What are some amazing facts about your country ? India

What are some amazing facts about your country?

INDIA

1. India’s name is derived from the “Indus” river. Indus Valley Civilisation is the world’s oldest civilisation.

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

3. India was one of the richest countries till the time of British rule in the early 17th Century. Christopher Columbus, attracted by India's wealth, had come looking for a sea route to India when he discovered America by mistake.

4. Chess was invented in India.

5. India discovered the number zero, the value of pi, trigonometry, algebra and calculus.

6. Martial Arts was created in India.

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

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

9. India made its own supercomputer after being denied by other countries. India became third country at that time to make supercomputer (the US and Japan were the other two).

Today, India is designing Petascale supercomputers, next only to USA and Japan.

10. Place named Chirapunji in the state of Meghalaya is the wettest inhabited place of earth.

11. India has one of the largest postal networks on the globe and what’s more, there’s a floating post office too!

12. India’s First rocket was brought and transported on a bicycle. In present India is leading in space research and development. India was first nation to successfully send Mangalyaan to obrit Mars in first attempt and in cheapest cost.

13. India controls the highest battlefield in the world, the Siachen glacier, at 5000 metres above Mean Sea Level (MSL).

14. Operation Rahat (2013) was one of the biggest civilian rescue operations ever carried out in the world.

15. The Indian army has a horsed cavalry regiment. It is among one of the last 3 such regiments in the world.

These are just some of the facts. Do visit INDIA to experience great culture and the true spirit of this nation.

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• India is the world's largest, oldest, continuous civilization.
• India is the world's Largest democracy.
• India never invaded any country in her last 10000 years of history.
• India invented the number system. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
• When many cultures were only nomadic forest dwellers over 5000 years ago, Indians established Harappan culture in Sindhu Valley (Indus Valley Civilization)
• There are 300,000 active mosques in India , more than in any other country, including the Muslim world
• Sanskrit is the mother of all the European Languages . Sanskrit is the most suitable language for computer software - a report in Forbes magzine July 1987.
• Chess (Shataranja or AshtaPada) was invented in India.
• India has the second largest pool of Scientist and Engineers in the World.
• India is the second largest English speaking nation in the world.
• India is the only country other than US and Japan, to have built a super computer indeigenously.
• India has the largest number of Post Offices in the world
• One of the largest employer in the world is the Indian Railways , employing over a million people
• India was one of the richest countries till the time of British rule in the early 17th Century. Christopher Columbus, attracted by India's wealth, had come looking for a sea route to India when he discovered America by mistake.
• 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
• The Vishnu Temple in the city of Tirupathi built in the 10th century, is the world's largest religious pilgrimage destination. Larger than either Rome or Mecca, an average of 30,000 visitors donate $6 million (US) to the temple everyday.
• Varanasi, also known as Benaras, was called "the Ancient City" when Lord Buddha visited it in 500 B.C., and is the oldest, continuously inhabited city in the world today.
• Martial Arts were first created in India, and later spread to Asia by Buddhist missionaries.
• Yoga has its origins in India and has existed for over 5,000 years.

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