14 Facts About India

The first and foremost fact about India is that according to a study India was to be an island more than 100 million years ago. Approximately 50 million years ago, it banged with the Asian continent as a result the Himalayas came into existence. Attractive, isn’t it? With the population of over a billion people belonging to all kinds of religions and ethnicities, India is the second most populated country as well as has some mind-blowing facts and achievements.

14 facts about India are given below:

01. Varanasi, The Oldest Inhabited Place 

Varanasi is situated on the bank of river Ganga. In the parliament it is represented by the country’s PM Narendra Modi. According to a research the holy city of Banaras is at almost 3000 years old. In Hindu Mythology, Lord Shiva found this city 5000 years ago. 

02. Lonar Lake in Maharashtra

Lonar Lake Maharashtra is a 4-hours drive from Aurangabad and double as Maharashtra’s best-kept secret, this lake was found by a collapsing meteor about 52,000 years ago. Travellers must not miss this astronomical miracle and the holy temples constructed around this lake.

03. Anti-Gravity Magnetic Hill Ladakh

These are the only magnetic hill with anti-gravitational effect in India. There’s a yellow notice board that remainder the visitors, spells out information and instructions which asks you place your car on neutral in on the area marked by white color, this one will leave you in horror as your car will begin to move uphill on its own without the power of engine.

Do you know, same hills with anti gravitational effects are also present in UAE in the Valley of Jinn (وادی جن).

04. Land of ‘Firsts’, Invented Snakes & Ladders, Shampooing, Algebra etc!

A concept originated in India starts from the game of snakes and ladders to chess like Chaturanga, buttons, shampooing, the number pi (3.1415), diamond mining, zero, algebra, trigonometry along with the finding of the presence of water on the moon. Don’t you think this an interesting fact about India?

05. Floating Post Office in Dal Lake Srinagar

India is known for the most significant number of post offices in the world. It has its very own floating post office on Dal Lake in Srinagar, Kashmir. This floating post office also includes a philately museum within it. It’san unusual fact about India, isn’t it?

06. The Wettest Place on Earth

Mawsynram is a Guinness record holder place having highest average annual rainfall. This is a town in Meghalaya gets about 11,873 millimetres of rain attributable to its closeness to the Bay of Bengal (خلیج بنگال). The winter months of this region are passed in preparation for the six-month-long monsoon rainfall for upcoming months.

07. Bill of Rights for Cows

When an Indian born, he/she has two mothers. One is birth mother and other is, Gaumata (Cows). Cows are supposed to be holy in Hinduism, and the Constitution of India has a set of rules in place that check the sale and slaughter of cows. What a fantastic fact about India!

08.  Polling booth for one voter

India’s most advantaged voter is Mahant Bharatdas who resides in a small village called Banej lies in the middle of Gir Forest, Gujarat. During the elections the polling booth was setup for the one voter of helmet. This goes a long way in speaking about the democratic spirit of the country.

09. The Houses Don’t Have Doors!

The village Shani Shingnapur in Maharashtra features the establishment of houses without any doors and locks. Its residents live and sleep soundly because they believe that Lord Shani to be the guardian and protector of the town. 

10. Officer’s Village of India

Madhopati is a small village in the district of Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh. It has made history by producing the most number of Indian Administrative Services (IAS) and Indian Police Services (IPS) officers. 75 households has given 47 officers in Indian administration. Not only that, many people from the same village have made their careers by joining important organiations like Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), Bhabha Atomic Research Centre and World Bank.

11. Kumbh Mela Gathering

The Kumbh Mela is a spiritual gathering of Hinduism held once in 12 years in Northern India. According to a research, in 2011, this religious gathering was so vast that it was visible from space through a satellite. Over 70 million people attended this festival.

12. Over 300,000 Mosques

India's 14.2% of it’s population profess the religion Islam. She has the most number of mosques in the world. According to a research India has over 300,000 mosques which distinguishes it from world. The famous mosques are Jama Masjid (New Delhi), Mecca Masjid (Hyderabad), Taj-Ul-Masjid (Bhopal), etc.

13. The Second Largest Road Network

There are around 1.9 million miles of roads in the India which  makes traveling more convenient. So that the country has second-largest network of roads in the world after the United States of America (USA).

14. World’s Highest Rail Bridge in Jammu

Chenab bridge is about 35 metres taller than the Eiffel Tower. It is an arch-shaped bridge lies in Jammu and Kashmir which is the world’s tallest rail bridge. It has the height of 1,178 feet over the river Chenab.