Interesting facts about India
- The famous board game called "Chess" was invented in India.
- In India's 100,000 years of history, it has never invaded any other country.
- India is the 6th largest country in the world, the largest democracy and one of the oldest civilization.
- India was one of the richest countries in the world before the British invasion in 17th century.
- The value of "pi" used in mathematics was first calculated by the Indian mathematician Budhayana in 6th century.
- India is one of the largest exporter of computer software products. It exports softwares to over 90 countries.
- India has the world's largest pilgrimage destination called the Vishnu Temple the city of Tirupati. About an average of 30,000 people visit this temple donating about $6 million US dollars, everyday.
- The origination of Yoga was done 5,000 years ago in India.
- India has the most number of mosques. It has 300,000 mosques which is much more than the Muslim world.
- Christians and Jews have been living in India since 52 A.D. and 200 B.C. respectively.
"We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made!"
Albert Einstein
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