27-10-2012, 07:19 PM
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Re: 50 interesting facts about India
- There where no plastic bags in India before 1985
- Over 1000 elephants were used during the construction of the Taj Mahal
- The mobile users of India grows every month with about 2.5 million people
- There are over 1500 software companies in Bangalore India
- The first reservoir and dam for irrigation was built in Saurashtra India
- The number of births that occur in India each year is higher than the entire population of Australia
- The word mongoose comes from India
- In India, Dutta Samant led a year-long strike in 1982 involved about 200000 workers
- Rusi Surti is the only Indian test cricketer to played Sheffield Shield cricket in Australia
- The airline company Air Deccan was the first low-cost flight company in India
- About 50% of the residents in India are under 25 years old
- The highest cricket ground in the world is Chail in Himachal Pradesh, India
- Indian Railways transport about five billion passengers annually
- The longest station name on the Indian Railways is Venkatanarasimharajuvariapeta
- Indian Railways is the largest employer in the world, about 1.6 million people?
- The distance learning University IGNOU in India is short for Indira Gandhi National Open University
- The value of pi was first calculated by Budhayana in 800 BC, India
- The world's first known University was established in Takshashila, India in 700BC
- The only country in the world that has a Bill of Rights for Cows is India
- India is the world's largest mango producer
- Calcutta is the only place in the world where you still can travel by riksha pulled by humans
- India has more post offices than any other country
- Hockey is the National Game of India
- The Taj Mahal was in the 1830's scheduled to be torn down
- In India nearly 1200 species of birds can be found
- Taj Mahal in India is a gift of love
- India produces more movies than any other country in the world and Bollywood is the largest film industry in the world
- Indians go out to the cinema about 3 billion times a year
- India has about 800 dialects and 15 major Languages
- Algebra, Calculus, and Trigonometry comes from India
- India has health laughing clubs where people get together and laugh
- India is the largest tea producer in the world
- In Takshashila, 700BC, the first university was established
- The biggest ant in India is about an inch
- India used sugar before any other country
- 4 major religions has India as birthplace Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism
- India buys more gold than any other country
- Curry powder gets its yellow color from a spice, turmeric
- The number system and decimal system was invented in India
- India is said to be the largest democracy in the world
- India is also known as Hindustan or Bharat by natives
- Before 1896 India was the only diamonds producing country in the world
- Films made in Bollywood are often seen by people in South Africa
- India is home to about 200 million cows
- India is the world's number one producer of vegetarian cheese
- The first bathrooms is said to have been built in India about 4500 years ago
- India is home to about 1200 species of birds
- India is the second most populated country in the world
- Shampoo is derived word from Hindi
- Taj Mahal is made entirely out of marble
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