THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA
WHAT I HAVE COVERED IN THIS BLOG POST
- Some inspiring lines for India by the great personalities of the world. Also a brief detail about the Republic of India - INTRODUCTION
- The most inspiring, amazing and shocking facts about the Republic of India i.e. India - 29 SHOCKING FACTS ABOUT INDIA
INTRODUCTION
“India is, the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend, and the great grandmother of tradition. Our most valuable and most instructive materials in the history of man are treasured up in India only." - Mark Twain
Now, I am sure that after reading the above quote by the great Mark Twain, you don't need any extra explanation about this amazing country, India.
However, I will give you a brief note of the Republic of India before diving into the most shockingly amazing facts of India.
India, a country in South Asia is the seventh largest country by area, the second largest by population ( with 1.3 billion people ) and the most populous democracy in the world. It's official languages are Hindi and English, which makes India the second largest English speaking nation.
29 SHOCKING FACTS ABOUT INDIA
- After defeating Germany 8-1 in the 1936 Berlin Olympics, Major Dhyan Chand was summoned by Hitler. He was promised German citizenship, a high post in the German military and the chance to play for the German national side. Dhyan Chand however declined the offer.
- Bandra Worli Sealink has steel wires equal to the earth's circumference which weighs as much as 50,000 African elephants.
- The first rocket was so light and small that it was transported on a bicycle to the Thumba Launching Station in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
- The world’s biggest family lives in India. One man, 39 wives and 94 children.
- India leads the world with the most murders (32,719) per year, with Russia taking second at 28,904 murders per year.
- Sanskrit is considered as the mother of all higher languages. It's The Most precise and therefore suitable language for computer software. (A report in Forbes Magazine,July 1987).
- Indians working across the globe sent home $62.7 billion last year ( 2016 ); making India the top remittance-receiving country surpassing China, according to a UN report.
- India has the world's largest film industry.However, India comes only sixth in terms of cinema box office receipts - behind the USA, China, Japan, UK and France.
- According to the Guinness Book of World Records, India ranks third behind the USA and the UK in the number of records claimed each year.
- India has the largest number of biomass gasifier systems in the world producing over 656 megawatts (MW) of power;and still has the potential of producing over 30000 megawatts of power.
- India also holds the record for the most candidates for a single constituency - 1,032 candidates stood for the Modakurichi assembly seat in the Tamil Nadu state elections in 1996.
- India has three of the world's top ten megacities - one more than China.
- There are more than 30 million people of Indian origin across the globe, a population almost the size of Canada's.
- There is no country where Indians are not present, including remote island states such as Nauru in the Pacific and isolated outposts such as Barrow, Alaska.
- A mass singalong of 160,000 people in the Indian city of Hyderabad, in Andhra Pradesh, has broken a 72-year-old record for the world’s largest choir.
- Shakuntla Devi was given the title of "Human Calculator" after she demonstrated the calculation of two 13 digit numbers: 7,686,369,774,870 × 2,465,099,745,779 which were picked at random. She answered correctly within 28 seconds.
- Magnetic Hill is a gravity hill located near Leh in Ladakh, India. The hill is alleged to have magnetic properties strong enough to pull cars uphill and force passing aircraft to increase their altitude in order to escape magnetic interference.
- India has the largest number of news channels in the world. It has 798 TV channels as of July 2014.
- According to the UN, Delhi is now the second-largest urban agglomeration in the world, with Mumbai ranked seventh and Calcutta tenth.
- Until 1896, India was the only source for diamonds to the world. (Source: Gemological Institute of
America ) - The Indian Software Industry has grown from a mere US $ 150 million in 1991-92 to a staggering US $ 5.7 billion in 1999-2000.No other Indian industry has performed so well against the global competition.
- To ensure timely payment of wages to workers under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act
(NREGA), more than two crores worth of saving bank accounts have been opened in banks and post offices
across the country. This is the largest number of bank account linked a development programme across the globe. - India was the first country to develop extraction and purifying techniques of sugar. Many visitors from abroad learnt the refining and cultivation of sugar from us.
- Every 12 years, a religious gathering called the Kumbh Mela occurs in India. It is the world’s largest gathering of people. The gathering is so large that the Kumbh Mela is visible from the space.
- The World's first university was established in Takshila in 700BC. More than 10,500 students from all over the world studied more than 60 subjects.
- The largest employer in the world is the Indian railway system, employing over 1.6 million people.
- With 1,300,000 active personnel and 1,800,000 reserve ones, the Indian Army is the world’s second largest army in terms of military personnel, and the 3rd largest in terms of active manpower.
- India has won all 5 men's Kabaddi World Cups held till now. The Indian women's team has also won all Kabaddi World Cups held till date.
- Cherrapunji in Meghalaya holds the record for the most rainfall in the calendar year of 1861.
India is the most amazing country country in the world. If felt proud, please share this article ( shockingly amazing facts about India ) with your friends and family, to make them proud too.
Jai Hind
