Interesting Facts about India
15. The famous board game, called Chess, was invented in India.
14. Mathematics words Algebra, Calculus, and Trigonometry comes from India.
13. India never invaded any country in her last 100000 years of history.
12. 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.
11. India is officially known as the Republic of India.
10. Indira Gandhi was India's first and only female Prime Minister.
9. India was once a continent. More than 100 million years ago, when dinosaurs roamed the earth, most of what is now India was an island.
8. 100 million people come to India's Kumbh Mela Festival, the world's biggest gathering of humans.
7. Shani Shingnapur is one of the most amazing village of India. All houses in the village didn’t have doors including their shops and halls. They have never kept their valulable things in lock and key. No theft has been reported yet in the village, it is the most amazing fact about India. This village is situated in Nevasa taluka of Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra state in India.
6. It’s estimated that in the next two to three years, 25% of people entering the workforce will be Indian.
5. India is the world's largest, oldest, continuous civilization.
4. 42% of the world's poor live in India.
3. The number system and decimal system was discovered by an Indian.
2. The name 'India' is derived from the River Indus, the valleys around which were the home of the early settlers. The Aryan worshippers referred to the river Indus as the Sindhu.
1. India is the seventh largest country in the world, at 1.27 million square miles.
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