1. The name ‘India’ is derived from the river Indus. It is a valley around which people settled in earlier times.
2. India is the world’s oldest, largest and continuous civilization – the Indus Valley civilization.
3. India is also one of the largest democracies in the world.
4. India has the largest postal system in the world with more than 150,000 post offices, which is thrice the size of that of China. India has the world’s only floating post office on Dal Lake, Sri Nagar. The office provides all regular postal services.
5. Takshila, the first-ever university in the world started around 700 BC in India.
6. India has the world’s largest attended events. The biggest of which is ‘Kumbha Mela’of 2001 – attended by 60 million people and was seen from space.
7. India has the biggest population of vegetarians in the world.
8. Taj Mahal, one of the Seven Wondersof the World, is in India.
9. Cricket is India’s most popular sport while field hockey is another sport where the countrymen excel. Did you know that the India men’s national field hockey team won six consecutive gold medals in the Olympicsbetween 1928 and 1956?
10. The world’s highest battlefield (Siachin) is controlled by India.
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