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11th April 2016, 12:59 PM
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Re: Most Interesting Facts About India

Here is Amazing Facts About India

1) Around a 100 million years ago, India was an island.

2) India’s name is derived from the “Indus” river.

3) Indus Valley Civilisation is the world’s oldest civilisation.

4) India, hence, is the world’s oldest, most advanced and continuous civilisation.

5) India has been the prevalent troop contributor to the United Nations Peacekeeping Missions since its inception.

6) India has the world’s third largest active army, after China and USA.

7) The Tirupati Balaji temple and the Kashi Vishwanath Temple both, receive more visitors than the Vatican City and Mecca combined.

8) Every 12 years, a religious gathering called the Kumbh Mela occurs in India. It is the world’s largest gathering of people.

9) The gathering is so large that the Kumbh Mela is visible from the space.

10) Varanasi is the oldest, continuously inhabited city in the world today.

11) India has more mosques (300,000 mosques) than any other nation in the world.

12) And the third largest Muslim population in the world.

13) Takshila is said to be the first every university in the world; it started around 700 BC.

14) Today, India has the world’s prevalent school in terms of students, the City Montessori School in Lucknow. It has more than 45 thousand students!

15) Indian Railways employs more than 1.3 million people. That’s more than the population of many nations.

16) More than 54 crore people voted in the 2014 General Election – more people than the population of USA, UK, Australia and Japan combined.

17) various births in India every year is more than the total population of Australia, and many other nations.

18) India has the largest English speaking population in the world.

19) At an estimate, 25% of the total workforce of the world’s population will be from India in the next year or so.

20) India’s first rocket was brought on cycle and a satellite on bullock cart.


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