Largest
postal network in the
world with over 1, 55,015
post offices.
The floating post office
in Dal Lake, Srinagar,
was inaugurated in August
2011.
2011 Kumbh Mela gathering
visible from space (over
75 million pilgrims)
The wettest inhabited
place in the world (Mawsynram,
Meghalaya. Also Cherrapunji)
Bandra Worli Sealink has
steel wires equal to the
earth's circumference
Weighs as much as 50,000
African elephants. Engineering
and architectural marvel.
The highest cricket ground
in the world (Altitude
: 2,444 meters, Chail
: Himachal Pradesh)
Shampooing is an Indian
concept (Sanskrit word
champu, which means to
massage)
Water on the moon was
discovered by India
India has a spa just for
elephants (Punnathoor
Cotta Elephant Yard Rejuvenation
Centre)
Largest number of vegetarians
in the world (Around 20-40%
of Indians are vegetarians)
The world's largest producer
of milk (over 132.4m tonnes
in 2014)
The first country to consume
sugar
The human calculator (Shakuntla
Devi She answered 7,686,369,774,870
× 2,465,099,745,779
correctly within 28 seconds)
Rabindranath Tagore wrote
the national anthems for
India as well as Bangladesh
Diamonds were first mined
in India
Polling station for lone
voter (Mahant Bharatdas
Darshandas)in the middle
of Gir Forest
Snakes and Ladders originated
in India
(Earlier known as Moksha
Patamu
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