Interesting Facts about India
Shampooing is an Indian concept
Shampoo was invented in India, not the commercial liquid ones
but the method by use of herbs. The word 'shampoo' itself has been derived from
the Sanskrit word champu, which means to massage.
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.
Science day in Switzerland is dedicated
to Ex-Indian President, APJ Abdul Kalam
The father of India's missile programme had visited Switzerland
back in 2006. Upon his arrival, Switzerland declared May 26th as Science
Day.
The first rocket in India was
transported on a cycle
The first rocket was so light and small that it was transported
on a bicycle to the Thumba Launching Station in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
India is the world's second-largest
English speaking country
India is second only to the USA when it comes to speaking
English with around 125 million people speaking the language, which is only 10%
of our population. This is expected to grow by quite a margin in the coming
years.
Largest number of vegetarians in the
world
Be it because of religious reasons or personal choices or both,
around 20-40% of Indians are vegetarians, making it the largest
vegetarian-friendly country in the world.
The world's largest producer of milk
India recently overtook the European Union with production
reaching over 132.4m tonnes in 2014.
The first country to consume sugar
India was the first country to develop extraction and purifying
techniques of sugar. Many visitors from abroad learnt the refining and
cultivation of sugar from us.
The human calculator
Shakuntla Devi was given this title after she demonstrated the
calculation of two 13 digit numbers: 7,686,369,774,870 × 2,465,099,745,779
which were picked at random. She answered correctly within 28 seconds.
Havell's is purely an Indian brand &
named after its first owner
Though the company was bought for just 10 lakh Rupees a long
time ago and is now a multi-billion electrical goods company, it's an Indian
company and is still named after its original owner, Haveli Ram Gupta.
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Aryabhatta, the great astronomer and scientist, discovered zero.
The number system was also invented in ancient India.
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Bhaskaracharya, the great astronomer and mathematician of
ancient India, was the first person to calculate the time taken by the earth to
orbit the sun.
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It was during the 6th century that Budhayana first calculated
the value of pie and explained the concept of Pythagoras theorem.
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It is interesting to note that ancient India was so advanced in
science and mathematics that Algebra, trigonometry and calculus all came from
India. In the 11th century Sridharacharya propounded the Quadratic equations.
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Ancient Indians had a well developed concept of water
harvesting. The earliest reservoir and dam for irrigation was built in
Saurashtra. This lake was called Sudarshana and built by the Shaka king,
Rudradaman.
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Chess was a popular game in ancient India.
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The great physician of ancient India, Sushruta conducted
complicated surgeries like cesareans, cataract, artificial limbs, fractures,
stones, plastic surgery and brain surgery.
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Usage of anesthesia was well known in ancient India.
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भारत की कोई राष्ट्रीय भाषा नहीं हैं, हिंदी अधिकारिक भाषा है जो कि देश के कई राज्यों में बोली जाती है। इसके अलावा अंग्रेजी भी देश के कई राज्यों में बोली जाती है। इसके अलावा देश में तमिल, तेलगू, कन्नड़, मलयालम , मराठी ऐसी भाषाये हैं जो कि देश के 22 राज्यों में बोली जाती है। भारत में 1,652 बोलियां और भाषाओं का प्रयोग किया जाता है।
भारत में हिंदी के बाद सबसे ज्यादा अंग्रेजी बोली जाती है। भारत विश्व का 24वां देश हैं जहां सबसे ज्यादा अंग्रेजी बोली जाती है। भारत में 22 राज्य हैं जहां हिंदी और अंग्रेजी मानक भाषा के रूप में प्रयोग किया जाता है।
भारत में हिंदी के बाद सबसे ज्यादा अंग्रेजी बोली जाती है। भारत विश्व का 24वां देश हैं जहां सबसे ज्यादा अंग्रेजी बोली जाती है। भारत में 22 राज्य हैं जहां हिंदी और अंग्रेजी मानक भाषा के रूप में प्रयोग किया जाता है।
Thanks
Will see another facts in Part II
(A.K.Dobhal)
