India is a place full of mystery, colors, fragrant spices, delicious food and joyous people. At Bharat Bazar we're continuously learning more about Indian culture and we know there is a lots left to uncover. Today we wanted to share few things you may not have known about the beautiful country from the East.
India is, the support of mankind, the origin of human discourse, the mother of history, the grandma of legend, and the considerable grandma of convention. Our most significant and most informative materials in the historical backdrop of man are cherished up in India as it were."
India is, the cradle of the mankind, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandparent of legend, and also the great grandparent of tradition. Our Most worthy and most instructive materials within the history of man are loved up in Asian nation solely.”
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FACTS ABOUT INDIA THAT YOU HAD NO IDEA ABOUT
INDIA IS A VERY DIVERSE COUNTRY AND WE HAVE A HISTORY DATING FIVE MILLENNIA BACK. NO MATTER HOW MUCH WE KNOW ABOUT IT THERE WOULD ALWAYS BE SOMETHING ABOUT THIS COUNTRY WHICH WILL AMAZE YOU. SO FOLKS HERE IS A GUEST POST BY MANIK M. JOLLY WHO IS A DECORATED VETERAN AND HIS POST IS TRULY AMAZING AND WILL MAKE YOU FEEL SO PROUD AT THE END OF THIS ARTICLE.
SMILING BUDDHA : ON 18 MAY 1974 AT POKHRAN, RAJASTHAN, INDIA CONDUCTED ITS FIRST SUCCESSFUL NUCLEAR TEST AND BECAME THE AUDACIOUS AND STRONG COUNTRY BY BEING THE ONLY NATION OUTSIDE UNITED NATION SECURITY COUNCIL COUNTRIES TOTO BECOME NUCLEAR POWER.
BHAKRA NANGAL DAM – ABOUT 95.2 MILLION CUBIC METERS OF EARTH WAS EXCAVATED FOR CONSTRUCTING THE CANALS OF THIS PROJECT. THIS AMOUNT OF SOIL IS ENOUGH TO CONSTRUCT A6 METER WIDE AND 1 METER HIGH ELEVATION ROAD FROM NEW DELHI TO NEW YORK.
IT IS INDIAN KING KANISHKA WHO TOOK BUDDHISM TO CHINA IN MIDDLE OF 2ND CENTURY CE, WHEN HE ENTERED TARIM BASIN (NORTHWEST CHINA).
KanishkaBHUT JOLOKIA FROM NORTH EAST STATES IN INDIA IS WORLD’S HOTTEST CHILLI. TO GIVE A COMPARISON, JALAPENO PEPPER SCORES 2,500–8,000 ON SCOVILLE’S SCALE (USED TO MEASURE HOTNESS IN CHILLIES). BHUT JOLOKIA SCORE IS 855,000–1,041,427 !EDIT : SOME PEOPLE HAVE SEEN STUDIES WHERE THIS PARTICULAR CHILLI IS NOT THE HOTTEST IN WORLD. LET’S SAY THERE ARE REPORTS TO SUPPORT BOTH SIDES, SO YOU CAN CHOOSE TO BELIEVE OR NOT.
MAHABHARATA LONGEST POEM EVER WRITTEN AND LONGEST VERSION OF IT CONTAINS OVER 200200,000 VERSES.
THE SHIMLA-KALKA TOY TRAIN (NOW A UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE) HAS 102 OPERATIONAL TUNNELS BUT STARTED WITH 107 TUNNELS. THE LONGEST TUNNEL IS AT BAROG. ENGINEER COLONEL BAROG DUG THE TUNNEL FROM BOTH ENDS AND COULD NOT ALIGN THEM AND WAS SYMBOLICALLY FINED ONE RUPEE. HE COULDN’T LIVE WITH THE SHAME AND COMMITTED SUICIDE INSIDE THE INCOMPLETE TUNNEL.
INDIA NOW HAS THREE RESEARCH STATIONS AT ANTARCTICA. THE LAST ONE, BHARATHI CAME WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2012.
EDIT : STATION DAKSHIN GANGOTRI (SET UP IN 1983) HAS BEEN ABANDONED. THANKS FOR SUGGESTION NITIN CHAUHAN)
BRAHMOS IS THE WORLD’S FASTEST ANTI-SHIP CRUISE MISSILE IN OPERATION. THE MISSILE TRAVELS AT SPEEDS OF MACH 2.8 TO 3.0.
INDIA HAS THE LARGEST DIASPORA POPULATION IN THE WORLD. 16 MILLION !! FOLLOWED BY RUSSIA AND MEXICO.
INDIA – PAKISTAN BOUNDARY IS CALLEDRADCLIFFE LINE AND INDIA – CHINA BOUNDARY IS CALLED MACMAHON LINE.
INDIA’S FIRST LADY DOCTOR, ANANDI BAI JOSHI, AND SUPPOSEDLY THE FIRST HINDU WOMAN TO SET FOOT ON US SOIL AND THEN GET A MEDICAL DEGREE, DIED AT YOUNG AGE OF 21YEARS AFTER REACHING BACK TO INDIA IN 1887. BRITISH AND INDIANS MOURNED HER TRAGIC DEATH AND SH CONTINUES TO INSPIRE EVERYONE WHO HAS READ HER LIFE STORY.
CV RAMAN, WON THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR PHYSICS IN 1930 AND BECAME THE FIRST ASIAN AND FIRST NON-WHITE TO RECEIVE ANY NOBEL PRIZE IN THE SCIENCES. HIS NEPHEW, S CHANDRASEKHAR, WON THE NOBLE PRIZE IN 1983. WHAT A FAMILY !!
SHYAM SARAN NEGI , INDIA’S FIRST AND OLDEST VOTER ! IN 1951, HE CAST THE FIRST VOTE IN INDEPENDENT INDIA’S FIRST GENERAL ELECTIONS. HE IS FROM HIMACHAL PRADESH, HENCE PEOPLE IN HP GOT THE CHANCE TO VOTE 5 MONTHS BEFORE THE GENERAL ELECTIONS THAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED IN 1952. HE HAS VOTED IN EVERY ELECTION SINCE THEN AND IN 2010, THEN-CHIEF ELECTION COMMISSIONER NAVIN CHAWLA VISITED NEGI’S VILLAGE TO HONOUR HIM AS PART OF THE ELECTION COMMISSION’S DIAMOND JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS. IN MAY 2014, 97-YEAR OLD SHYAM SARAN NEGI REACHED THE POLLING BOOTH AT 6.55 AM ACCOMPANIED BY HIS WIFE HIRA MANI (92) !
Forget burning man, The Kumbh Mela is the ultimate spiritual cleanse for the soul seeker. 4 times in the course of 12 year, millions of people get together to celebrate the planets and the confluence of 4 rivers. It is believed that every 12 years the rivers will contain Amrita - or immortality, so everyone bathes and drinks the water. What's ever more amazing is that you can see the gathering from space.
The idea of shampoo was invented in India. The sanskrit word for shampoo is champoo - which means to massage. They didn't have head and shoulders back then, instead they used herbs and water to clean their hair.
It's no so surprise that elephants are sacred in India. Check out our story on the myth of Ganesha. In a sanctuary in Kerala elephants receive baths, massages and even food!
The only country that has more english speakers than America is India. About 125 million people. That is close to half of the US population and double the United Kingdom's.
Speaking of languages India has the largest diversity of linguistics. Over 1000+ languages are spoken today - with Hindi, Tamil, Marathi, Telugu, Urdu and Bengali being the mostly widely spoken.
India has the largest active democracy in the world. A polling station is set even in the most remote villages. Even families that don't live near villages will have a polling station especially for them.
India produces the most movies of any country in the world. About 1000 movies are produced throughout the continent, but only 200 are Bollywood films. The majority of the movies are made in South India.
Checkmate! The beautiful game of Chess was born in India around 550 A.D during the Gupta Empire
For the most part, cows run free in India. It's not uncommon to see these large herbivorous creatures roaming through the busiest city streets. Cows are considered sacred and eating their meat is forbidden in most places because they plow the fields, give milk and are indispensable to the farmer.
40% of the population in India are vegetarians - making it the most in the world. Instead of the McChicken, McDonalds created the McAloo Tiki which is the same incarnation except with potatoes.
A floating post office
India has the biggest postal system on the planet with more than 1, 55,015 post workplaces. A solitary mail station on a normal serves a populace of 7,175 individuals. The skimming post office in Dal Lake, Srinagar, was introduced in August 2011.
Kumbh Mela gathering unmistakable from space
The 2011 Kumbh Mela was the biggest social occasion of individuals with more than 75 million explorers. The social occasion was huge to the point that the group was noticeable from space.
The wettest occupied place on the planet
Mawsynram, a town on the Khasi Hills, Meghalaya, gets the most noteworthy recorded normal precipitation on the planet. Cherrapunji, additionally a piece of Meghalaya, holds the record for the most precipitation in the date-book year of 1861.
Bandra Worli Sealink has steel wires equivalent to the world's circuit
It took an aggregate of 2,57,00,000 worker hours for finish and furthermore weighs as much as 50,000 African elephants. A genuine designing and compositional wonder.
The most elevated cricket ground on the planet
At a height of 2,444 meters, the Chail Cricket Ground in Chail, Himachal Pradesh, is the most astounding on the planet. It was worked in 1893 and is a piece of the Chail Military School.
Shampooing is an Indian idea
Cleanser was designed in India, not the business fluid ones but rather the strategy by utilization of herbs. "Shampoo" itself has been gotten from the Sanskrit word champu, which intends to knead.
The Indian national Kabaddi group has won every single World Cup
India has won every one of the 5 men's Kabaddi World Cups held till now and have been undefeated all through these competitions. The Indian ladies' group has additionally won all Kabaddi World Cups held till date.
Water on the moon was found by India
In September 2009, India's ISRO Chandrayaan-1 utilizing its Moon Mineralogy Mapper recognized water on the moon interestingly.
Science day in Switzerland is devoted to Ex-Indian President, APJ Abdul Kalam
The father of India's rocket program had gone to Switzerland in 2006. Upon his landing, Switzerland proclaimed May 26th as Science Day.
India's first President just took half of his pay
At the point when Dr Rajendra Prasad was designated the President of India, he just took half of his pay, guaranteeing he didn't require more than that. Towards the finish of his 12-year residency he just took 25% of his pay. The pay of the President was Rs 10,000 in those days.
The primary rocket in India was transported on a cycle
The principal rocket was so light and little that it was transported on a bike to the Thumba Launching Station in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
India has a spa only for elephants
Elephants get showers, rubs and even nourishment at the Punnathoor Cotta Elephant Yard Rejuvenation Center in Kerala. Now that is a BIG stride for the nation.
India is the world's second-biggest English talking nation
India is second just to the USA with regards to communicating in English with around 125 million individuals talking the dialect, which is just 10% of our populace. This is relied upon to develop by a significant edge in the coming years.
Biggest number of veggie lovers on the planet
Be it due to religious reasons or individual decisions or both, around 20-40% of Indians are vegans, making it the biggest veggie lover amicable nation on the planet.
The world's biggest producer of milk
India as of late surpassed the European Union with creation coming to more than 132.4m tons in 2014.
The primary nation to expend sugar
India was the principal nation to create extraction and purging strategies of sugar. Numerous guests from abroad learnt the refining and development of sugar from us.
The human calculator
Shakuntla Devi was given this title after she exhibited the estimation of two 13 digit numbers: 7,686,369,774,870 × 2,465,099,745,779 which were picked indiscriminately. She addressed effectively inside 28 seconds.
Rabindranath Tagore likewise composed the national song for Bangladesh
Rabindranath Tagore is credited not just to write the Indian national song of devotion, Jana Gana Mana, however the Bangladeshi national hymn, Amar Sonar Bangla, also. He was additionally offered knighthood by the British yet rejected the respect after the Jalianwala Bagh slaughter.
