Amazing Facts about India

 

1.  India introduced shampoo to the world

The first-ever shampoo was used by Indians. Dried Indian gooseberry mixed with many other herbs was used to wash hairs, a recipe that is still used today. The word ‘shampoo’ is derived from the Hindi word, champo.

2.  The earliest diamond in the world was mined in India

It is believed that the first-ever diamond recognized and mined was in India among huge alluvial deposits of the stone on the bank of Krishna and Godavari rivers. Some of the world’s biggest diamonds were also found in India.

3.  The highest cricket ground can be found here

Another fact about India is that the Chail Cricket Ground in Chail, Himachal Pradesh is the highest cricket ground in the w Another  orld. It is part of the famous Chail Military School built from the 19^th century and sits at an altitude of 2,444 meters.

4.  India took part in the discovery of water on the moon

This fact is recalled with a sense of pride by Indians. First time ever, India discovered that there is water on the moon. The Indian Space Research Organization’s lunar probe, Chandrayaan-1 detected water using a Moon Mineralogy Mapper.

5.  The first-ever rocket launched from India

The first a rocket that launched from India was so light and small that it was transported on a bicycle to the Thumba Launching Station in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.

 

6.  The woman nicknamed ‘the human calculator’ is from India

Shakuntala Devi from Bengaluru city in India earned a mention in 1982 Guinness Book of World Records when she multiplied two, thirteen digit numbers and gave the correct answer in only 28 seconds. The genius mental calculator was nicknamed, ‘the human calculator’.

7.  Freddie Mercury and Sir Ben Kingsley have Indian grandparents

Legendary singer, Freddie Mercury on the British band ‘Queen’ was Parsi born by the name Farrokh Bulsara. Acclaimed actor, Sir Ben Kingsley was born to Rahimtulla Harji Bhanji and Anna Lyna Mary and his birth name is Krishna Pandit Bhanji.

8.  India sets up a voting poll booth for one

During elections, India sets a voting booth in the Gir Forest for only one person names Mr. Mahant Bharatdas Darshandas. who has been voting since 2004 in the polling booth specially made for him every year.

 

9.  It was the first country to produce sugar

India has been producing sugar since ancient times. People in the Indian subcontinents were the first one to discover the use of sugarcane and its properties in medicine and food.

10.     It is home to a floating post office

India is the holder of largest number of post offices in the world. Like that didn’t make India exclusive enough, there is a floating post office on a boat in Kashmir, India. The post office is on the famous and picturesque Dal Lake, a mainstay of Kashmir tourism and the floating post office make it even more unique.

 

11.     It has a village called Snapdeal.com Nagar

Shiv Nagar village in Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh was renamed ‘Snapdeal.com Nagar’ after snapdeal.com, the e-commerce company, installed 15 hand-pumps in the village so that the villagers wouldn’t have to walk for miles to get access to water. The village has the Snap deal logo everywhere.

 

12.     It is the wettest inhabited place in the world

In the state of Meghalaya, there is a village called Mawsynram that received 26,000 millimeters of rainfall in 1985, earning the title of ‘wettest place on earth’. Located in the beautiful Khasi Hills in northeast India, this little village doesn’t offer much to travelers except its rain.