FACTS NEVER KNOWN!!!!!!!!

 Hello friends,

I am KRUDANT back here on THE SMART SIDE!!!!!
I am going to share some amusing facts about INDIA..

1)5000 years old, Varanasi is One of The Oldest Inhabited Places in the World
2)A Meteor formed the Breathtaking Lonar Lake in Maharashtra
3)Snakes and Ladders was invented in India.
4)India is officially known as the Republic of India.
5)The national symbol of India is the endangered Bengal Tiger.
6)India has never invaded any country.
7)India has the largest postal network in the world with over 1, 55,015 post offices.The floating post office in Dal Lake, Srinagar, was inaugurated in August 2011.

8)The 2011 Kumbh Mela was the largest gathering of people with over 75 million pilgrims. The gathering was so huge that the crowd was visible from space.
9)Bandra Worli Sealink has steel wires equal to the earth's circumference
14)The first rocket in India was transported on a cycle
19)The human calculator

It took a total of 2,57,00,000 man hours for completion and also weighs as much as 50,000 African elephants. A true engineering and architectural marvel.

10)At an altitude of 2,444 meters, the Chail Cricket Ground in Chail, Himachal Pradesh, is the highest in the world.

11)Shampoo was invented in India, not the commercial liquid ones but the method by use of herbs. The word 'shampoo' itself has been derived from the Sanskrit word champu, which means to massage.

12)Water on the moon was discovered by India

In September 2009, India's ISRO Chandrayaan- 1 using its Moon Mineralogy Mapper detected water on the moon for the first time.

13)Science day in Switzerland is dedicated to Ex-Indian President, APJ Abdul Kalam

The first rocket was so light and small that it was transported on a bicycle to the Thumba Launching Station in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.

15)India's first President only took 50% of his salary

When Dr Rajendra Prasad was appointed the President of India, he only took 50% of his salary, claiming he did not require more than that. Towards the end of his 12-year tenure he only took 25% of his salary. The salary of the President was Rs 10,000 back then.

16) India is the world's second-largest English speaking country

17)India was the first country to develop extraction and purifying techniques of sugar. Many visitors from abroad learnt the refining and cultivation of sugar from us.

18)Be it because of religious reasons or personal choices or both, around 20-40% of Indians are vegetarians, making it the largest vegetarian-friendly country in the world.

Shakuntla Devi was given this title after she demonstrated the calculation of two 13 digit numbers: 7,686,369,774,870 × 2,465,099,745,779 which were picked at random. She answered correctly within 28 seconds.

20)Diamonds were first mined in India

Initially, diamonds were only found in the alluvial deposits in Guntur and Krishna District of the Krishna River Delta

So friends that's all from this blog we will soon meet again with more superb information everyday..😉✌