perspectiveme:

• India is the world’s largest, oldest, continuous civilization.
• India is the world’s largest democracy.
• India never invaded any country in her last 1000 years of history.
• India invented the number system. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
• When many cultures were only nomadic forest dwellers over 5000 years ago, Indians established Harappan culture in Sindhu Valley (Indus Valley Civilization)
• There are 300,000 active mosques in India , more than in any other country, including the Muslim world
• Sanskrit is the mother of all the European Languages. Sanskrit is the most suitable language for computer software - a report in Forbes magazine July 1987.
• Chess (Shataranja or AshtaPada) was invented in India.
• India is one of the few countries in the world, which gain independence without violence.
• India has the second largest pool of Scientist and Engineers in the World.
• India is the largest English speaking nation in the world.
• India is the only country other than US and Japan, to have built a super computer indigenously.
• India has the largest number of Post Offices in the world
• The largest employer in the world is the Indian Railways , employing over a million people
• India was one of the richest countries till the time of British rule in the early 17th Century. Christopher Columbus, attracted by India’s wealth, had come looking for a sea route to India when he discovered America by mistake.
• The Baily Bridge is the highest bridge in the world. It is located in the Ladakh valley between the Dras and Suru rivers in the Himalayan Mountains. It was built by the Indian Army in August 1982
• The Vishnu Temple in the city of Tirupathi built in the 10th century, is the world’s largest religious pilgrimage destination. Larger than either Rome or Mecca, an average of 30,000 visitors donate $6 million (US) to the temple every day.
• Varanasi, also known as Banaras, was called ”the Ancient City” when Lord Buddha visited it in 500 B.C., and is the oldest, continuously inhabited city in the world today
• Martial Arts were first created in India, and later spread to Asia by Buddhist missionaries.
• Yoga has its origins in India and has existed for over 5,000 years.
• The total distance covered by the 14,300 trains on the Indian Railways every day, equals three & half times the distance to moon
• 7th largest country by area
• 2nd most populous country with over 1.28 Billion people, or 1 in every 5 people in the world
• Most populous democratic republic in the world
• Originator of four of the world’s major religions
• 3rd largest economy in the world by purchasing-power parity
• 3rd largest standing army in the world
• World’s largest arms importer
• 28 states and 7 union territories
• 22 official languages
• 4 official classical languages
• 1,576 dialects
• Over 70,000 newspapers with over 100 million copies cumulative everyday
• over 500 TV channels
• World’s largest railway network
• Over 500 wildlife sanctuaries
• 13 biosphere reserves
• World’s fastest-growing telecommunication industry with over 220 million subscribers added in 2011
• Over 1200 feature films produced per year in 16 languages, screened in 90 countries globally
• Biggest film industry by number of tickets sold

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