25 Amazing Facts About India That You Have No Idea About
What you know about India ?
India is a big country with different religions & cultures .
So, this is the big chance for you to study some facts about India , that also represents that India is a great country.
That are not just words these 25 facts will prove this.
1.Tallest Traffic Cop
Jagdeep Singh, from Punjab is known for the tallest traffic cop in India and possibly the world who measures a height -7 ft 6 inch.
Prahlad is an ardent devotee deity Amba ; who claims to live without food for 70 years. Considering this , in 2010 he was kept under 24*7 surveillance for 15 days where to the wildest surprise of everyone, he lived without food and water. Even then he had no symptoms of starvation. This act of his survival remains a terrific mystery for many.
An Indian barber from Varanasi has a very unusual process for cutting his clients' hair . Instead of holding the scissors in one hand and a comb in the other, as is standard, Ansar Ahmad places the handles of the scissors in his mouth.
4. The Brick Man
This 30-year-old man form Karnataka only eats mud,rocks and bricks instead of food! The man has been gobbling up at least 3 kilos of bricks ,gravel and mud every day.
5. Highest Dam
The Tehri Dam is the highest dam in India and one of the highest in the world. It is a multi-purpose rock and earth-fill embankment dam on the Bhagirathi river near Tehri in Uttarakhand, India.
6. Haunted Fort
Bhangarh Fort is the most haunted place in Rajasthan , India. It is located on the border of the Sariska Reserve in the Aravali range of hills in Alwar district of Rajasthan.
7. World's Smallest Living Woman
Jyoti Ambe is an Indian woman notable for being the world's smallest living woman according to guinness world records on 16 December 2011.
8. Longest Road Tunnel
Chenani-Nashri Tunnel , also known as Patnitop Tunnel is India's longest road tunnel with a length of 9.28 km(5.8 mi).And also it is the first tunnel in the country with a fully integrated tunnel control system.
9. Floating National Park
KEIBUL LAMJAO NATIONAL PARK in the Bishnupur District of the state of Manipur in India is the only floating National Park i the world.
10. Suspension Bridge
Second highest suspension bridge in Asia is located in Sikkim named as 'THE SINGSHORE BRIDGE'.
11. Ludo
The game of Ludo(Pachisi) was originated in India by the 6th century.
12. Mahatma Gandhi Signature
This is the signature of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi).
13. Busiest Railway Station
Howrah station is one of the busiest railway station with 23 platforms and 26 tracks.
14. India-Pakistan World Cup
The India-Pakistan World Cup semi-final match in Mohali drew 150 million viewers worldwide.
15. Hrithik Roshan
Hrithik's official surname is 'Nagrath' and not Roshan!
16. National Language of India
'Hindi' is not the National Language of India. However, there are more than 20 official languages in 'India'.
17. 'Nashe si chadh gayi' song
'Nashe si chadh gayi' is the first Indian Hindi song which has crossed 300 million views on Youtube.
18. Diamonds
Until 1896 , India was the only source of Diamonds in the world.
19. Largest Theme Park
India's largest and only international standard theme park 'Adlabs Imagica' is in 'Khopoli' , near Mumbai.
20. Transpotation of India's rocket
India's first rocket was brought on cycle and a satellite on bullock cart.
In many parts of India , if a girl child is born with a tooth or is believed to be possessed by evil or some deformation, people do not seek medical help! But they prefer marrying that girl off to a dog to exorcise the bad omens or even mangal dosh!
22. Bear Grylls
Bear Grylls wanted to join the Indian Army after getting out of school.
23. Mangoes
India is the world's biggest producer and consumer of mangoes.
24. Mosques
India has more Mosques(i.e. 300,000) than any other nation in the world.
25. Operation Rahat
Operation Rahat (2013) was one of the biggest civilian rescue operations ever carried out in the world.
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