20 Interesting Facts About India

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India, officially the Republic of India and it is the second-most populous country in the world, the seventh-largest nation by region, and the world’s most populous democracy.

It’s a country with amazing varieties of cultures, religions, traditions, languages and so many histories.
Once you visit this country you will realize why people are calling it an incredible India.

Here are some amazing and interesting facts about India every Indian should know –

1. India is the world’s seventh-largest country and the largest democracy.


2. The second-largest population of scientists and engineers is from India.

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3. India has more than 300,000 active mosques. This outnumbers any other country in the world, even the Muslim countries.



4. Did you know that India is the only country to have an entire ocean named after it, i.e. the Indian Ocean. Commonly, there are a total of five oceans in the world, namely; Atlantic Ocean, Arctic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean, and the Southern Ocean.

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5. Did you know that there are more Indian restaurants in London alone than there are in Mumbai and Delhi combined.


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6. Jyoti Kisange Amge (born December 16, 1993) is a notable Indian actress for being Guinness World Records’ smallest living woman in the world. She is 62.8 centimeters tall (2 ft 0.6 in).


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7. Benny Prasad, born in 1975, is the fastest man in the world to travel through all 195 countries. He is an Indian gospel guitarist and instrumental guitarist.

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8. India leads the world with the largest number of films.

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9. Khari Baoli market in New Delhi is the largest wholesale spice market of Asia is in India.

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10. Vava Suresh, popularly known as “The Snake Man” of Kerala, is a wildlife conservationist from India. He has rescued/captured more than 52,000 snakes. He was born in 1974 in Trivandrum, Kerala. It is believed that he has been bitten more than 3,000 times including 300 times by some venomous snake.


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11. Mawsynram, Meghalaya is the Wettest Place on Earth with 11,873 Millimetres of Rain Annually.

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12. Chail Cricket ground is the highest cricket ground in the world. It’s only natural for it to also feature the highest cricket ground in the world recorded by the Guinness Book. It is situated at a level of 2,144 metres above sea level in Chail, Himachal Pradesh.


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13. Did you know that Chess was invented in India?

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14. India is the place of origin of Buddhism and Jainism.

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15. India has the biggest population of vegetarians in the world.


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16. The first mining of diamonds was done in India.

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17. The Taj Mahal, one of the Seven Wonders of the World, is in India.

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18. India was the first to detect water on the Moon. India’s first Moon Satellite Chandrayaan-1 took the honor.

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19. India is the second-largest producer of tea in the world, producing an average of 1,325,050 tonnes each year.

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20. Golden Temple in Amritsar is the Most Visited Place in the World.

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