15 Amazing Facts About India

India is not just a country of scenic beauty & diverse culture, but it also beholds great historical and mythological stories. And, if you are a person who doesn’t believe in stories then below mentioned interesting facts can surely lure you to visit India once in your lifetime.

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So, let’s dive into the amazing facts that India prevails.

1. 1. Over 10 million years ago, India was a part of supercontinent called- Gondwanaland. But with the process of ‘Folding and Faulting’ it collided with Asia. Evidences like fossilized sea shells can still be found in the high mountains.

1. 1. The most brainpower consuming game- Chess was invented in India in 6^thcentury AD. Later, when Arabs quelled Persia, chess was spread to the rest parts of the world by the Muslims.

1. 1. India is the world’s second largest speaker of English- the ‘world language.’ Besides that, being the world’s second largest populous country, India has more than 22 languages and 720 recognized dialects.

1. 1. Despite, Hinduism being the major religion in India, India has the world’s second largest Muslim population and it has the largest number of mosques in the world i.e more than 30,000.

1. 1. The natural spring water at the Chashme Shahi gardens, Srinagar is presumed to possess medicinal effects. The locals and even tourists agree to the fact by experiencing its magical repercussions.

1. 1. Gulmarg Gondola at Gulmarg in Jammu & Kashmir is known as the Asia’s longest, highest and largest cable car venture. Covering the heights upto 13, 780 ft. above the sea level.

1. 1. Tehri dam built on Bhagirathi river in Uttarakhand is not only highest in India but in the world, that site is worth watching. It is also an earth-fill & multipurpose dam.

1. 1. The magnetic hill in Leh eludes the ‘Law of Gravitation.’ This place is said to have pulled the even the heavy objects like car and motorbikes towards its center.

1. 1. India is the world’s largest producer of milk, tea, papaya, mangoes, jute, cotton. Second largest producer of sugarcane, wheat, onion, garlic, rice, cement silk and fertilizer.

1. 1. A village in Meghalaya called- Mawlynnong is the cleanest village in the whole world.

1. 1. An under-construction bridge between Kauri and Bakkal in Jammu Kashmir is said to be the world’s highest railway bridge covering the height of 1,178 ft above the sea level.

1. 1. Bollywood is the largest film producer industry in the world situated in the filmcity- Mumbai.

1. 1. The Golden Temple in Amritsar (Punjab) is said to have feed more than 50, 000 people everyday.

1. 1. The Khalisa temple situated in Aurangabad, Mahrashtra is 1200 years old and it is said to have carved out off single stone.

1. 1. One of the seven wonders- ‘The Taj Mahal’ and ‘The Mysore Palace’ are the most beautiful and the most visited monuments in India.

The above mentioned are 15 interesting and amazing facts about India. If you find these facts enticing then visit India by booking your cheap tickets to India from Canada via TripBeam.ca.