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India, it is a country with over 1.3 billion people, a spa just for animals and even a floating post office. And do you know India was an island 100 million years ago? Amazing isn't it.

So here are 25 interesting facts about India.

25. Languages

There six big languages are spoken throughout the country. Namely Hindi, Urdu, Bengali, Telugu, Marathi and Tamil. Sounds like a lot but compared to 1961 in which the census of India list of 1642 languages.

24. The largest producer and consumer or mango 

India is really big in people, movies and also mangoes. This country is the biggest producer and also consumer of mango making it officially the national fruit of India.


  23. Largest gathering as Gandhi 

As a nation, India has broken many world records. In 2015 they broke the record of the largest gathering of people dressed like mahatma Gandhi with 4605 attendance.

22. Longest dance 

An Indian lady with the name Kalamandalam Hemalatha holds the record for longest dance marathon by an individual. She danced for 123 hours and 15 minutes nonstop which is almost equal to 5 days.

21. first at mars

India is also very very good at space affairs. It is the first and only country to successfully send a spacecraft to Mars in their first attempt. It was marred orbiter mission or M.O.M. it was launched in November 2013 and is orbiting Mars from September 2014.

20 first rocket

ISRO launched India's first rocket from Thumba equatorial launching station. The interesting fact is that it was transported to the station on a bicycle.

19. Chess was invented in India

We have to thank in India or the world's most popular board game chess! Chaturanga or Katoa was invented in India and is an ancestor of chess.

18 Taj Mahal 

Taj Mahal is one of the seven wonders of the world and it cost around 32 million rupees to built which in today's coinage will be 52.8 billion rupees. 
It took 22 years to build taj mahal and is actually a grave built by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan for his wife Mumtaz Mahal who died in 1631.

17. English speakers 

India is the second-largest English speaking country in the entire world. Around 10% of the literate population which is around 125 million people can't speak English.

16. human-computer

Shakuntala Devi was an Indian writer and mental calculator, popularly known as the "human computer". She becomes famous when she earned her name in Guinness world records. She calculated multiplication of two 13 digit random numbers which was 7686369774870 × 2465099745779 in 27 seconds. 

15. Never loses in kabaddi 

India invented very popular sports known as kabaddi. Indian kabaddi team both men and women have won every single kabaddi world cup that has ever taken place.

14. Tagore wrote two National anthems

Rabindranath Tagore wrote India's national 'Jana Gana mana'. In fact, he also wrote Bangladeshi national anthem 'Amar Sana Bangla' too.

13. Most mosques 

India has more than 300,000 mosques throughout the country which is apparently more than any other country.

12. Floating post office 

There is a floating post office in dua lake made in 2011.

11. Most awards for a film

A Bollywood film 'Kaho Na Pyar hai'  won 192 awards the most ever in Bollywood and also in the entire world.

10. Most dresses in a movie 

Actress Kareena Kapoor wore more than 130 dresses in the film 'heroine'.

9. Backwards more 

The 2011 movie 'Rockstar' was actually filmed backwards. This took 600 million and made 1.6 billion.


8. Most species 

There are actually more 200  species of fish and amphibians in India which includes dolphins and sharks.


7. Oldest civilization 

Ancient Indian civilization is the oldest in the world which dates back to over 2400 bc.

6. Every major religion 

India is home to every major religion and does not have any official language.

5. A polling station only for one voter

More than 51,000 surveying stations had been set up in Gujarat for the third period of the 2019 elections. One of these booths was set up 70 kilometres inside the thick backwoods of Gir haven. Strangely, the Election Commission of India (ECI) set up this corner only for one individual. The surveying booth was set up for Mahant Bharatdas Bapu, who dwells inside Gir Forest.

4. Inventions 

Indians invented navigation, yoga, worlds cheapest the car and also tourism-based nuclear power.

3. The highest cricket ground can be found in India 

Another stunning reality about India is that the Chail Cricket Ground in Chail, Himachal Pradesh is the highest cricket ground on the planet. It is a piece of the celebrated Chail Military School worked in the 19th century and sits at an elevation of 2,444 meters.

2. India took part in the discovery of water on the moon

This reality is reviewed with a feeling of pride by Indians. Unexpectedly, India found that there is water on the moon. The Indian Space Research Organization's lunar test, Chandrayaan-1 identified water utilizing a Moon Mineralogy Mapper.

1. Himalayan mountains grow Every Year

The Himalayas becomes taller by 2 inches each year. This is no enchantment or marvels its unadulterated science. This marvel occurs as the structural plates that made the Himalayas continue moving, so this makes the mountain go taller in stature. So as the Himalayas develop taller every year because of the structural push, it additionally falls under its own weight. This fall even allows the Himalayas to develop sidewards. This is interesting right?.

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