Proud to be Indian !
The name `India’ is derived from the River Indus, The name `Hindustan’ combines Sindhu and Hindu and thus refers to the land of the Hindus.
The number system was invented by India. Aryabhatta was the scientist who invented the digit zero
Chess was invented in India.
The World's First Granite Temple is the Brihadeswara temple at Tanjavur in Tamil Nadu.
The world's highest cricket ground is in Chail, Himachal Pradesh.
Built in 1893 after levelling a hilltop, this cricket pitch is 2444 meters above sea level.
India has the most post offices in the world !
The World's first university was established in Takshila in 700 BC. More than 10,500 students from all over the world studied more than 60 subjects.
The Baily Bridge is the highest bridge in the world. It is located in the Ladakh valley between the Dras and Suru rivers in the Himalayan mountains. It was built by the Indian Army in August 1982.
India is the largest democracy in the world.
India leads the world with the most murders (32,719), with Russia taking second at 28,904 murders per year.
In India's 100,000 years of history, it has never invaded any other country.
India has the most number of mosques. It has 300,000 mosques which is much more than the Muslim world.
Christians and Jews have been living in India since 52 A.D. and 200 B.C. respectively
According to the Gemmological Institute of America, up until 1896, India was the only source of diamonds to the world.
Susruta is known as the father of surgery, performing complex surgeries as many as 2600 years ago.
IEEE has proved an age old suspicion that the pioneer of wireless communication is Jagdish Bose and not Marconi.
India exports software to 90 countries.
Martial Arts were first created in India, and later spread to Asia by Buddhist missionaries. The largest employer in India is the Indian Railways, employing over a million people.
The oldest European church and synagogue in India are in the city of Cochin. They were built in 1503 and 1568 respectively
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