Interesting Facts On India
"India is, the
cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of
history, the grandmother of legend, and the great grandmother of tradition. Our
most valuable and most instructive materials in the history of man are
treasured up in India only." – Mark Twian
A Floating Post Office
India has the largest
postal network in the world with over 1, 55,015 post offices. A single post
office on an average serves a population of 7,175 people. The floating post
office in Dal Lake, Srinagar, was inaugurated in August 2011.
Kumbh Mela gathering visible from space
In 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.
The wettest
inhabited place in the world
Mawsynram, a village
on the Khasi Hills, Meghalaya, receives the highest recorded average rainfall
in the world. Cherrapunji, also a part of Meghalaya, holds the record for the
most rainfall in the calendar year of 1861.
Bandra Worli
Sealink has steel wires equal to the earth's circumference
It took a total of 2,
57, 00,000 man hours for completion and also weighs as much as 50,000
African elephants. A true engineering and architectural marvel.
The highest
cricket ground in the world
At an altitude of 2,444
meters, the Chail Cricket Ground in Chail, Himachal Pradesh, is the highest in
the world. It was built in 1893 and is a part of the Chail Military School.
Water on the
moon was discovered by India
In September 2009,
India's ISRO Chandrayaan- 1 using its Moon Mineralogy Mapper detected water on
the moon for the first time.
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