Incredible India!
By Anushree
@anushreem (333)
Mumbai, India
October 11, 2015 11:57pm CST
I am sure we all are proud of our country where we are born and brought up! For me, being an Indian is a matter of respect and honor to be a part of such a diversified and rich culture. Not many of you would be knowing about India in detail other than its History and Culture.
Here are some facts related to my country:
- India is the largest democracy in the world, the 7th largest Country in the world
- The Indian film industry (Bollywood) produces the world's most-watched cinema
- India has the world's highest concentration of vegetarians
- Half the world’s outsourced IT services come from India, amounting to a $47 billion dollar industry
- Yoga was originated in India and has existed for over 5,000 years.
- India never invaded any country in her last 100000 years of history
- India was one of the richest countries till the time of British rule in the early 17th Century.
- Chess was invented in India
- Before 1986, India was the only place in the world where Diamonds could be found.
- India is the world's second-largest English speaking country
- The world's largest producer of milk and spices
I can go on to describe India, however we have some areas to work upon to make it at par with the developed nations.
What do you know about India, do share below!
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21 responses
@Freelanzer (10745)
• Canada
12 Oct 15
Cricket - IPL, love the food, and hope to visit one day
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@dpk262006 (58675)
• Delhi, India
12 Oct 15
@Freelanzer - You are most welcome to visit India.
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@kiran8 (15348)
• Mangalore, India
12 Oct 15
I love my country a lot and although I have lived in many other countries in the past, I am most at home here ! Having said that I would not say that everything is perfect about our country starting with the basic infra structure...We have a long way to go !
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@kiran8 (15348)
• Mangalore, India
13 Oct 15
@anushreem Well, it is good to be exposed to other cultures and way of life , that way I am happy I and my family especially my children got that experience !
@anushreem (333)
• Mumbai, India
13 Oct 15
@kiran8 Yes surely a long way to go! Didn't knew that you have lived in other countries as well. You must be having a lot of experience
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@else34 (13517)
• New Delhi, India
14 Oct 15
@kiran,Of course,we have to address many minus points and a long way to go.If Modi succeeds in having a majority in the Rajya Sabha and reigns in his detractors in his own party,he will be in a position in implementing his policy.One thing I like to say about Narendra Modi.He is honest.He is from the RSS and an honest person from the RSS can't deceive their country.
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@else34 (13517)
• New Delhi, India
12 Oct 15
@anushreem,I am an Indian.I would like to say to my foreigner friends,'If you want to have a glimpse of the Incredible India,do come here and go to Bihar,the state that has today started voting in assembly elections.You will see the vibrant democracy our country boasts of.
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@Kchitij2007 (445)
• Pune, India
12 Oct 15
Home to-
the oldest civilization,
the oldest organized religion,
the spiritual capital of the world( Hinduism, Jainism, Budhism, Sikhism originated in India ),
the future superpower
the inventor of zero
the youngest population in the world
the richest expatriates in the world
the world champions in Kabaddi since the beginning of WC in Kabaddi
the most jugadu ( frugal ) lot in the world- Mars Orbiter Mission at $ 74 mil only! ( cheaper than movie Gravity! )
the most benevolent lot in the world! ( Afghanistan Refugees- 60,000, Tibetan refugees- 120,000, Bangladesh refugees- 10,000,000; all this before 1980s when India itself was so poor! Take that Europe! )
The smartest person in the world is of Indian Origin - Lydia Sebastian ( Mensa Score- 162/162 aka PERFECT! and better than Einstein, Hawking, Gates, Newton! All at age 12!)
So yeah, India is pretty Incredible!
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@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
12 Oct 15
I know that India is full of history and amazing places!
It has long been one of my most desired places in the entire world to see!
I was exposed to a lot of Indian culture when I lived in UK and I most admired the delicious Indian cuisine and the most vividly colored and lovely designs of saris.
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@anushreem (333)
• Mumbai, India
12 Oct 15
Oh Good to hear that! That is surely a royal experience!
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@dpk262006 (58675)
• Delhi, India
12 Oct 15
@wiLLmaH - You need to first come to Delhi to enjoy a ride on a Royal train called 'Palace on Wheels'. It is basically meant for foreign nationals.
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@cahaya1983 (11121)
• Malaysia
12 Oct 15
I know it has some of the most beautiful places in the world. I read about one photographer and backpacker who stayed for many months in different parts of India and told many interesting stories about those places.
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@Shyamalaa (525)
• Udaipur, India
12 Oct 15
I know that I would rather be here than any other place on earth, and at the risk of sounding cliched, what I like most is its diversity of cultures and what I cherish most is our democracy in spite of itbeing flawed!
being flawed!2 people like this
@ria1606roy (2797)
• Kolkata, India
12 Oct 15
I know India has all kinds of topographies that you can look for. Literally diverse! Mountains, hills, sea, desert, grassland, forests, river beds, plateau.....whatever you want, you can find it here. And in the love of Mother Nature's beautiful arms. Proud to be an Indian!
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@piyushk15 (86)
• Bhopal, India
12 Oct 15
I loved reading this post.. Thanks a lot :)
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@humanity_revisited (92)
• Mumbai, India
16 Oct 15
Indian army is third largest in world after china and USA
India is the place where Gautama Buddha, Mahavira jain, guru Nanak were born
India is the place where mk Gandhi, bhagat Singh, subhash Chandra Bose was born
Kumbh mela has highest gathering of people in the world.Its so crowdy that it's even visible from space
India has more mosque than any other rnation inworld
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@humanity_revisited (92)
• Mumbai, India
17 Oct 15
@anushreem actually you can get many more facts about Indian on net
@dpk262006 (58675)
• Delhi, India
12 Oct 15
We are surely proud to be an Indian. India is an incredible country and it has unity in diversity. I am sure those who are from other countries know about India, one way or the other. Many Indians have been staying in other countries and locals get to know about India through them.
India has wonderful places to visit and hopefully, the one who is coming from abroad, will enjoy seeing those incredible and beautiful places.
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@akp100 (13640)
• India
15 Oct 15
Even I feel proud on our country. Yes there are many things to be solved and many bad things, but still I think it is best for me. And about bad things, I guess we can discover it at all over the world. Yes there would be more or less.
Here people always have nature of being helpful to others even they don't know each other. I love this thing. I know this is not true for all, but majority of people are like that. Plus we are having people with all religious, so lots of thing to learn from different people.
@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
12 Oct 15
Weren't diamonds routinely found in other places all over the world much earlier than that? Even in the states, in Arkansas there was a diamond mine in the early 1900s. What about African diamond mines? They discovered some in the 1800s.
