Best unknown facts about India

India never invaded any country in her last 100000 years of history.

When many cultures were only nomadic forest dwellers over 5000 years ago, Indians established Harappan culture in Sindhu Valley (Indus Valley Civilization)

The name ‘India’ is derived from the River Indus, the valleys around which were the home of the early settlers. The Aryan worshippers referred to the river Indus as the Sindhu.

The Persian invaders converted it into Hindu. The name ‘Hindustan’ combines Sindhu and Hindu and thus refers to the land of the Hindus.

Chess was invented in India.

Algebra, Trigonometry, and Calculus are studying, which originated in India.

The ‘Place Value System’ and the ‘Decimal System‘ were developed in India in 100 B.C.

The World’s First Granite Temple is the Brihadeswara Temple at Tanjavur, Tamil Nadu. The shikhara of the temple is made from a single 80-tonne piece of granite. This magnificent temple was built in just five years, (between 1004 AD and 1009 AD) during the reign of Rajaraja Chola.

India is the largest democracy in the world, the 7th largest country in the world, and one of the most ancient civilizations.

The game of Snakes & Ladders was created by the 13th-century poet saint Gyandev. It was originally called ‘Mokshapat’. The ladders in the game represented virtues and the snakes indicated vices. The game was played with cowrie shells and dices. In time, the game underwent several modifications, but its meaning remained the same, i.e. good deeds take people to heaven and evil to a cycle of rebirths.

The world’s highest cricket ground is in Chail, Himachal Pradesh. Built-in 1893 after leveling a hilltop, this cricket pitch is 2444 meters above sea level.

India has the largest number of Post Offices in the world.

The largest employer in India is the Indian Railways, employing over a million people.

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’.

Bhaskaracharya rightly calculated the time taken by the earth to orbit the Sun hundreds of years before the astronomer Smart. According to his calculation, the time taken by the Earth to orbit the Sun was 365.258756484 days.

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).

The Baily Bridge is the highest bridge in the world. It is located in the Ladakh valley between the Dras and Suru rivers in the Himalayan mountains. It was built by the Indian Army in August 1982.

Sushruta is regarded as the Father of Surgery. Over2600 years ago Sushrata & his team conducted complicated surgeries like cataracts, artificial limbs, cesareans, fractures, urinary stones, plastic surgery and brain surgeries.

Usage of anesthesia was well known in ancient Indian medicine. Detailed knowledge of anatomy, embryology, digestion, metabolism, physiology, etiology, genetics, and immunity is also found in many ancient Indian texts.

The Four Religions born in India – Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism, are followed by 25% of the world’s population.

Jainism and Buddhism were founded in India in 600 B.C. and 500 B.C. respectively.

Islam is India’s and the world’s second-largest religion.

The oldest European Church and Synagogue in India are in the city of Cochin. They were built in 1503 and 1568 respectively.

Jews and Christians have lived continuously in India since 200 B.C. and 52 A.D. respectively.

The largest religious building in the World is Angkor Wat, a Hindu Temple in Cambodia built at the end of the 11th century.

Sikhism originated in the Holy city of Amritsar in Punjab. Famous for housing the Golden Temple, the city was founded in 1577.

Varanasi, also known as Benaras, was called “The Ancient City” when Lord Buddha visited it in 500 B.C. and is the oldest, continuously inhabited city in the world today.

His Holiness, the Dalai Lama, the exiled spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhists, runs his government in exile from Dharmashala in northern India.

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.

Interesting Facts about India

India is the first country in the world to have succeeded in putting a probe into Mar’s orbit in the very first attempt. This was the most cost-effective Mars Mission to have ever been undertaken. The ‘Mangalyaan Mission’ cost only $74 million whereas the recent Hollywood space movie ‘Gravity’ cost about $100 million to make well.

People of India have highly demanded employees all over the world-

38% of doctors in America are Indians.

36% of NASA employees are Indians.

34% of Microsoft employees are Indians.

28% of IBM employees are Indians.

17% of Intel employees are Indians.

13% of Xerox employees are Indians.

12% of Scientists in America are Indians.

‘Bangalored’ is a word in the Oxford dictionary, which came up after heavy outsourcing to India took the world by storm.

In 1948, the Nobel Prize was not awarded. It would have been awarded to Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi. However, due to his assassination; it was left unassigned in his honor.

The healthy supplement ‘Chyawanprash’ is known to be the oldest brand in the world. Originated since the Vedic period, it has been in continuous demand till date.

Sanskrit is considered to be the mother of all higher languages. A Forbes magazine report from July 1987 states that it is the most precise and therefore suitable language for computer software.

Both the Indian men’s and Women’s Kabbadi teams have been absolutely unbeatable. We have won all 5 men’s Kabbadi World Cups held till now and have been undefeated throughout these tournaments and the women’s team has also won all Kabbadi World Cups held till date.

The Baily Bridge, located in the Ladakh valley between the Dras and Suru rivers in the Himalayan Mountains is the highest bridge in the world and was built by the Indian Army in August 1982.

The value of ‘pi’ was first calculated by the Indian Mathematician Budhayana. He first explained the concept of what id Pythagorean Theorem in the 6th century, long before the European mathematicians.

The World’s largest school in terms of students is the City Montessori School in Lucknow. It has more than 45 thousand students.

World’s largest religious building, Angkor Wat is a Hindu Temple in Cambodia dedicated to Lord Vishnu.

India is the only country other than the US and Japan, to have built a supercomputer indigenously.

India’s first rocket was brought on a cycle and a satellite on a bullock cart. After all, we are known for ‘jugaad’.

Proving our undying love for cinema, India sold 3.2 billion movie tickets in the year 2015. This makes India a bigger movie market than America and Canada combined.

India has the largest number of news channels in the world. India has 5600 newspapers, magazines, in over twenty-one different languages with a combined readership of over 120 million.

India has the second-largest road network in the world after the US.

Not many people know, KFC, Pizza Hut and McDonalds introduced vegetarian menu just to cater to the Indian population.

The number of people traveling in Indian Railways is roughly 25 million per day which is like shifting the population of Australia.

India is the only country to have an entire ocean named after it, i.e. the Indian Ocean.

The Golden Temple in India feeds a vegetarian meal to over 50,000 a day regardless of race, religion, and class.

Proud to be Indian!!

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