Here are some unknown facts about India::- India's population mainly comprises of young people. At least 70% of Indians are below 35 years of age.

:- While it is easy to get engineers and doctors in India, it is difficult to get trained plumbers, electricians, drivers and other repairmen. Only a small percentage of people (2%) go for these professional trainings, and only when they have no other job alternatives left!
:- People who get trained for vocational courses do not get good jobs because the training lacks the market focus, which is very important in today's competitive age.
:- India is the only country with 18 official languages. Besides this, it also has 4000 dialects.
:- India has a huge pool of highly educated English speaking individuals and may soon become the largest English speaking nation in the world by 2010.
Additions to the list are welcome!
A 75 year old person will have slept about 23 years.
Arabic numerals were not invented by Arabs, but were invented in India by the Hindus. Sanskrit is the mother of all European languages. It is the best suited language for computer software(Forbes Magzine, 1987)Ayurveda is the earliest system of medicine known to humans.The art of navigation orignated in river Sindh over 6000 yrs ago. Navigation comes from the word Nav Gatii.Bhaskaracharya calculated the time taken by earth to orbit the sun as 365.258756484 days in 5th century AD.In the 6th century AD Baudhayan calculated the value of pi. Quadratic equations were propounded by Sridharacharya in 11th century AD.According to gemological institute of America, upto 1896 India was the only source of Dimonds!IEEE has proved an age old suspicion that the pioneer of wireless is Jagdish Bose and not Marconi.The earliest Dam and reservoir was built in Saurashtra, India during Chandra Gupta Maurya`s time.(300 BC)Chess originated in India.Susruta was known as the Father of surgery, performing complex surgeries as many as 2600 yrs ago.71% or 770 million people in India are below the age of 35 yrs., India is YOUNG!!In the words of Mark Twain “So far as I am able to judge, nothing has been left undone, either by man or nature, to make India the most extraordinary country that the sun visits on his rounds. Nothing seems to have been forgotten, nothing overlooked.” "India is the cradle of Human Race, the birth place of human speech, the mother of History, the grand mother of legend and the great grandmother of tradition"Albert Einstein,"We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made."French Schollar Romain Rolland," If there is one place on the face of earth where all dreams of living men have found a home from the very earliest days when man began the dream of existance, it is INDIA."Hu Shih, former Chinese ambassador to USA," India conquered and dominated China for 20 centurieswithout ever having to send a single soldier across her border."
The Statue of Liberty's index finger is eight feet long.2. Rain has never been recorded in some parts of the Atacama Desert in Chile.3. A 75 year old person will have slept about 23 years.4. Boeing 747's wing span is longer than the Wright brother's first flight. The Wright brother's invented the airplane.5. There are as many chickens on earth as there are humans. 6. One type of hummingbird weighs less than a penny.7. The word "set" has the most number of definitions in the English language; 192 Slugs have four noses.8. Sharks can live up to 100 years.9. Mosquitos are more attracted to the color blue than any other color.10. Kangaroos can't walk backwards.11. About 75 acres of pizza are eaten in in the U.S. everyday.12. The largest recorded snowflake was 15 Inch wide and 8 Inch thick. It fell in Montana in 1887.13. The tip of a bullwhip moves so fast that the sound it makes is actually a tiny sonic boom.14. Former president Bill Clinton only sent 2 emails in his entire 8 year presidency.15. Koalas and humans are the only animals that have finger prints.16. There are 200,000,000 insects for every one human.17. It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery had in it to begin with.18. The world's largest Montessori school is in India, with 26,312 students in 2002.19. Octopus have three hearts.20. If you ate too many carrots, you would turn orange.21. The average person spends two weeks waiting for a traffic light to change.22. 1 in 2,000,000,000 people will live to be 116 or old.23. The body has 2-3 million sweat glands.24. Sperm whales have the biggest brains; 20 lbs.25. Tiger shark embroyos fight each other in their mother's womb. The survivor is born.26. Most cats are left pawed.27. 250 people have fallen off the Leaning Tower of Pisa.28. A Blue whale's tongue weighs more than an elephant.29. You use 14 muscles to smile and 43 to frown. Keep Smiling! 30. Bamboo can grow up to 3 ft in 24 hours.31. An eyeball weighs about 1 ounce.
India is the world's largest, oldest, continuous civilization.
India never invaded any country in her last 10000 years of history.
India is the world's largest democracy.
Varanasi, also known as Benares, was called "the ancient city" when Lord Buddha visited it in 500 B.C.E, and is the oldest, continuously inhabited city in the world today.
India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
The World's first university was established in Takshashila in 700BC. More than 10,500 students from all over the world studied more than 60 subjects. The University of Nalanda built in the 4th century BC was one of the greatest achievements of ancient India in the field of education.
Sanskrit is the mother of all the European languages. Sanskrit is the most suitable language for computer software - a report in Forbes magazine, July 1987.
Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to humans. Charaka, the father of medicine consolidated

Ayurveda 2500 years ago. Today Ayurveda is fast regaining its rightful place in our civilization.
Although modern images of India often show poverty and lack of development, India was the richest country on earth until the time of British invasion in the early 17th Century. Christopher Columbus was attracted by India's wealth.
The art of Navigation was bornin the river Sindhu 6000 years ago. The very word Navigation is derived from the Sanskrit word NAVGATIH. The word navy is also derived from Sanskrit 'Nou'.
Bhaskaracharya calculated the time taken by the earth to orbit the sun hundreds of years before the astronomer Smart. Time taken by earth to orbit the sun: (5th century) 365.258756484 days.
The value of pi was first calculated by Budhayana, and he explained the concept of what is known as the Pythagorean Theorem. He discovered this in the 6th century long before the European mathematicians.
Algebra, trigonometry and calculus came from India. Quadratic equations were by Sridharacharya in the 11th century. The largest numbers the Greeks and the Romans used were 106 whereas Hindus used numbers as big as 10**53(10 to the power of 53) with specific names as early as 5000 BCE during the Vedic period. Even today, the largest used number is Tera 10**12(10 to the power of 12).
IEEE has proved what has been a century old suspicion in the world scientific community that the pioneer of wireless communication was Prof. Jagdish Bose and not Marconi.
The earliest reservoir and dam for irrigation was built in Saurashtra.
According to Saka King Rudradaman I of 150 CE a beautiful lake called Sudarshana was constructed on the hills of Raivataka during Chandragupta Maurya's time.
Chess (Shataranja or AshtaPada) was invented in India.
Sushruta is the father of surgery. 2600 years ago he and health scientists of his time conducted complicated surgeries like cesareans, cataract, artificial limbs, fractures, urinary stones and even plastic surgery and brain surgery. Usage of anesthesia was well known in ancient India. Over 125 surgical equipment were used. Deep knowledge of anatomy, physiology, etiology, embryology, digestion, metabolism, genetics

and immunity is also found in many texts.
When many cultures were only nomadic forest dwellers over 5000 years ago, Indians established Harappan culture in Sindhu Valley (Indus Valley Civilization).
The four religions born in India, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism, are followed by 25% of the world's population.
The place value system, the decimal system was developed in India in 100 BC.
India is one of the few countries in the World, which gained independence without violence.
India has the second largest pool of Scientists and Engineers in the World.
India is the largest English speaking nation in the world.
India is the only country other than US and Japan, to have built a super computer indigenously.
Languages of India
India is rich in languages. There are a quite a number of languages spoken in India. Some of these languages are accepted nationally while others are accepted as dialects of that particular region.
The Indian languages belong to four language families namely Indo-European, Dravidian, Austroasiatic (Austric) and Sino-Tibetan. Majority of India's population are using Indo-European and Dravidian languages. The former are spoken mainly in northern and central regions and the latter in southern India. Some ethnic groups in Assam and other parts of eastern India speak Austric languages. People in the northern Himalayan region and near the Burmese border speak Sino-Tibetan languages.
The written forms of language or scripts come from an ancient Indian script called Brahmi.
India has 22 officially recognised languages. But around 33 different languages and 2000 dialects have been identified in India. Hindi, in the Devanagari script is the official language of the Federal government of India. English is an associate official language. Sanskrit, the classical language of India, represents the highest achievement of the Indo-Aryan Languages. The beginning of Sanskrit literature may be traced back to Rig Vedic period. It is the oldest literary language of India, which is more than 5,000 years old and the basis of many modern Indian languages including Hindi and Urdu. Its earliest dialect form, Vedic was spoken by the Aryans. All the classical literature and the Indian epics have been written in Sanskrit.
List of languages recognized by the Indian Constitution
Languages
Official Language of
Spoken by
Assamese
Assam
15 million
Bengali
Tripura & West Bengal
67 million
Bodo
Assam

Dogri
Jammu and Kashmir

Gujarati
Dadra and Nagar Haeli, Daman and Diu & Gujrat
43 million
Hindi
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bihar, Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh & Uttaranchal
180 million
Kannada
Karnataka
35 million
Kashmiri


Konkani
Goa

Maithili
Bihar
22 million
Malayalam
Kerala & Lakshadweep
34 million
Manipuri (Meithei)
Manipur

Marathi
Maharashtra
65 million
Nepali
Sikkim

Oriya
Orissa
30 million
Punjabi
Punjab
26 million
Sanskrit


Santhali


Sindhi


Tamil
Tamil Nadu & Pondicherry
66 million
Telugu
Andhra Pradesh
70 million
Urdu
Jammu and Kashmir
46 million
List of other languages of India
Languages
Language of
Spoken by
Awadhi (sub-variety of Hindi)

20 million
Bhili
Bhil tribals

Bhojpuri (sub-variety of Hindi)
Bihar
23 million
Bundeli (sub-variety of Hindi)


Chhattisgarhi (sub-variety of Hindi)
Chhattisgarh
11 million
Deccani

11 million
Gondi
Gond tribals

Haryanvi (sub-variety of Hindi)
Haryana
13 million
Hindustani (mixture of Hindi and Urdu)
Northern part of India

Kanauji (sub-variety of Hindi)
Uttar Pradesh

Kodava
Kodagu (Karnataka)

Kutchi
Kutch (Gujarat)

Magahi (sub-variety of Hindi)
southern Bihar
11 million
Marwari (sub-variety of Hindi)
Rajasthan
12 million
Portuguese
Partly in Goa, Daman and Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli

Sikkimese
Sikkim

Tibetan
Tibet (Kashmir)
6 million
Tulu
Tulu people (Karnataka & Kerala)


INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT INDIA
The name `India’ is derived from the River Indus, the valleys around which were the home of the early settlers. The Aryan worshippers referred to the river Indus as the Sindhu.
The number system was invented by India. Aryabhatta was the scientist who invented the digit zero. Sanskrit is considered as the mother of all higher languages. This is because it is the most precise, and therefore suitable language for computer software. ( a report in Forbes magazine, July 1987 ).
Chess was invented in India.
Algebra, trigonometry and calculus also orignated from India. Quadratic equations were used by Sridharacharya in the 11th century. The largest numbers the Greeks and the Romans used were 106 whereas Hindus used numbers as big as 10*53 ( i.e 10 to the power of 53 ) with specific names as early as 5000 B.C. during the Vedic period. Even today, the largest used number is Tera: 10*12( 10 to the power of 12 ).
The' place value system' and the 'decimal system' were developed in 100 BC in India.
The first six Mogul Emperor's of India ruled in an unbroken succession from father to son for two hundred years, from 1526 to 1707.
The World's First Granite Temple is the Brihadeswara temple at Tanjavur in Tamil Nadu. The shikhara is made from a single ' 80-tonne ' piece of granite. Also, this magnificient temple was built in just five years, (between 1004 AD and 1009 AD) during the reign of Rajaraja Chola
India is.......the Largest democracy in the world, the 6th largest country in the world AND one of the most ancient and living civilizations (at least 10, 000 years old).
The world's highest cricket ground is in Chail, Himachal Pradesh. Built in 1893 after levelling a hilltop, this cricket pitch is 2444 meters above sea level.
India has the most post offices in the world !
The largest employer in the world is the Indian railway system, employing over a million people !
The World's first university was established in Takshila in 700 BC. More than 10,500 students from all over the world studied more than 60 subjects. The University of Nalanda built in the 4th century was one of the greatest achievements of ancient India in the field of education.
Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to mankind. The father of medicine, Charaka, consolidated Ayurveda 2500 years ago.
Although modern images & descriptions of India often show poverty, India was one of the richest countries till the time of British in the early 17th Century. Christopher Columbus was attracted by India's wealth and was looking for route to India when he discovered America by mistake.
The art of Navigation & Navigating was born in the river Sindh 6000 over years ago. The very word 'Navigation' is derived from the Sanskrit word NAVGATIH. The word navy is also derived from the Sanskrit word 'Nou'.
Bhaskaracharya rightly calculated the time taken by the earth to orbit the sun hundreds of years before the astronomer Smart. His calculations was - Time taken by earth to orbit the sun: ( 5th century ) 365.258756484 days.
The value of "pi" was first calculated by the Indian Mathematician Budhayana, and he explained the concept of what is known as the Pythagorean Theorem. He discovered this in the 6th century, which was long before the European mathematicians.
Until 1896, India was the only source for diamonds to the world.
The Baily Bridge is the highest bridge in the world. It is located in the Ladakh valley between the Dras and Suru rivers in the Himalayan mountains. It was built by the Indian Army in August 1982.
Sushruta is regarded as the father of surgery. Over 2600 years ago Sushrata & his team conducted complicated surgeries like cataract, artificial limbs, cesareans, fractures, urinary stones and also plastic surgery and brain surgeries.
Usage of anesthesia was well known in ancient India medicine. Detailed knowledge of anatomy, embryology, digestion, metabolism, physiology, etiology, genetics and immunity is also found in many ancient Indian texts.
Facts about India
The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, goes back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab incursions starting in the 8th century and Turkish in 12th were followed by European traders, beginning in the late 15th century. By the 19th century, Britain had assumed political control of virtually all Indian lands. Nonviolent resistance to British colonialism under Mohandas GANDHI and Jawaharlal NEHRU led to independence in 1947. The subcontinent was divided into the secular state of India and the smaller Muslim state of Pakistan. A third war between the two countries in 1971 resulted in East Pakistan becoming the separate nation of Bangladesh. Fundamental concerns in India include the ongoing dispute with Pakistan over Kashmir, massive overpopulation, environmental degradation, extensive poverty, and ethnic and religious strife, all this despite impressive gains in economic investment and output.
Geography of India
India Facts
Whenever we look at India at a glance, the first thing we notice is its rich culture and unique diversity.
"India is the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend, and the great grand mother of tradition. Our most valuable and most astrictive materials in the history of man are treasured up in India only!"
- By Mark Twain
The above quote about India truly describes what India is all about. India is a mix of various traditions, cultures, rituals, religions, casts, etc. a comprehensive of all these is what we call India.
Read on further to explore other facts and information on India-
Name: India, also known as Bharat or Hindustan.
Area: 3.3 million sq. km
Population: 1027 million (as per 2001 Census)
Capital: New Delhi
Religion: India is a secular country where many religions co-exist. The major religions practiced are-
Hindu: 80%
Muslim: 14%
Christian: 2.4%
Sikh: 2%
Buddhist: 0.7%
Jain: 0.5%
Zoroastrian and others: 0.4%
Location: Between latitudes 8 ° 4' and 37 ° 6 ' north and longitudes 68 ° 7 ' and 97 ° 25' east.
Coastline length: 7,600 km
Languages: 17 Major languages, 844 dialects. Hindi and English are most Popular
Climate: India experiences three major seasons - winters, summers and Monsoon.
States and Union Territories: India has 28 states and 7 Union Territories
Government: Democratic form of Government
Prime Minister: Mr. Manmohan Singh.
President: Mr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalaam
Currency: Rupees
National anthem: Jan Gana Mana, written by Rabindranath Tagore
National emblem: Replica of the Lion Capital of Sarnath
National flag: Horizontal tricolor in equal proportion of deep saffron on the top, white in the middle and dark green at the bottom. In the center of the white band is a wheel in navy blue colour.
National animal: Tiger
National bird: Peacock
National flower: Lotus
National tree: Banyan
National fruit: Mango
Time Zone: The Indian time zone, Indian Standard Time (IST) is 5.5 hours (5 hours and 30 minutes) ahead of the Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Business Hours: 10 A.M. - 5 P.M. (Monday to Friday)
FACTS TO MAKE EVERY INDIAN PROUD
Which Indian is among 10 richest men in the world?
According to the latest report (2000) on Fortune Magazine, it is Aziz Premji, who is the CEO of Wipro Industries.

Who is the creator of Pentium chip (needs no introduction as 90% of the today's computers run on it)?
Vinod Dahm

Who is the co-founder of Sun Microsystems?
Vinod Khosla

Who are the founder and creator of Hotmail (Hotmail is world's No.1 web based email program)?
Sabeer Bhatia

Who is the president of AT&T-Bell Labs (AT&T-Bell Labs is the creator of program languages such as C, C++, Unix to name a few)?
Arun Netravalli

Who is the GM of Hewlett Packard?
Rajiv Gupta

Who is the Microsoft Testing Director of Windows 2000, responsible to iron out all initial problems?
Sanjay Tejwrika

Who are the Chief Executives of CitiBank, McKenzie & Stanchart?
Victor Menezes, Rajat Gupta, and Rana Talwar.

Indians are the wealthiest among all ethnic groups in America, even faring better than the whites and the natives.

There are 3.22 millions of Indians in USA (1.5% of population). YET,
· 38% of doctors in USA are Indians.
· 12% scientists in USA are Indians.
· 36% of NASA scientists are Indians.
· 34% of Microsoft employees are Indians.
· 28% of IBM employees are Indians.
· 17% of INTEL scientists are Indians.
· 13% of XEROX employees are Indians.
· India invented the Number system. Aryabhatta invented 'zero'.
· India never invaded any country in her last 1000 years of history.
· The world's first University was established in Takshashila in 700BC. More than 10,500 students from all over the world studied more than 60 subjects. The University of Nalanda built in the 4th century BC was one of the greatest achievements of ancient India in the field of education.
· According to the Forbes magazine, Sanskrit is the most suitable language for computer software.
· Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to humans.
· Although western media portray modern images of India as poverty striken and underdeveloped through political corruption, India was once the richest empire on earth.
· The art of navigation was born in the river Sindh 5000 years ago. The very word "Navigation" is derived from the Sanskrit word NAVGATIH.
· The value of pi was first calculated by Budhayana, and he explained the concept of what is now known as the Pythagorean Theorem. British scholars have last year (1999) officially published that Budhayan's works dates to the 6th Century, which is long before the European mathematicians.
· Algebra, trigonometry and calculus came from India. Quadratic equations were by Sridharacharya in the 11th Century; the largest numbers the Greeks and the Romans used were 106 whereas Indians used numbers as big as 1053.
· According to the Gemological Institute of America, up until 1896, India was the only source of diamonds to the world.
· USA based IEEE has proved what has been a century-old suspicion amongst academics that the pioneer of wireless communication was Professor Jagdeesh Bose and not Marconi.
· The earliest reservoir and dam for irrigation was built in Saurashtra.
· Chess was invented in India.
· Sushruta is the father of surgery. 2600 years ago he and health scientists of his time conducted surgeries like cesareans, cataract, fractures and urinary stones. Usage of anesthesia was well known in ancient India.
· When many cultures in the world were only nomadic forest dwellers over 5000 years ago, Indians established Harappan culture in Sindhu Valley (Indus Valley Civilization).
· The place value system, the decimal system was developed in India in 100 BC.
Quotes about India
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.

India is the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend and the great grand mother of tradition.
Mark Twain.

If there is one place on the face of earth where all dreams of living men have found a home from the very earliest days when man began the dream of existence, it is India.
French scholar Romain Rolland.

India conquered and dominated China culturally for 20 centuries without ever having to send a single soldier across her border.
Hu Shih. (Former Chinese ambassador to USA)
ALL OF THE ABOVE IS JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG, THE LIST COULD BE ENDLESS.

BUT, if we don't see even a glimpse of that great India in the India that we see today, it clearly means that we are not working up to our potential; and that if we do, we could once again be an ever shining and inspiring country setting a bright path for rest of the world to follow.

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it is not entirely my research.
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