18 Amazing Facts About India that you may not have any idea

Amazing Facts About India

Do you know amazing facts about India? India is a country which has a lot of diversity in languages, customs, traditions and many other things. According to the Legend Mark Twain, “India is the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend, and the great-grandmother of tradition. Our most valuable and most instructive materials in the history of man are treasured up in India only.”

Here are amazing facts about India you probably didn’t know:

18. The wettest inhabited place in the world

Wettest inhabited place- Amazing Facts About India

Mawsynram is a village located in East Khasi Hills of Meghalaya state. Mawsynram receives one of the highest rainfalls in India. It is reportedly the wettest place in the world, with an average annual rainfall of 11,872 millimetres (467.4 inches). According to the Guinness Book of World Records, Mawsynram received record 26,000 millimetres of rainfall in 1985.

17. Largest milk producer: Amazing Facts About India

Largest milk producer

India is the largest milk producer in the world. India produces 16 per cent of the global milk followed by the USA, China, Pakistan and Brazil.

16. Floating post office: Amazing Facts About India

Floating post office- Amazing Facts About India

India is the largest postal network in the world with over 1,55,015 post offices. A single post office on an average serves a population of approx 7,175 people. But do you know? India also has a floating post office in Dal Lake, Srinagar. The floating post office inaugurated by former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah in August 2011. Since then it is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Jammu and Kashmir.

15. The highest cricket ground in the world

Highest cricket ground

India, where everyone is a cricket fan, is also the house to the world’s highest cricket ground. Dharamsala is the highest cricket stadium in the world. It is located in Chail, Himachal Pradesh. It is at 7000 above the sea level. This was constructed by Maharaja of Patiala Bhupinder Singh in 1893. He use to play cricket with his British friends.

14. World’s largest family: Amazing Facts About India

World largest family- Amazing Facts About India

The world’s largest family is located in Baktwang, India. Where father Ziona Chana has 39 wives and 94 children. Mr Ziona Chana, who has said he is a “lucky man”, lives in a 100-room, four-story home with another 14 daughters-in-law and 33 grandchildren. He was also featured in Ripley’s Believe It or Not!

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13. Second largest English speaking country

Second largest English speaking country

After the United States of America, India is the second-largest English speaking country in the world. With around 125 million people speaking the language, which is only 10% of our population. And this margin is expected to grow by fourfold in the coming years.

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12. The human calculator: Amazing Facts About India

Human calculator- Amazing Facts About India

Shakuntala Devi was an Indian writer and mental calculator, popularly known as the “human computer”. Her talent earned her a place in 1982 edition of The Guinness book of world record. She could calculate 7,686,369,774,870 × 2,465,099,745,779 and provided the correct answer in just 28 seconds. Shakuntala Devi explained many of the methods she used to do mental calculations in her book ‘Figuring: The Joy of Numbers’.

11. Rabindranath Tagore also wrote the national anthem for Bangladesh

Rabindranath Tagore

India’s great poet and writer Rabindranath Tagore is credited not only for writing the Indian national anthem, Jana Gana Mana but also Bangladeshi national anthem, Amar Sonar Bangla, as well. Rabindranath Tagore was also offered a knighthood by the British but he refused the honour after the Jalianwala Bagh massacre.

10. Snakes and Ladders originated in India

Snakes and Ladders- Amazing Facts About India

Snakes and Ladders is an ancient Indian board game regarded today as a worldwide classic. Popularly known as Saap Seedhi in India, Earlier was known as Moksha Patamu, the game was originally invented as a moral lesson about karma to be taught to the children. It was later advertised and has become one of the most popular board games in the world.

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9. Largest Democracy: Amazing Facts About India

Largest Democracy

With a population of more than 1.3 billion people and still growing, India is the world’s largest democracy. With a score of 7.81 on the democracy index, India is also classed as a flawed democracy.

8. India’s first President only took 50% of his salary

President Took Half Salary- Amazing Facts About India

After becoming president of India Dr Rajendra Prasad only took about 50% of his salary. He said that he does not require more income than that. Towards the end of his 12-year tenure, he only took 25% of his salary. The salary of the President was Rs 10,000 back then.

7. USB invented by Indian: Amazing Facts About India

Ajay Bhatt USB Man

Ajay Bhatt is an India-American computer architect and changed the world of computers by co-inventing the Universal Serial Bus i.e USB. The first USB technology began development in 1994, co-invented by Ajay Bhatt of Intel and the USB-IF (USB Implementers Forum, Inc).

6. The largest number of vegetarians in the world

Largest Number of Vegetarians- Amazing Facts About India

India has the largest number of vegetarians than the rest of the world put together. In India, vegetarianism is usually synonymous with Lacto vegetarianism. Most restaurants in India clearly distinguish and market themselves as being either “vegetarian” “non-vegetarian”, or “pure vegetarian”. Vegetarian restaurants abound, and many vegetarian options are usually available. India has almost 38% of the total population being vegetarians.

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5. The only country in the world to have a Bill of Rights for cows

Article 48 of the Constitution of India has made it compulsory for states to ban the slaughter of cows, calves and other cattle. In October 2005, the Supreme Court made a landmark judgement by upholding the constitutional validity of anti-cow slaughter laws enacted by a different state. Currently, 24 out of 29 states have banned the slaughter and sale of cows.

Cows Bill for Rights

4. India has six seasons

According to Hindu calendar, there are six seasons in India:

  • Vasant Ritu: Spring.
  • Grishma Ritu: Summer.
  • Varsha Ritu: Monsoon.
  • Sharad Ritu: Autumn.
  • Hemant Ritu: Pre winter.
  • Shishir or Shita Ritu: Winter.

3. India derived from Rivers: Amazing Facts About India

India derived from Rivers- Amazing Facts About India

India derived from Indus river which originates from the Old Persian word Hindu. The ancient Greeks referred to the Indians as Indoi, which translates as “The people of the Indus”.

2. First rocket in India transported on a cycle

Rocket On Cycle

The first rocket in India transported on a bicycle to the Thumba Launching Station in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. 18 years later, in a quest to find a metal-free form of transport, Indian scientists wheeled out their new satellite on an old bullock cart.

1. German offered citizenship to Major Dhyan Chand

German offered citizenship- Amazing Facts About India

Hitler summoned Major Dhyan Chand after defeating Germany 8-1 in the Berlin Olympics in 1936. Germany offered citizenship and a high post in the German military. He also offered to play Germany’s side in national games. Dhyan Chand decline the offer and continued to play for India.