15 Amazing Fact About India and Indians

India is an incredibly amazing country in all over the world. It has the number of interesting facts that are remarkable to share. In among all of these facts about India,Indians are made the principal contribution in crafting India as an amazing country. These starling facts everyone should know who is living in India or willing to visit India.

Fact About India

Oscar winner Ben Kingsley

Sir Ben Kingsley (born Krishna Pandit Bhanji; 31 December 1943) is an English Hollywood actor. In his bright career of over 40 years.He has won an Oscar, Grammy, BAFTA, two Golden Globes and Screen Actors Guild awards. The man is known for his starring role as Mohandas Gandhi in the 1982 film Gandhi, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor. This phenomenal person belongs from India.

German politician Adolph Hitler

German politician Adolph Hitler was big fan of Major Dhyanchand

In among the legendary Indians one of the most outstanding Indian is Major Dhyanchand. He was an Indian hockey player, who is extensively considered as the greatest field hockey player of the record. He is extraordinary goal-scoring feats, plus earning three Olympic gold medals (1928, 1932, and 1936) in field hockey, during an era where India was the most dominant team in Hockey.

Shakuntla Devi

The Human Calculator Shakuntala Devi (4 November 1929 – 21 April 2013) was an Indian writer and mental calculator, popularly known as the human computer. A child genius, her talents ultimately earned her a place in the 1982 edition of The Guinness Book of World Records.

Shakuntala Devi could multiply two 13 digit numbers just under 28 seconds and tell the eighth root of a 14-digit number in less than 10 seconds, every time correctly.

Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam

Great Indian scientist APJ Abdul Kalam visited Switzerland on 26th May 2006.

Upon his arrival Switzerland announced 26th May as National Science day.

A great gesture and a great tribute from Switzerland were awarded to Missile Man of India.

All World Cup of Kabaddi Won by India

Kabaddi is one and only sport whose all world cup is won by a country that is India.In the world cups, proudly Indian men and women’s team both have won all Kabaddi world cup till date.

First Mining of Diamond was done in India

The first mine in India was Kollur Minedone at the Guntur District in Andhra Pradesh. India was one of the most creative diamond mines in the world and the first major diamond center.

The most celebrated Kohinoor diamond was mined from the 17th Century world famous diamond mine “Kollur mine or Coulour Gani Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh, India.

Sugar was First Consumed in India

Sugar was first consumed in India. India was the first country in the world to develop extraction and purifying techniques of sugar.

Later we taught many countries about refining and cultivation of sugar.

Largest Producer of Milk in World Most Vegetarian Friendly Country in World

India is now the largest Milk producer in the world. India

was behind European Union till last year but now with 132.4m tones production in 2014, it is number one. Isn’t this is amazing that a country is competing with whole European Union and won the race.

Also India is the most vegetarian friendly country in the world. India’s 25-25 percent population is vegetarian which is highest in the world.

India’s first Moon Satellite Chandrayaan-1 was the first one in the world to detect water on moon. It was a significant achievement lauded by whole world.

Water on Moon was discovered by Chandrayaan

Kumbh Mela Visible from Space

This is actually true. 2011 Kumbh Mela in Allhabad which

saw biggest gathering in world of around 75 million people was visible from space.

Wettest Place in the World

Mawsynram, a village in Meghalaya is the wettest place in the world.

Every year the village record highest average rainfall in the world.

Snakes and Ladders is an Indian Invention

Who don’t love Saap Seedhi or Snakes and Ladders. You may feel proud to know that this game is an Indian invention. Later it became one of the most popular board game in the world

Floating post office - largest post networks

India has the largest postal network in the world with 1, 54,866 post offices as on March 31, 2011 of which 1,39,040 (89.78 per cent) are in the rural areas.

On an average, a post office serves an area of 21.23 sq. km and a population of 7,814 people (5992 in rural areas and 23828 in urban areas)

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