Interesting Facts about India

Interesting Facts about India

• India never invaded any country in her last 100000 years of history.
• Most historians agree that the first recorded account of plastic surgery is found in ancient Indian Sanskrit texts
• Chess was invented in India.
• India is the largest democracy in the world, the 6th largest Country in the world, and one of the most ancient civilizations.
• India has the largest number of Post Offices in the world.
• The largest employer in the world is the Indian Railways, employing over a million people.
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• 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 University of Nalanda built in the 4th century was one of the greatest achievements of ancient India in the field of education.
• Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to mankind. The Father of Medicine, Charaka, consolidated Ayurveda 2500 years ago.
• 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 Art of Navigation & Navigating was born in the river Sindh over 6000 years ago. The very word Navigation is derived from the Sanskrit word ‘NAVGATIH’. The word navy is also derived from the Sanskrit word ‘Nou’.
• The value of “pi” was first calculated by the Indian Mathematician Budhayana, and he explained the concept of what is known as the Pythagorean Theorem. He discovered this in the 6th century, long before the European mathematicians.
• Algebra, Trigonometry and Calculus also originated in India..Quadratic Equations were used by Sridharacharya in the 11th century. The largest numbers the Greeks and the Romans used were 106 whereas Hindus used numbers as big as 10*53 (i.e. 10 to the power of 53) with specific names as early as 5000 B.C.during the Vedic period.Even today, the largest used number is Terra: 10*12(10 to the power of 12).
• Until 1896, India was the only source of diamonds in the world (Source: Gemological Institute of America).
• India exports software to 90 countries.
• The four religions born in India – Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism, are followed by 25% of the world’s population.
• There are 300,000 active mosques in India, more than in any other country, including the Muslim world.
• 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.
• India has one of the most beautiful women in the world. India has won five Miss World and two Miss Universe titles. Although still you would notice that in India girls put very less concern about the make up and fitness as compared to western countries.

Religion facts about India
There have been people in India who followed religions that were non-Indian. About 12% of India’s popualtion is Islam. This is the religion which was not formed in India but still it contributes towards the largest non-Indian religion in India.

• Hinduism: 82%
• Islam: 12%
• Christianity: 2.5%
• Sikhism: 2%
• Buddhism: 0.7%
• Jainism: 0.5%
• Zoroastrianism: 0.01%
• Judaism: 0.0005%

Source :

http://india.gov.in/
http://funfactsaboutindia.blogspot.com/

Sethu Ram

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