- The Golden Temple in India feeds a vegetarian meal to over 100,000 people a day regardless of race, religion and class.
- India is one of ten countries that launches satellites. source : Timeline of first orbital launches by country
- The Taj Mahal Hotel was India's First hotel to use electricity.
- Indian Housewives hold 11% of world's gold, i.e., more than the reserves of USA,IMF,Switzerland, and Germany put together.
- India is one of the countries that makes supercomputers. The list of the top 500 supercomputers in the world. source : TOP500
- India’s first floating Post office is on Dal Lake in Srinagar, the first of its kind in the country.
- The world's biggest family: The man with 39 wives, 94 children and 33 grandchildren, India.
- India has more mobile phones than toilets.
- India has more population than the entire Western Hemisphere of Earth.
- India is expected to be the world's most populous country by 2050. With 1.6 billion people, it will almost equal the U.S. and China's population combined.
- India has more people using the internet than the entire population of the U.S.
- The village of Shani Shingnapur, India, had no doors, locks or crime for over 400 years until 2010.
- India planted nearly 50 million trees in 24 hours on Monday, July 11, 2016, a new Guinness World Record.
- The Tirupati Balaji temple and the Kashi Vishwanath Temple both, receive more visitors than the Vatican City and Mecca combined.
- 70% of world spices comes from India.
- The longest station name on the Indian Railways is Venkatanarasimharajuvaripeta.
- The Indian Road Network is long enough to loop more than 117 times around the earth, over 1.9 million miles of roads cover the country.
- The First Granite Temple of the world, the Brihadeswara Temple is situated in Tamil Nadu. It was built during the 11th century, in only five years.
- Viswanathan Anand is the first player in chess history to have won the World Championship in three different formats: knockout, tournament, and match.
- A minor planet 4538 Vishyanand between the orbits of mars and jupiter is named after Vishwanathan Anand. source : Now, a planet named after Viswanathan Anand | Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis
- The bridge at the greatest elevation in the world is the Bailey bridge, which is situated in Ladakh between the Dras and Suru rivers in the Himalayan mountain range, built by Indian Army.
- India become the only fourth country and the first to send a spacecraft to mars in its first attempt.
- The Taj Mahal (“crown palace”) has been called “marbled embroidery” for its intricate workmanship. It took 22,000 workmen 22 years to complete it.
- Mumbai is the most populous city in India, with an estimated city population of 18.4 million.
- India has the highest percentage (35.6%) of people using Quora. Quora is top 13 ranked website in India. Source : quora.com Site Overview
- India is the world’s largest producer of Two-Wheelers.
- Khardung La situated at an height of 5600 metres in Ladakh is the world's highest motorable pass.
- Surgeries were invented in India, started performing nearly 3000 years back.
- India has the highest percentage of vegetarian (48%) population according to data set in 2014. Source : Vegetarianism by country
Edit 1 : Information regarding Supercomputer, polluted cities, minor planet and Bailey bridge are updated. New Facts are added starts from the fact of spacecraft to mars.
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