Tuesday 28 June 2016

some facts about India that Indians are generally unaware of


  1. Peter England one of the largest menswear brand is an Indian brand. It is part of Madura Fashion & Lifestyle, a division of Aditya Birla Nuvo Ltd.
  2. Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL)is not an Indian company. It is a subsidiary of Anglo-Dutch company Unilever.
  3. Indian former president Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam visited Switzerland on May 26th since then this day is celebrated as Science Day in Switzerland.
    Swiss govt. declares May 26 as Science Day in h. of Kalam
  4. Indian Railways has world’s 4th largest rail network and it employs 1.6 million people.
    The number of people traveling in Indian Railways is roughly 25 million per day which is like shifting the entire population of Australia.
    Annually 8 billion people travel in Indian Railways which is almost equal to the entire world’s population.
    Ministry of Railways (Railway Board)
  5. The Siachen Glacier is the highest and coldest battlefield in the world at an average altitude of 20,000 feet.
    Siachen War, is a military conflict between India and Pakistan over the disputed Siachen Glacier region in kashmir.
    Siachen—the world’s highest battlefield
    Siachen conflict
    Blog: A 60-km Trek to the World's Highest Battlefield, Siachen
  6. World’s largest religious building, Angkor Wat is a Hindu Temple in Cambodia dedicated to lord Vishnu.
7. Padmanabhaswamy Temple in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala is the richest temple in the world. It is dedicated to lord Vishnu of Hinduism.
As per the findings, it has assets worth more than 19 billion US dollars or 1.2 trillion INR.
8. Indian Ocean is only ocean in the world which is named after a country i.e. India.
9. According to Gemological Institute of America, India was the only source of Diamonds till 1896.
10. Although modern images of India often show poverty and lack of development, India was the richest country on earth until the time of British in the early 17th Century. Cristopher Columbus was attracted by her wealth.
11. India never invaded any country in her last 10000 years of history.
 (Here , I am not saying anything about existance of india and when it became india from aaryavart. Here I am talking about in negative perspective that means you can’t argue with india vs pakistan and all that.Here, from Invaded

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