-India is the largest democracy in the world.
-India invented the Number System and Zero (invented by Aryabhatta).
-The world's first university was established in Takshashila in 700 BC.
-Ayurveda of India is the earliest school of medicine known to the world.
-The art of navigation was born in the river Sindh 6000 years ago. The very word 'Navigation' is derived from the Sanskrit word 'Navgatih'.
-Bhaskaracharya calculated the time taken by the earth to orbit the Sun (5th century) as 365.259756484 days.
-The value of 'pi' was first calculated by Budhyana in the 6th century and also propounded the Pythagorean Theorem.
-Chess was invented in India.
-The place value system or the decimal system was developed in India in 100 BC.
-India has the world's largest postal and rail network. Indian Railways is the world's single largest employer.
-India is a software power and leader in the knowledge based economy and has one of the largest pools of software engineers in the world. The country is also the largest manufacturer of tractors and leather goods.
-India ranks first in the production of milk and butter, mango, tea, raw sugar, jute, coconut, cashew and also in the cutting, processing and manufacturing of gems and jewellery.
-India is the second largest producer of vegetables and fruits, rice, groundnut, sugarbeet, tobacco, motorcycles and scooters.
-India is the third largest producer of wheat and the fourth largest producer of cement.
-The country is the fourth largest economy in terms of purchasing power.
-The number of companies listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange, at more than 6,000, is second only to NYSE.
-With 800 movies per year, India's film industry overshadows Hollywood.
-The Kumbh Mela festival, held every 12 years in the city of Allahabad, attracts 25 million people (more than the population of 185 of the 227 countries in the world). The Indian city of Varanasi, also known as Benares, is the oldest, continuously inhabited city in the world today.
-Six Indian ladies have won Miss Universe/Miss World titles over the past 10 years. No other country has won more than twice.
-India invented the Number System and Zero (invented by Aryabhatta).
-The world's first university was established in Takshashila in 700 BC.
-Ayurveda of India is the earliest school of medicine known to the world.
-The art of navigation was born in the river Sindh 6000 years ago. The very word 'Navigation' is derived from the Sanskrit word 'Navgatih'.
-Bhaskaracharya calculated the time taken by the earth to orbit the Sun (5th century) as 365.259756484 days.
-The value of 'pi' was first calculated by Budhyana in the 6th century and also propounded the Pythagorean Theorem.
-Chess was invented in India.
-The place value system or the decimal system was developed in India in 100 BC.
-India has the world's largest postal and rail network. Indian Railways is the world's single largest employer.
-India is a software power and leader in the knowledge based economy and has one of the largest pools of software engineers in the world. The country is also the largest manufacturer of tractors and leather goods.
-India ranks first in the production of milk and butter, mango, tea, raw sugar, jute, coconut, cashew and also in the cutting, processing and manufacturing of gems and jewellery.
-India is the second largest producer of vegetables and fruits, rice, groundnut, sugarbeet, tobacco, motorcycles and scooters.
-India is the third largest producer of wheat and the fourth largest producer of cement.
-The country is the fourth largest economy in terms of purchasing power.
-The number of companies listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange, at more than 6,000, is second only to NYSE.
-With 800 movies per year, India's film industry overshadows Hollywood.
-The Kumbh Mela festival, held every 12 years in the city of Allahabad, attracts 25 million people (more than the population of 185 of the 227 countries in the world). The Indian city of Varanasi, also known as Benares, is the oldest, continuously inhabited city in the world today.
-Six Indian ladies have won Miss Universe/Miss World titles over the past 10 years. No other country has won more than twice.
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