2-- Yoga originated in India is now celebrated as International Yoga Day on 21 June of every year.
3-- Balia a district in India got its freedom before 1947, though its independence only lasted for 2 to 3 days in 1921.
4-- Mahatma Gandhi founded 2 food restaurants in London when he was there for study.
5-- Mahatma Gandhi began Dandi March from 12 March 1930 to 6 April 1930. Gandhiji started with just 78 people towards Dandi in Gujarat from Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad and later more than 2 lakh people joined with him. They were walking all over the streets and singing Raghupati Raghav Rajaram.
6-- UN World Happiness Report 2021 states that Finland is the happiest country of the world 2021 India ranks 139, Pak 105
7--Presently, there are 38 World Heritage Sites located in India. India has the sixth-largest number of World Heritage sites in the world.
8--India is the 36th most famous PLACE in the world.
9--Chenab Bridge is the highest rail bridge in the world. 1178 ft above the river bed-located in Jammu & Kashmir
10-- After the United States and the UK, India is third in terms of records claimed in the Guinness Book of Records.
11-- Cows are believed to be holy in Hinduism, and the Constitution has a set of rules in place that prevents the sale and slaughter of cows.
INDIA IS THE LARGEST PRODUCER OF MILK IN THE WORLD.
12-- Highest cricket ground is in India, mentioned in the Guinness Book of World Records. Located on top of a mountain at a height of 8,018 ft in Chail, Himachal Pradesh. It was built in 1893 and is surrounded by forest and picturesque scene
13--A village in Uttar Pradesh, Madhopatti has created history by producing the most number of IAS officers. With about 75 households, it has given 47 officers to the Indian administration. many from the same village have made their careers by joining prestigious organisations like ISRO, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre World Banks.
14--The World's First Granite Temple is the Brihadeswara Temple at Tanjavur, Tamil Nadu. The shikhara of the temple is made from a single 80-tonne piece of granite. This magnificent temple was built in just five years, (between 1004 AD and 1009 AD) during the reign of Rajaraja Chola.
15--There are more people in India than in the entire Western Hemisphere of Earth!
India population 2021- 1.39 Billion
16-- After the United States and the UK, India is third in terms of records claimed in the Guinness Book of Records.
17-- Due to its close proximity to the Bay of Bengal, Mawsynram in Meghalaya state, holds the record with 11,873 millimetres of rain annually!
18-- There’s an experimental township in India called Auroville, TamilNadu, where citizens are from all over the world, and there’s no money or religion, no caste, no discrimination is practised.
19-- The official name of India is The Republic of India or Bharat Ganrajya in Hindi.
20-- The Indian rupee is one of the most popular currencies in the world. After independence, Pakistan used Indian rupees stamped with “Pakistan” until it could print its own.
21-- Coming second to New Zealand, India has the highest population of sheep in the world (75,000,000).
22-- The world’s hottest chili named bhut jolokia, is from India.
23-- Indian scientists were the first to discover the presence of water on the moon. Chandrayaan-1 in 2008
24--The northern state of India-Uttar Pradesh would be the world’s fifth-most populous country if it is made a country. Uttar Pradesh has a population of more than 200 million — that’s more people than in Japan, Mexico…even Russia.
25--Padmanabhaswamy Temple, in Kerala’s capital city, Thiruvananthapuram, is not only the richest Hindu temple in the world, it’s also believed to be the richest place of worship ever to have existed. In 2011, the temple’s vaults were opened for the first time in over 130 years, and hundreds of millions of dollars worth of gold, silver, and precious stones were found inside.
26 --India runs the world’s biggest elections in all, That’s 900 million people, and more than 67 per cent voted. more than 700 million votes.
27 -- India is known as the Birthplace of Plastic surgery. In the Ayurvedic text The Sushruta Samhita ,many methods of plastic surgery are suggested. It was written between 1000bce to 500bce.
28-- India 's Bollywood produces more movies than Hollywood per year,
29-- Chess originated from India. Earlier in 6th century in India , chess was Chaturanga. Another game , Snakes & Ladders too originated in India.
Thus, these were some top new, and never heard facts and stories from India. We would bring more.
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