1. When India became independent on August 15, 1947 there was
no National Anthem. Even though the Bengali invocation of Jana Gana Mana was
written in 1911, it was not considered as national anthem till 1950.
2. India has the second longest road network in the world
measuring 48,65,000 Km (U.S tops the chart).
3. Cherrapunji, India holds the all-time record for the most
rainfall in a calendar month and in a year.
4. There are 300,000 active mosques in India, more than in any
other country, including the Muslim world.
5. Hotel Raj Palace, Jaipur is acknowledged as the world's best
heritage hotel.
6. "Chess" and "Snakes and Ladders" were
invented in India.
7. India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru was featured
in the Vogue magazine. His Nehru jacket was listed on Times list of “Global
fashion statement”.
8. The Sanskrit name for India
is Bharat Ganarajya. That is the reason why it is also called Bharat. The name "India" comes from the Indus River, which is where the earliest settlers made their homes.
9. Indian Postal system, commonly call “India Post” is the most
widely distributed postal system in the world. It has 154,866 post offices, of
which 139,040 (89.78 percent) were in rural areas and 15,826 (10.22 percent) in
urban areas.
10. Navi Mumbai, located in the eastern trans harbour of Mumbai,
Maharashtra, is one of the world's largest planned townships.
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