India is a country that celebrates unity in diversity. With a rich history and heritage, India is a place where you find landscape locations, many languages, cultures, and ethnicities. There are many surprising facts about India which most of the Indians do not know.

50+ Interesting Facts About India That Will Surprise You

Facts About India

India is a beautiful country and one of the largest democracy in the world. We have list of Facts about India that you will just love to know. Checkout the list below.

  • India does not have a national language. Hindi is not a national language of India.
  • The word ‘India’ has been derived from the Indus valley when there have been early settlements.
  • India has the largest postal system in the world and also has a floating post office in Dal Lake.
  • India has number of mosques than any Muslim country has and is one of the world’s largest democracies.
  • India churns out the second largest number of engineers and scientists.
  • Bollywood is the movie industry in India that makes the largest number of movies in the world.
  • India is a country where more than 400 million people cast votes during elections.
  • Jyoti Kisange Amge is the shortest woman in the world from India and her height is 62 centimeters.
  • Vijay Kumar V.A has 37 teeth and is the person who has the most number of teeth in the world.
  • The Indian Railways is the largest employer in the world that employs millions of people.
  • The City Montessori School located in Lucknow is the largest school in the world.
  • India has the largest milk production in the world.
  • The world’s biggest family lives in Mizoram with a man having 39 wives, 94 children, and 33 grandchildren.
  • ‘Zero’ is the number that was invented by Indian mathematician, Aryabhatta.
  • Chess is a game that was invented in India.
  • Since more than 5000 years yoga existed and originated in India.
  • The decimal system was invented in India in 100 B.C.
  • Poet and saint Gyandev developed Snakes and Ladders game in India in the 13th century.
  • Takshila was the world’s first university that was established in 700 B.C.
  • Buddhism and Jainism originated in India.
  • Tirupathi is the world’s richest temple and 6 million are donated each year.
  • Varanasi is the oldest city in the world.
  • Kumbh Mela is the world’s largest attended events where 60 million people visit.
  • India is amongst the world’s top five in terms of having a space program.
  • Lonar Lake in Maharashtra was created due to the impact of a meteor.
  • The Brihadeshwara Temple is the world’s first granite temple built in the 11th century.
  • India was the richest country in the world up to the 18th century.
  • There is more number of vegetarians in India than anywhere else in the world.
  • Saichin, the world’s largest battlefield is controlled by India.
  • Indira Gandhi has been the first and the only female Prime Minister India ever had.
  • NH-44 is the largest highway that connects Varanasi to Kanyakumari.
  • India was the place where diamonds were mined first.
  • Chandrayaan-1 was the first Indian satellite to detect water on the moon.
  • Taj Mahal, one of the Seven Wonders of The World, is located in Agra, India.
  • India invented the concept of shampoo first in the world with the use of herbs.
  • It is illegal to carry Indian currency outside India.
  • India is the largest producer of tea in the world.
  • The gathering of Kumbh Mela is so huge that it is also visible from the space.
  • The Mawsynram village in Meghalaya receives the highest rainfall in the world.
  • Bandra, Worli Sea link in Mumbai has used steel that can cover the circumference of the Earth.
  • The Indian national team of Kabaddi sport won all of the world cups in every competition.
  • Switzerland celebrates Science Day on May 6 in honor of former President APJ Abdul Kalam.
  • The first rocket developed by India was transported on a bicycle.
  • India has a special spa for pampering and taking care of elephants in Kerala.
  • Surprisingly, India is the world’s second largest country that speaks English.
  • India is the first country that has learned to develop and extract sugar.
  • Shakuntala Devi is known as a human calculator as she could calculate 13 digit numbers picked randomly in 28 seconds.
  • Rockstar Freddie Mercury and actor Ben Kingsley are of Indian descent.
  • The concept of plastic surgery was developed in India in the 6th century by Sushruta, an ancient Indian surgeon.
  • You can get personalized postage stamps in India.
  • Chail, a town in Himachal Pradesh, has cricket ground at the largest altitude of 2444 meters from the sea level.
  • Calculus and Trigonometry were invented in India.

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