Navi Mumbai, a planned satellite township of
Mumbai, was developed in
1972 and is the largest planned township on the planet.
War of 27 years fought between the Maratha Empire and the Mughal Empire
from 1681 to 1707 was the longest recorded military engagement in the
history of India.
In 1955, Jawaharlal Nehru rejected an offer to India for a permanent UN
Security Council seat to avoid being embroiled in the cold war politics.
Viswanathan Anand is first player in chess history to have won the World
Championship in three different formats: knockout, tournament, and match.
India is one of only 3 remaining countries in the world to have a horsed
cavalry regiment.
Agni III is the most accurate missile in the world in its range category
and BrahMos is the fastest operational cruise missile in the world.
The process of crystallization of sugar from sugarcane juice was
discovered in India in the Gupta period (350 AD).
Many tribes in India worship Asura and Ravan and consider Vijaya Dashami
and Dussehra to be black days.
In 1928, when the Indian Hockey team was on its way to Amsterdam, they
played a series of exhibition matches in England. Seeing its calibre,
England decided not to field a team for the Olympics as "they did not
want to lose to a slave country."
Lonar Lake, a saltwater lake in Maharashtra, was created by a meteor
hitting the Earth and is one of its kind in India.
Raj Kapoor's 1951 film Awaara was massively popular in Soviet Russia and
China. The film and its title song were Mao Zedong's (Founder of
People's Republic of China) favorite.
There were two US navy warships called USS Krishna and USS Indra that
served during World War II.
Unlike in Border movie, only 2 Indians died in battle ofLongewala.
English Actor Sir Ben Kingsley' s birth name is Krishna Pandit Bhanji and
he is of Indian (Gujarati) descent.
Freddie Mercury, British musician was actually of Gujarati descent.
"John Doe" orders (restraint orders against unknown persons for breach
of plaintiff' s rights) are called "Ashok Kumar" orders in India.
Likewise, "unclaimed&quo t; or "unidentified& quot; dead body found in a public
place is called is Ashok Kumar.
The oldest building in Asia is in India, the Sanchi Stupa.
There is a species of Shark known as the Ganges Shark that inhabits
River Ganga and it is critically endangered
The first railroad was constructed by two Indians (Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy
and Jaganath Shunkerseth) and not the British.
Mount Kailash has never been climbed , in spite of Chinese government&# 39;s
support to the climbers.
Security at Tihar jail is managed by Tamil Nadu special police force.
When going to battle Indian kings would make their horses wear trunks.
The other side's elephants would refuse to attack the horses thinking
that the horses were baby elephants.
If Uttar Pradesh were to be a separate country, it would be world's
fifth most populous country.
There are more poor people in 8 Indian states alone than in the 26
poorest African countries
Bodhidharma, a prince of the Pallava dynasty went to China and began the
physical training of the Shaolin monks that led to the creation of Kung Fu.
A sugar company in Andhra provides rocket fuel to ISRO.
Tipu Sultan used Rockets with Swords fixed in the front against the
British in the Anglo-Mysore Wars.
There is a French electronic band named "Masala Dosa."
Did you know India has a National Ice Hockey Team?
Govt hiked the payment for the hangman from RS 10 to 5,000 just days
before for Kasab hanging.
Ajmal Amir Kasab had a case booked for entering CST station without a
ticket.
Australia' s Cricketer Stuart Clark is of Indian origin. Both his
parents, Bruce Clark and Mary Clark are Anglo-Indians.
A city name Jhumri Telaiya actually exists in Jharkhand.
There was a Great Hedge built by the British across India primarily to
collect the salt tax. It was 4000 km long and 12 feet in height spanning
from Punjab to Orissa. None of it remains today.
Kunal Nayyar (Rajesh Koothrappalli from Big Bang Theory) is married to a
former Miss India, Neha Kapur.
There is a village called Delhi in New york , USA. There is a city
called Madras in Oregon, USA.
India has three antarctic stations, Dakshin Gangotri, Maitri and Bharathi.
After United States, India has the largest number of English speakers.
During the battle of Rezang La in the 1962 Sino-Indian war a battalion
called 13 Kumaon Regiment consisting of mere 120 soldiers held off 6000
Chinese with heavy artillery killing 1300 of their soldiers.
Bangalored&# 39; is a word in Oxford dictionary, which came up after heavy
outsourcing to India took the world by storm.
One of the oldest College of Engineering in the world is in Chennai,
College of Engineering (Guindy).
There is a village in Assam calledJatinga where over the last 100 years,
thousands of birds have flown to their death on a small strip of land.
India has the world's smallest prison population.
The average cost of census taking in India is $0.5 per person (US: $39,
World Average: $4.6).
India Post allows you to order personalized stamps with your picture on
them.
1972 and is the largest planned township on the planet.
War of 27 years fought between the Maratha Empire and the Mughal Empire
from 1681 to 1707 was the longest recorded military engagement in the
history of India.
In 1955, Jawaharlal Nehru rejected an offer to India for a permanent UN
Security Council seat to avoid being embroiled in the cold war politics.
Viswanathan Anand is first player in chess history to have won the World
Championship in three different formats: knockout, tournament, and match.
India is one of only 3 remaining countries in the world to have a horsed
cavalry regiment.
Agni III is the most accurate missile in the world in its range category
and BrahMos is the fastest operational cruise missile in the world.
The process of crystallization of sugar from sugarcane juice was
discovered in India in the Gupta period (350 AD).
Many tribes in India worship Asura and Ravan and consider Vijaya Dashami
and Dussehra to be black days.
In 1928, when the Indian Hockey team was on its way to Amsterdam, they
played a series of exhibition matches in England. Seeing its calibre,
England decided not to field a team for the Olympics as "they did not
want to lose to a slave country."
Lonar Lake, a saltwater lake in Maharashtra, was created by a meteor
hitting the Earth and is one of its kind in India.
Raj Kapoor's 1951 film Awaara was massively popular in Soviet Russia and
China. The film and its title song were Mao Zedong's (Founder of
People's Republic of China) favorite.
There were two US navy warships called USS Krishna and USS Indra that
served during World War II.
Unlike in Border movie, only 2 Indians died in battle ofLongewala.
English Actor Sir Ben Kingsley' s birth name is Krishna Pandit Bhanji and
he is of Indian (Gujarati) descent.
Freddie Mercury, British musician was actually of Gujarati descent.
"John Doe" orders (restraint orders against unknown persons for breach
of plaintiff' s rights) are called "Ashok Kumar" orders in India.
Likewise, "unclaimed&quo t; or "unidentified& quot; dead body found in a public
place is called is Ashok Kumar.
The oldest building in Asia is in India, the Sanchi Stupa.
There is a species of Shark known as the Ganges Shark that inhabits
River Ganga and it is critically endangered
The first railroad was constructed by two Indians (Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy
and Jaganath Shunkerseth) and not the British.
Mount Kailash has never been climbed , in spite of Chinese government&# 39;s
support to the climbers.
Security at Tihar jail is managed by Tamil Nadu special police force.
When going to battle Indian kings would make their horses wear trunks.
The other side's elephants would refuse to attack the horses thinking
that the horses were baby elephants.
If Uttar Pradesh were to be a separate country, it would be world's
fifth most populous country.
There are more poor people in 8 Indian states alone than in the 26
poorest African countries
Bodhidharma, a prince of the Pallava dynasty went to China and began the
physical training of the Shaolin monks that led to the creation of Kung Fu.
A sugar company in Andhra provides rocket fuel to ISRO.
Tipu Sultan used Rockets with Swords fixed in the front against the
British in the Anglo-Mysore Wars.
There is a French electronic band named "Masala Dosa."
Did you know India has a National Ice Hockey Team?
Govt hiked the payment for the hangman from RS 10 to 5,000 just days
before for Kasab hanging.
Ajmal Amir Kasab had a case booked for entering CST station without a
ticket.
Australia' s Cricketer Stuart Clark is of Indian origin. Both his
parents, Bruce Clark and Mary Clark are Anglo-Indians.
A city name Jhumri Telaiya actually exists in Jharkhand.
There was a Great Hedge built by the British across India primarily to
collect the salt tax. It was 4000 km long and 12 feet in height spanning
from Punjab to Orissa. None of it remains today.
Kunal Nayyar (Rajesh Koothrappalli from Big Bang Theory) is married to a
former Miss India, Neha Kapur.
There is a village called Delhi in New york , USA. There is a city
called Madras in Oregon, USA.
India has three antarctic stations, Dakshin Gangotri, Maitri and Bharathi.
After United States, India has the largest number of English speakers.
During the battle of Rezang La in the 1962 Sino-Indian war a battalion
called 13 Kumaon Regiment consisting of mere 120 soldiers held off 6000
Chinese with heavy artillery killing 1300 of their soldiers.
Bangalored&# 39; is a word in Oxford dictionary, which came up after heavy
outsourcing to India took the world by storm.
One of the oldest College of Engineering in the world is in Chennai,
College of Engineering (Guindy).
There is a village in Assam calledJatinga where over the last 100 years,
thousands of birds have flown to their death on a small strip of land.
India has the world's smallest prison population.
The average cost of census taking in India is $0.5 per person (US: $39,
World Average: $4.6).
India Post allows you to order personalized stamps with your picture on
them.
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