Modern India Facts

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Interesting Facts On India

A floating post office:
India has the largest postal network in the world with over 1, 55,015 post offices.

Kumbh Mela gathering visible from space

The wettest inhabited place in the world

Bandra Worli Sealink has steel wires equal to the earth's circumference

The highest cricket ground in the world:
Chail Cricket Ground in Chail, Himachal Pradesh, is the highest in the world.

Shampooing is an Indian concept:
Shampoo was invented in India, not the commercial liquid ones but the method by use of herbs.

The Indian national Kabaddi team has won all World Cups till Juan 2015.

Water on the moon was discovered by India

Science day in Switzerland is dedicated to Ex-Indian President, APJ Abdul Kalam

India's first President only took 50% of his salary

The first rocket in India was transported on a cycle

India has a spa just for elephants

India is the world's second-largest English speaking country

Largest number of vegetarians in the world

The world's largest producer of milk

The first country to consume sugar

Rabindranath Tagore also wrote the national anthem for Bangladesh

Dhyan Chand was offered German citizenship

Freddie Mercury and Ben Kingsley are both of Indian descent

Astronaut Rakesh Sharma said India looks saare jahaan se achcha from space

Havell's is purely an Indian brand & named after its first owner

Diamonds were first mined in India

A special polling station is set up for a lone voter in the middle of Gir Forest

Snakes and Ladders originated in India

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