al-muslimah
Junior Member
Salam alaycoum,
Some Interesting facts about India
- There were 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 number of births that occur in India each year is higher than the entire population of Australia!
- The word mongoose comes from India!
- 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!
- 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!
- 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! haha
- India is the largest tea producer in the world!
- In Takshashila, 700BC, the first university was established!
- 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!
Walasalm