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25 Interesting Facts On India That You Had No Idea About

25 Interesting Facts On India That You Had No Idea About
1. A floating post office

6. Shampooing is an Indian concept
7. The Indian national Kabaddi team has won all World Cups
8. Water on the moon was discovered by India

9. Science day in Switzerland is dedicated to Ex-Indian President, APJ Abdul Kalam
10. India's first President only took 50% of his salary
11. The first rocket in India was transported on a cycle

12. India has a spa just for elephants

13. India is the world's second-largest English speaking country

India has won all 5 men's Kabaddi World Cups held till now and have been undefeated throughout these tournaments. The Indian women's team has also won all Kabaddi World Cups held till date.

It took a total of 2,57,00,000 man hours for completion and also weighs as much as 50,000 African elephants. A true engineering and architectural marvel.

14. Largest number of vegetarians in the world
15. The world's largest producer of milk
16. The first country to consume sugar
17. The human calculator
18. Rabindranath Tagore also wrote the national anthem for Bangladesh
19. Dhyan Chand was offered German citizenship

20. Freddie Mercury and Ben Kingsley are both of Indian descent
21. Astronaut Rakesh Sharma said India looks saare jahaan se achcha from space
22. Havell's is purely an Indian brand & named after its first owner
23. Diamonds were first mined in India
24. A special polling station is set up for a lone voter in the middle of Gir Forest
25. Snakes and Ladders originated in India

25. Snakes and Ladders originated in India

Earlier known as Moksha Patamu, the game was initially invented as a moral lesson about karma to be taught to children. It was later commercialized and has become one of the most popular board games in the world.

1. A floating post office

India has the largest postal network in the world with over 1, 55,015 post offices. A single post office on an average serves a population of 7,175 people. The floating post office in Dal Lake, Srinagar, was inaugurated in August 2011.

2. Kumbh Mela gathering visible from space

The 2011 Kumbh Mela was the largest gathering of people with over 75 million pilgrims. The gathering was so huge that the crowd was visible from space.

3. The wettest inhabited place in the world

Mawsynram, a village on the Khasi Hills, Meghalaya, receives the highest recorded average rainfall in the world. Cherrapunji, also a part of Meghalaya, holds the record for the most rainfall in the calendar year of 1861.

4. Bandra Worli Sealink has steel wires equal to the earth's circumference

It took a total of 2,57,00,000 man hours for completion and also weighs as much as 50,000 African elephants. A true engineering and architectural marvel.

5. The highest cricket ground in the world

At an altitude of 2,444 meters, the Chail Cricket Ground in Chail, Himachal Pradesh, is the highest in the world. It was built in 1893 and is a part of the Chail Military School.

Mawsynram, a village on the Khasi Hills, Meghalaya, receives the highest recorded average rainfall in the world. Cherrapunji, also a part of Meghalaya, holds the record for the most rainfall in the calendar year of 1861.

Earlier known as Moksha Patamu, the game was initially invented as a moral lesson about karma to be taught to children. It was later commercialized and has become one of the most popular board games in the world.

Mahant Bharatdas Darshandas has been voting since 2004 and during every election since then, a special polling booth is set up exclusively for him as he is the only voter from Banej in Gir forest.

Initially, diamonds were only found in the alluvial deposits in Guntur and Krishna District of the Krishna River Delta. Until diamonds were found in Brazil during the 18th century, India led the world in diamond production.

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