30 INTERESTING AND UNKNOWN FACTS ABOUT INDIA

25 INTERESTING AND UNKNOWN FACTS ABOUT INDIA :

1. INDIA has been the largest troop contributing to the United nations peace keeping missions since its inception. 
2. More than 54 crore people voted in the 2014 general election - more people than the population of USA, UK, Australia, Japan combined. 
3. Indian will often wear a TILAK, this is a hindu symbol of good fortune. 
4. Social identification in India occurs with the style and color of clothes of the in habitants. 
5. Today, India is the world's third largest economy. 
6. India was the first country to develop extraction and purifying techniques of sugar. Many visitors from abroad learned the refining and culturing of sugar from them. 
7. In India, diamond mining was invented. A Beautiful stone soon became so popular that for one stone, merchants gave a lot of money. 
8. Plastic surgery and cataract surgery were practiced and developed in India faster than in other countries. 
9. The Greeks called India as "indus" . Sindhu is the name of the indus river. 
10. The national bird is the peacock, which was initially bred for food. 
11. Chess was invented in India. 
12. The world's biggest family lives in India. One man, 39 wives and 94 children. 
13. The biggest sundial is located in India. 
14. The world's largest road network is in India - over 1.9million miles of roads cover the country. 
15. India is the largest English speaking nation but when it come to as the second language. 
16. India's name is derived from the "Indus" River. 
    
17. Today India has the world's largest school in terms of students, the city Montessori school in Lucknow. It has more than 45 thousand students. 
    
18. Fabric produced in India is sold in every country of the world. 
19. India's first rocket was brought on a bicycle and satellite - on a bullock cart. 
20. It is illegal for foreigners to import or export Indian currency rupees. 
    
21. In this photo,2 Indians transport the warhead on a bicycle. 
    
22. Two major religions, "Buddhism" and "jainism", were established in India. 
    
23. India has never invaded or attacked other countries. 
24. India produces 70%of the world's spices. 
    
25. London has more Indian restaurants than Mumbai or Delhi. 
26. India is the largest milk producer in the world. 
27. India has the world's third largest active army, after China and USA. 
28. English actor "sir Ben Kingsley's" name is "Krishna pandit bhanji" and he is of Indian descent. 
29. India has more mosques(3,00,000 mosques) than any other nation in the world. 
30. India has one of the world's highest rates of abortion.