15 Interesting Facts About India

By Sunil Poddar

Monday, March 9, 2015, 17:32 [IST]

India, a place on the earth, is the eyes of adore for it. We the Indians always talk about USA, UK, like countries that are rich and diverse and have the best latest technologies to rule the limelight of today’s world. If someone knows even the capital of five to ten countries, they think they are the most educated ones. But at the same time if you ask them even a small question about India, they’ll collapse. Why is it so? Why we Indians underestimate our own country without knowing the inner strength of it? So in this article lets learn the facts about India.

10 Things People Are Pressured Into Doing In India

One must not forget that India is the land of the greatest persons of all time- Aryabhatta, the inventor of ‘zero’, Jagdish Chandra Bose the path maker to recognize the God-Particle-Higgs Boson, and many others who have given a distinct recognition to our nation in front of the whole world. There a numerous unveiled incredible & unknown facts about India and its people which are still the royalty of our nation. And being an Indian, one must know. We must keep in mind that a nation is not build on its own, it’s the people who make it.

In this context, lets read out some of the incredible & few unknown facts about India that you’d be exclaimed to hear.

World’s Biggest Human Gathering

It's in India, the ‘Kumbha Mela'. It's a kind of festival celebrated once in twelve years and in an average about a billion people come here making it the largest human gathering in the world.

World’s Largest Postal Services

India has the largest postal services in the world providing it's services in almost every small villages to big cities and towns. And now even a floating post office has been introduced in the Dal lake of Kashmir.

Largest Milk Producing Country

With a huge population of farmers in India, we lead the milk production in the world.

Polling Booth For A Lone Voter

In every election after 2004, the election commission makes the polling setup for alone voter Mahant Bharatdas Darshandas a resident of Gir Forest in Gujarat giving the message that every vote counts.

Diamond First Mined In India

The Guntur and Krishna districts of the Krishna river were the places where diamond were mined for the first time in the world.

World’s Oldest Polo Club

A number of Indians even don't know what polo is but India holds the oldest Polo club in the world, its' in Kolkata.

Inventor Of Chess

The game of mind, chess has originated in India only. The word chess came from the Sanskrit word ‘chaturanga' meaning four members of an army- elephant, horse, chariots and foot soldiers.

Lake Of Ancient Skeletons

There is a lake near the Indo-China border where, for a month in a year the water clears out and hundreds of skeletons are visible which are predicted to be 1200 years old.

Largest Vegetarians In The World

About 20-40% people are vegetarians in India making it the largest one in the world in the category. Obviously! India is animal friendly.

Third Largest Active Army

India has the world's third largest active army the other two are China and USA, and has the biggest voluntary army in the world.

Six Seasons In Hindu Calendar

India's Hindu calendar has six seasons namely spring, summer, monsoon, autumn, winter and prevernal. Isn't it amazing? Till now we have known only four.