10 interesting facts about our loving nation INDIA
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India is a country of love, peace and consolidation. In our country, we can see the example of ‘Unity in Diversity’ in every step. We are usually sure that we know each and every thing about India but here are some amazing and interesting facts you could not have imagined.
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There are around 1, 55,015 post offices in India but among them there is a floating post office in Dal Lake, Srinagar which was introduced in August,2011.
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The conception of shampooing hair was introduced in India. In early times, shampooing hair was usually done by applying herbs on head but the introduction of liquids changed the process. These days, people use these liquids to wash hair.
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The first rocket which was developed in late 18th century in Kingdom of Mysore was so light weighted and small that it was sent to Thiruvananthapuram through cycle.
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Shakultala Devi was a writer and also known as the human calculator because she answered the multiplication of randomly chosen 13 digit numbers i.e. 7,686,369,774,870 × 2,465,099,745,779 in just 28 seconds.
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Shani Shingnapur is a village in Maharashtra where no doors are attached to any house and shop. Even banks over there don't have doors.
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According to a survey, India is the second largest country in terms of speaking English. However, over 10% of Indians can speak English fluently.
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India has the biggest production and consumption of mangoes all over the world. Around 40% of the mangoes crop of the world grows in India which is then supplied others countries.
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India has the largest number of employees working in a single company of Indian Railways (around 1 million).
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An Indian doctor named Ashish Rawandale-Patil removed 172,155 stones from patient’s left kidney in 2009 in Dhule, Maharashtra. Doctor said, "The stones were mainly made of calcium oxalate and calcium phosphate and were one millimetre to 2.5 cm big".
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The Internet using population of India is larger than the entire population of the United States Of America.