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  1. India has the largest postal network in the world with over than 155,000 post offices!! And some are on boats!
  2. The word “shampoo” was invented in India where the the word is derived from the Sanskrit word champu, which means to massage.
  3. India’s first rocket that was so light and easy to travel that it was carried on a bicycle!!
  4. India is the world’s largest democracy, with 1.2 billion people.
  5. India host the largest gathering of people for the Kumbh Mela Festival with over 100 million people. The crowd is so large that it can be seen from space!!
  6. The Hindu calendar has 2 additional seasons: monsoon and prevernal. In order their seasons would go Spring, Summer, Monsoon, Autumn, Winter and Prevernal. 
  7. India has the lowest meat consumption per day in the world. 
  8. India has less toilets than smart phones.
  9. In West Bengal the cows must have a Photo I.D card. 
  10. 70% of the worlds spices comes from India!!
  11. In India, many brides use the “Bichiya”: a wedding ring for the toe.
  12. The Bengal tiger is India’s national animal. 
  13. The Taj Mahal’s white marble walls is gradually turning yellow beacause of the high levels of air pollution.
  14. India has 122 major languages and 1599 other languages!!!
  15. Indians read more than 10 hours per week on average, the most for any country in the world.
  16. India has the second largest English Speaking population in the world. 
  17. The River Ganges is the most sacred river in the world. 
  18. 64 million Indians live in slums. 
  19. If the tracks of Indian trains tracks were to be laid out in a line, it would circle the earth!!
  20. India is the home of the strategic game of Chess!
  21. India is home to the largest population of vegetarians. 
  22. The name “India” is derived from the River Indus.
  23. The “Place value system” and the “decimal system” was founded in India. 
  24. The largest employer in India is the Indian railways, employing over a million people. 
  25. India exports software to over 90 countries!!
  26. Islam is India’s and the worlds second largest religion!!
  27. Yoga is originated form India.
  28.  Sikhism originated in the Holy city of Amritsar in Punjab. Famous for housing the Golden Temple, the city was founded in 1577.
  29. Jainism and Buddhism in India were estimated to be founded in 600 B.C. and 500 B.C.
  30. The oldest European church and synagogue in India are in the city of Cochin.

 

I have found all of these facts and thought it would be fun to share them!!!! Thailand and Costa Rica facts will be coming up soon!!