrapunjee is the wettest place in India with an annual rainfall of about 1200 centimetres. 

πŸ’“Ganga is the longest river in India, flowing through a length of 2525 km.

πŸ’“Kanchenjunga, with an altitude of 8,586 meters, is the highest mountain peak of India.

πŸ’“The Indian culture is one of the oldest in the world, going back to about 4,500 years.

πŸ’“India saw the birth of two of the most popular religions; Hinduism and Buddhism. A good 84 percent of the total population identifies itself as Hindu.

πŸ’“Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple in Tamil Nadu is the largest temple in India (156 acres). 

πŸ’“The ancient Indus Valley Civilisation is over 8000 years old.

πŸ’“India has contributed so much to the field of mathematics. Branches like algebra, calculus and trigonometry find its roots here. Zero was invented by Aryabhata, who was an Indian.

πŸ’“The world’s first university, the University of Takshashila, was built in 700 B.C.

πŸ’“All the European languages were derived from Sanskrit, which happens to be the oldest and richest language, again, from India.

πŸ’“In 100 BC, the decimal system was invented in India.

πŸ’“Baudhayana is the genius who calculated the value of Pi. He was an Indian.

πŸ’“Ayurveda is the first stem of medicine originated in India.

πŸ’“India has close to 500 wildlife sanctuaries.

πŸ’“The Asian Elephant, Bengal Tiger, Asiatic lion, Mugger crocodile are a few threatened species found in India.

πŸ’“India is home to around 1300 species of beautiful birds.

πŸ’“The river dolphin of the Ganges is the national aquatic animal of India.

πŸ’“The Himalayan blue sheep is found only in India. 

πŸ’“India has the highest population of sheep in the world (75,000,000).

πŸ’“Back in the days, the Indian five-rupee coin was smuggled all the way to Bangladesh and was used to make razors.

πŸ’“We don’t have 5,000 and 10,000 rupee notes now, but between the years 1954 and 1978, these were in circulation.

πŸ’“India has won 26 medals in the Olympic Games.

πŸ’“The first time India participated in the Olympics was in 1900.

πŸ’“A poet called Gyaydevji came up with this game called “Parambadham”. That is today’s snakes and ladders for you.

πŸ’“Polo too finds its roots in India. The game has gone through a lot of modification from the original, though.

πŸ’“Gandharva Mahavidyalaya was India’s first music school.

πŸ’“Sarod is an instrument that is exclusively Indian.

πŸ’“The tabla, too, is a musical instrument that was made first in India.

πŸ’“The national anthem was written by Rabindranath Tagore and first sung in a rally at Kolkata.

πŸ’“The veena is a beautiful instrument that was first made in India.

πŸ’“The Ladybirds was the first India band that only had women.

πŸ’“Carnatic music is one of the oldest classical forms of music.

πŸ’“India produces the most amount of spices in the world.

πŸ’“India has the longest constitution in the world.

πŸ’“India has the longest constitution in the world.

πŸ’“India has one of the world’s largest postal network.

πŸ’“India has the fifth largest railway line network in the world.

πŸ’“The Kumbh Mela is said to be visible from space.

πŸ’“The idea of shampooing began in India.

πŸ’“Indian scientists were the first to discover the presence of water on the moon.

πŸ’“India has the second largest English-speaking population after the United States.

πŸ’“India has the largest number of vegetarians.

πŸ’“India is also where the first diamonds were mined.

πŸ’“India has the third largest economy in the world.

 Happy Independence Day to All

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