TOP 20 FACTS ABOUT INDIA THAT YOU HAVE MIGHT NEVER SEEN BEFORE

1   THE KRISHNA BUTTER BALL

It is also known as VAAN IRAI KAL  and Krishna’s gigantic butter ball is a gigantic rock resting on a short incline in the historical coastal resort town of mallampuram in tamil nadu  of india .  

2    INDIAN STANDARD TIME (IST)

The standard time of india is taken from Naini near Allahabad whose direction  82⁰30'. It is 5 hours 30 minutes ahead of Greenwich mean time.

3     SHAMPOOING AN INDIAN INVENTION

Shampoo was invented by india during the colonial era .The word ‘shampoo’ has been derived from the Sanskrit word name ‘CHAMPO’ which means to massage .

4       INDIA’S HIGHEST PEAK POST OFFICE

Hikkim village which is situated in Himachal Pradesh has a post office situated at an elevation of 4,400m  (14,400 ft) and this post office is the highest post office in the world. 

5       SWITZERLAND DEDICATED ITS SCIENCE DAY TO OUR EX-PRESIDENT  (LATE DR. APJ ABDUL KALAM )

Switzerland  has declared May 26 as science day in the honour of visting our Ex- president ,Late Dr. APJ ABDUL KALAM.

6      CHESS FIRST INVENTED IN INDIA

The history of chess goes back almost  1500 years. The game originated in Northern India in the 6 th century AD, where it was called ‘chaturanga’ which is Sanskrit word. 

7     WORLD’S RICHEST TEMPLE ( SHRI VISHNU TEMPLE, TIRUPATI)

It is richest temple in the world in the terms of donations received and wealth. The temple visited by devotees about 50,000 to 100,000 daily during festival.

8    ONE COUNTRY ,MANY NAMES

Although , our country having its two official names are INDIA and BHARAT .If you consider all the different names given to this country throughout history by different countries. These are the some of them:-

·         Jambudvipa

·         Nabhivarsha

·         Aryavarta

·         Bharatvarsha

·         Bharata

·         Hind

·         Hindustan

·         Tianzhu

·         Tenjiku

 9   INDIA’S ONLY FLOATING NATIONAL PARK

The keibul Lamjao national park which can be breakdown in simple words that ( kei – tiger, Bul – vast, lamjao – large land ) is the first floating National park in the bishnupur district state of Manipur  in India. It is 40 square kilometre in area , the only floating park in the world ,located in North-East India .

10  LARGEST NUMBER OF THE VEGETARIANS IN THE WORLD

India is ranked top in the world with approx 31 % of the total population being vegetarians.

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11   POLICE GET PAID FOR THEIR MOUSTACHES

Police in a state of India Madhya Pradesh are being paid to grow moustaches because bosses believe ,it makes them command with more respect. 

12    BIGGEST FAMILY IN THE WORLD

Ziona chana is the leader of world’s biggest family,which lives in the mountains of Mizoram state of india , he is known for holding a world record as the head of the ‘world largest existing family’ with 39 wives ,94 childrens ,14 daughter-in-law and 33 grand children ,180 is total members .

13    MYSTERIOUS ANTI-GRAVITY HILL [MAGNETIC HILL]

This hill is located at a distance of 30 km from leh city on the leh –Srinagar highway,it is mini stretch of road that is against the phenomenon of gravity.It is mainly famous for the name ‘magnetic hill ‘.

14    VILLAGE WHERE HOUSES DO NOT HAVES DOORS

Shani shignapur is known as the only village located in the district Ahmednagar  where houses do not have doors and also for theft-free village across the world. Even, there is UCO Bank in village do not have any doors. People belief that nobody can steal anything from there as lord shani protect their stuffs from theif.

15   HIGHEST CRICKET GROUND IN THE WORLD

This one of the beautiful cricket ground is surrounded by thick forest .This cricket ground name ‘chail cricket ground is the highest cricket ground across the world. It was built in 1893.It is situated at the height of 2,444 meters.

16     HIGHEST RAIL BRIDGE IN THE WORLD

The Chenab bridge is the highest rail bridge in the world . It is arch-shaped bridge in jammu and Kashmir. It is situated at the height of 1,178 feet over the river ‘chenab’. 

 

NOW IT'S TIME TO HAVE SOME QUICK FACTS ABOUT INDIA 

17  I think you will amaze after knowing this fact,  that about 90 countries import softwares from india.

 18  In india , there is less toilets than mobile phones .

19      Indian population is more than the entire western hemisphere of the earth.

20     The usage of internet by indian people is more than the entire population of the United states .