Question

Twenty unknown facts about India.

Answer 1

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1.India is about 1/3 the size of the United States, yet it is the second most populous country in the world, with a population of 1,166,079,217. India is the seventh largest country in the world, at 1.27 million square miles.
2.India is the largest democracy in the world.
3.
The Kumbh Mela (or Grand Pitcher Festival) is a huge Hindu religious festival that takes place in India every 12 years.

4.In 2001, 60 million people attended, breaking the record for the world’s biggest gathering. The mass of people was photographed from space by a satellite.

5.Many Indians find toilet paper repellent and consider it cleaner to splash water with the left hand in the appropriate direction.

6.Consequently, the left hand is considered unclean and is never used for eating.

7.To avoid polluting the elements (fire, earth, water, air), followers of Zoroastrianism in India don’t bury their dead, but instead leave bodies in buildings called “Towers of Silence” for the vultures to pick clean.

8. After the bones dry, they are swept into a central well.



9.It is illegal for foreigners to import or export Indian currency (rupees)

10.It is illegal for foreigners and non-citizens to take Indian currency (rupees) out of India.

11.India has one of the world's highest rates of murder in the world, at over 40,000 murders per year (though it is also one of the most populated countries in the world).


12.India has one of the world’s highest rates of abortion.Time magazine reports that in 2012, the number of abortions in India could be as high as 7 million, with 2/3 of abortions taking place in unauthorized health facilities. Due to unsanitary conditions, a woman in India dies every two hours.

13.Additionally, there are more men than women in India due to the high rate of abortions performed on female fetuses, a practice known as "gendercide."e

14.More than a million Indians are millionaires, yet most Indians live on less than two dollars a day.

15.An estimated 35% of India’s population lives below the poverty line.


16.Cows can be found freely wandering the streets of India’s cities. They are considered sacred and will often wear a tilak, a Hindu symbol of good fortune. Cows are considered one of humankind’s seven mothers because they offer milk as does one’s natural mother.


17.Dancing is one of India’s most highly developed arts and was an integral part of worship in the inner shrines of every temple. It is notable for its expressive hand movements.f
Rabies is endemic in India. Additionally, “Delhi Belly” or diarrhea is commonplace due to contaminated drinking water.


18.Many Indian wives will never say their husband’s name aloud, as it is a sign of disrespect. When addressing him, the wife will use several indirect references, such as “ji” or “look here” or “hello,” or even refer to him as the father of her child.


19.A widow is considered bad luck—otherwise, her husband wouldn’t have died. Elderly women in the village might call a widow “the one who ate her husband.” In some orthodox families, widows are not allowed near newlyweds or welcomed at social gatherings.


20.India is the birthplace of chess.l The original word for “chess” is the Sanskrit chaturanga, meaning “four members of an army”—which were mostly likely elephants, horses, chariots, and foot soldiers.


21.The Indian flag has three horizontal bands of color: saffron for courage and sacrifice, white for truth and peace, and green for faith, fertility, and chivalry. An emblem of a wheel spinning used to be in the center of the white band, but when India gained independence, a Buddhist dharma chakra, or wheel of life, replaced the spinning wheel.

Khajuraho erotic sculptures:-

22.Khajuraho’s exotic art may suggest that sex was a step for attaining ultimate liberation or moksha

23.The temples of Khajuraho are famous for their erotic sculptures and are one of the most popular tourist attractions in India. Scholars still debate the purpose of such explicit portrayals of sexual intercourse, which sometimes involve animals.


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Answer 2

1) It was the only place where diamonds were found.
2)It has the largest postal network
3)The 2011 Kumbh Mela was the largest gathering of people with over 75 million pilgrims. The gathering was so huge that the crowd was visible from space.
4)Mawsynram, a village on the Khasi Hills, Meghalaya, receives the highest recorded average rainfall in the world
5)Bandra Worli Sealink has steel wires equal to the earth's circumference.
6)At an altitude of 2,444 meters, the Chail Cricket Ground in Chail, Himachal Pradesh, is the highest in the world.
7)Shampoo was invented in India, not the commercial liquid ones but the method by use of herbs.
8)India has won all 5 men's Kabaddi World Cups held till now and have been undefeated throughout these tournaments.
9)India discovered that there was water on earth
10) India's first President took only 50 percent of his salary
11) the first rocket launched by India was transported on a cycle
12)India is the second largest english speaking country
13) India has the largest number of vegetarians in the world
14) India is the largest producer of milk
15)India was the first country to develop extraction and purifying techniques of sugar.
16)Astronaut Rakesh Sharma said India looks saare jahaan se achcha from space
17)India’s first floating Post office is on Dal Lake in Srinagar, the first of its kind in the country.
18)Today, India has the world’s largest school in terms of students, the City Montessori School in Lucknow. It has more than 45 thousand students!
19)India prides itself on being the world's largest democracy
20)There are more road deaths in India than any other country in the world.