Some Interesting Facts About India

• India is a world's largest democracy since 55 years with secular democratic constitutions.
• India is a fourth largest economy of the world. Agriculture, IT, Tourism are its major industry.
• The flag of India consists of 3 horizontal strips of Saffron, White and Green color and a blue wheel in the center of white strip. The saffron stands for courage, sacrifice and the spirit of renunciation. The white means purity and truth. The green is for faith and fertility. The navy blue wheel denotes the continuity of the nation's progress which is deemed to be as boundless as the blue sky and as fathomless as the deep blue sea.
• It has 5,000 years old civilization with 325 languages spoken – 1,652 dialects. 18 of them are recognized as official languages.
• India is a seventh largest country in the world with the area of 3.28 million sq. kilometers. It consists of 29 states, 5 union territories with7,516 kilometers of Coastline.
• India has second largest population (1.25 billion) in the world after China. 1 billionth child was born in 2000.
• India is a fastest growing IT super power.
• Indian Railways is the biggest employer in the world.
• The Great Indian Epics Ramayana Mahabharata is a longest Epic in world literature with 100,000 two-line
• Indus Valley Civilization is one of the world's first great urban civilizations.
• Takshila is a world's first university established in –700 B.C while Sanskrit Language is considered as most suitable for computer software.
• Zero is invented in India, without which none of the scientific discoveries were possible.
• Ayurveda is one of the first science of medicine known to humans and it is founded in India.
• Yoga is founded in India in 5000 BC and documented by 200 BC – 300 AD
• Kalarippayat is a Martial art that is originated in India in 200 BC
• British had invaded India in 1700s. India got Independence from British in 15th August, 1947.
• Mahatma Gandhi, an Embodiment of Non- Violence is a Father of the nation.
• Ramanujam, a great Indian Mathematician has postulated and proved 3,542 theorems
• National Emblem : "Truth alone triumphs"
• Tiger, Peacock, Lotus are national animal, bird and flower of India.
• Rabindranath Tagore : 1913 – Nobel Prize in Literature
• C.V Raman : 1930 - Nobel Laureate in Physics Work on scattering of light and Raman effect
• Mother Teresa : 1979 – Nobel Prize in Peace
• Har Gobind Khorana : 1968 - Nobel Laureate in Medicine Work on interpretation of the genetic code
• Subramanyan Chandrasekhar 1983 - Nobel Laureate in Physics Work on structure and evolution of stars
• India has world's most richest culture in Dance and Music. It has more than 45 classical dances such as Bharata Natyam, Kathak, Kathakali, Kuchipudi, Manipuri, Mohini Attam, Odissi, Dance forms etc. It also has more than 15 vocal forms and More than 60 music instruments.
• Indians celebrates more than 65 major festivals.
• Tirumala - Tirupati is a world's richest temple.
• Saint Thomas Cathedral Statue of Virgin Mary is brought from Portugal in 1543
• Jamma Masjid The biggest mosque in India
• Mysore Palace Illuminated by 97,000 light bulbs