Ten amazing facts about India you should know about

1 India is home to the oldest civilizations of the world

Indus Valley Civilization is 2400 BC years old which is nearly to 4500 years old. Indus Valley Civilization was the most advanced civilizations and it was home to empire which were older and bigger than contemporary Empire in other areas.

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2 Largest producer of milk in the world

India is home to the largest population of cattle in the world. So, India is the largest milk producer in the world.

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3 India is home to all major religions of the world

India is the birthplace of four religions that is Hindu, Buddhism sikh and Jain. People of major religions of the world Christians, Budhist, Islams and sikhs live here.

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4 Largest postal networks of the world

India has the largest postal networks in the world. There are total 1, 55,015 Post Offices in which 1, 39,182 (89.86%) are in the rural areas.

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5 Oldest university in the world

Takshasila University was the first university of the world which was set up in 700 BC. Students from different country came here for study.

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6 Surgery was invented in India

India was way ahead in the field of Medical Sciences. The surgery of ancient times was invented in India since nearly 3000 years back.

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7 Largest number of Mosque in the world

India has second largest Muslim population in the world. But, India has the largest Mosques than others country.

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8 Largest train passengers in the world

A very large part of people in India travel by train. India has second largest train networks in Asia but it has largest number of train passengers than other countries. Around 2.5 crore people travels with train everyday.

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9 Kumbh Mela is the largest religious gathering

Kumbh Mela is organised in Allahabad which is the Confluence of three rivers. Kumbh Mela is considered to be very sacred festival for Hindus and it is organized once in every 12 years. Around 100 million people come here to bathe in Holy Ganga river.

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10 The first rocket was transported on a cycle

Indian space mission program was began with the establishment of Indian Space Research Organisation in 15 August 1969 and its first rocket was transported on a bycycle.