@=15 amazing things to know this 15th August=@ ===================================== 1-The name `India is derived from the River Indus, the valleys around which were the home of the first inhabitants of India. . 2-North Korea, South Korea, Bahrain and Republic of the Congo share their independence day with India. . 3-India is the worlds largest producer of tea, milk and mangoes and also the second largest producer of wheat and rice, the worlds major food staples. . 4-Chess and Snakes and Ladders were invented in India. . 5- India never invaded any country in her last 100000 years of history. . 6-The worlds largest road network is in India-over 1.9 million miles of roads cover the country. . 7- Cherrapunji (Meghalaya) is the wettest spot on earth. It receives at least 425 inches of rain every year, which is over 5 times more than the tropical rain forests of South America! . 8- With around 155,618 post offices and over 566,000 employees, India has the largest postal network in the world. . 9- India Railways is the single largest civilian employer in the world, with over a million employees. . 10-State Bank of India has the maximum number of branches in the world, with the number being over 15,000 and counting. . 11-The value of pi was first calculated by the Indian Mathematician Budhayana, who also explained the Pythagorean Theorem. . 12-India is one of only three countries that makes supercomputers (the US and Japan are the other two). . 13-Navi Mumbai, a planned satellite township of Mumbai, was developed in 1972 and is the largest planned township on the planet. . 13-India produces more movies than any other country in the world and Bollywood is the largest film industry in the world. . 14-There are 300,000 active mosques in India, more than in any other country, including the Muslim world. . 15- There are 300,000 active mosques in India, more than in any other country, including the Muslim world. -------------------------------------------- Vande Mataram ! Jai Hind !! --------------------------------------------
Posted on: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 15:46:05 +0000
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