25 Interesting Facts about India ???
1.) India is the seventh largest country in the world, at 1.27 million square miles.
2.) Farmers in India use Coca Cola and Pepsi as an inexpensive form of pesticide.
3.) It is illegal for foreigners to import or export Indian currency.
4.) India produces 70% of the world's spices.
5.) India is the world’s largest tea producer, and tea is its most popular beverage.
6.) India is under a single time zone.
7.) India is the world’s largest producer of dried beans, such as kidney beans and chickpeas.
8.) India is the largest democracy in the world.
9.) India is the seventh largest country in the world, at 1.27 million square miles.
10.) New Delhi’s air is the most polluted in the world.
11.) The Golden Temple in India feeds a vegetarian meal to over 100,000 people a day regardless of race, religion and class.
12.) India has the lowest meat consumption per person in the world.
13.) India experiences six seasons: summer, autumn, winter, spring, summer monsoon, and winter monsoon.
14.) India’s Independence Day, August 15, 1947.
15.) India’s pastoral communities are largely dependent on dairy and have made India the largest milk-producing country in the world.
16.) Hindi and English are the official languages of India. The government also recognizes 17 other languages.
17.) Most historians agree that the first recorded account of plastic surgery is found in ancient Indian Sanskrit texts.
18.) The lotus is sacred to both Hindus and Buddhists.
19.) Introduced by the British, cricket is India’s most popular sport.
20.) Every major world religion is represented in India.
21.) India is the world’s largest producer of banana exports.
22.) India is the birthplace of chess.
23.) Rabies is endemic in India.
24.) More than a million Indians are millionaires, yet most Indians live on less than two dollars a day.
25.) India has the largest postal network in the world.
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