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-----Original Message----- From: Naranbhai Patel Sent: Fri, May 29, 2015 2:01 pm Subject: Fw: Fwd: INTERESTING Facts About India.... *The first railroad was constructed by two Indians (Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Jamsetjee_Jejeebhoy%2c_1st_Baronet> and Jaganath Shunkerseth <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaganath_Shunkerseth>) and not the British* *[image: 03 indian rail 160413 Holy Cow! Mind Blowing Facts About India] <http://indiaopines.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/03-indian-rail-160413.jpg>* *Hitler wanted this Indian Athlete to Accept German Citizenship and Play for Germany* Dhyanchand was an Indian <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Raj> field hockey <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field_hockey> player, who is widely considered as the greatest field hockey <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field_hockey> player of all time. He is most remembered for his extraordinary goal-scoring feats, in addition to earning three Olympic gold medals <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_multiple_Olympic_gold_medalists> (1928 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1928_Summer_Olympics>, 1932 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1932_Summer_Olympics>, and 1936 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1936_Summer_Olympics>) in field hockey, during an era where India <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India> was the most dominant team in Hockey <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hockey>. Known as “The Wizard” for his superb ball control, Dhyanchand played his final international match in 1948, having scored more than 400 goals during his international career. *[image: Dhyan Chand Adolf Hitler Holy Cow! Mind Blowing Facts About India] <http://indiaopines.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Dhyan-Chand-Adolf-Hitler.jpg>* *India’s 25 richest people <http://indiaopines.com/new-indian-billionaires/>have a combined net worth of $174.8 billion, which is about as much as Ukraine’s GDP* *[image: Collage1 Holy Cow! Mind Blowing Facts About India] <http://indiaopines.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Collage1.jpg>* *The Biggest Air Evacuation in the History of Mankind Was Done by India* In 1990 Iraq invaded Kuwait home to almost 1,76,000 Indians, all of who had suddenly lost all their money, were homeless and scared for their lives. Back home in India, it was politically one of the most fragile times. India was in financial trouble and the VP Singh government was lacking support with the opposition trying to bring the government down. But leaving all problems aside, the Indian govt. decided to rescue its citizens. *[image: 19 08 2014 101 043 009 Holy Cow! Mind Blowing Facts About India] <http://indiaopines.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/19_08_2014_101_043_009.jpg>* *Half the world’s outsourced IT services come from India, amounting to a $47 billion dollar industry* *[image: outsourcing india facts Holy Cow! Mind Blowing Facts About India] <http://indiaopines.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/outsourcing-india-facts.jpg>* *Lifeline Express is the world’s first hospital-train! * *Established in 1991, the train has traveled the length and breadth of the country, bringing medical aid and relief to the most far-flung and inaccessible areas.* *[image: Life Line Express India Holy Cow! Mind Blowing Facts About India] <http://indiaopines.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Life-Line-Express-India.jpg>* *India’s tech capital, Bangalore, has increased its office supply by six times since 2006, and now has more Grade-A offices than Singapore* *[image: bangalore it economy india facts Holy Cow! Mind Blowing Facts About India] <http://indiaopines.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/bangalore-it-economy-india-facts.jpg>* *India has been the largest troop <http://indiaopines.com/14-ways-indentify-fauji/> contributor to the United Nations Peacekeeping Missions since it’s inception and every year remains in the top 4* *[image: indian army peace un Holy Cow! Mind Blowing Facts About India] <http://indiaopines.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/indian-army-peace-un.jpg>* *India Has Spent $50 Billion of Arms and Defense Purchases in the Last Decade* *Making it the second largest importer in the world! * *[image: india importer defense facts Holy Cow! Mind Blowing Facts About India] <http://indiaopines.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/india-importer-defense-facts.jpg>* *India has an Airforce base in Tajikistan. Farkhor Air Base is India’s one and only military base outside its territory* *[image: farkhor india base Holy Cow! Mind Blowing Facts About India] <http://indiaopines.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/farkhor-india-base.jpg>* *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* *[image: baily bridge ladakh india Holy Cow! Mind Blowing Facts About India] <http://indiaopines.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/baily-bridge-ladakh-india.jpg>* *A bigger movie market than America and Canada combined, India sold 3.2 billion tickets last year* *[image: Book My Show Scuba Ad Holy Cow! Mind Blowing Facts About India] <http://indiaopines.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Book-My-Show-Scuba-Ad.jpg>* *Sanskrit is the Most Suitable Language for Computer Software* *[image: sanskrit 2003 keyboard layout Holy Cow! Mind Blowing Facts About India] <http://indiaopines.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/sanskrit-2003-keyboard-layout.jpg>* *Agni III is the Most Accurate Missile in the World in its Range Category and BrahMos is the Fastest Operational Cruise Missile in the World* *[image: 23TH AGNI 1695845f Holy Cow! Mind Blowing Facts About India] <http://indiaopines.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/23TH_AGNI_1695845f.jpg>* *Mount Kailash has never been conqured inspite of the Chinese government’s support to climbers* *[image: mount kailash Holy Cow! Mind Blowing Facts About India] <http://indiaopines.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/mount-kailash.jpg>* The Kashmir dispute is a tri-party dispute between India-Pakistan-China and 5 distinct territories of Kashmir. Yellow territory has the world’s highest mountains – including K2 and integrated into Pakistan, Brown territory is one gifted by Pakistan to China, Blue territory is one India has in its maps but has never ever been into. The Red territory is where all the action is… [image: kashmir Holy Cow! Mind Blowing Facts About India] <http://indiaopines.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/kashmir.jpg> *Bodhidharma, a prince of the Pallava dynasty went to China and began the physical training of the Shaolin monks that led to the creation of Kung Fu!* *[image: Kung Fu India Holy Cow! Mind Blowing Facts About India] <http://indiaopines.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Kung-Fu-India.jpg>* *Govt hiked the payment for the hangman from Rs. 10 to 5,000 just days before the Kasab hanging* *[image: hangman kasab india Holy Cow! Mind Blowing Facts About India] <http://indiaopines.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/hangman-kasab-india.jpg>* *In 2001, Indian pharma company Cipla produced a three-in-one drug for HIV, which is affordable at an incredible $ 1 a day.* *[image: Cipla FDA approval HIV drug Holy Cow! Mind Blowing Facts About India] <http://indiaopines.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Cipla-FDA-approval-HIV-drug.jpg>* *This Indian State Has the Most Honest People In the World * ‘Nghah lou dawr’ – mainly shops along the highway in Mizoram where groceries and flowers collected by the shopkeepers from nearby forests are kept on display with the rates and a money box. The astonishing thing being that there is no shopkeeper around the shop. If you want to buy some vegetables, it’s as simple as weighing it and paying the amount according to the rate, and that’s it. Pick up the balance from the money box and continue with your daily routine. *[image: Nghah Lou Dawr vendorless shop mizoram Holy Cow! Mind Blowing Facts About India] <http://indiaopines.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Nghah-Lou-Dawr-vendorless-shop-mizoram.jpg>* *The Free Kitchen (Langar <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langar_%28Sikhism%29>) at the Golden Temple Feeds up to 100,000 People a Day * *[image: langar golden temple Holy Cow! Mind Blowing Facts About India] <http://indiaopines.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/langar-golden-temple.jpg>* *An Indian man named Jadav Payeng <https://greenerpasturesind.wordpress.com/2012/08/13/jadav-payeng-of-assam-the-man-who-grew-his-own-forest/>started planting trees on a barren sandbar at 17. He is now 47 and lives in his own 1360 acre forest which now houses rhinos, tigers, deer, apes and elephants.* *The World’s Only Bank With No Locks* In January 2011, the United Commercial (UCO) Bank opened a ‘lockless’ branch in the village of Shani Shingnapur, the first of its kind in the country, taking note of the near-zero crime rate in this village. The doors of every villagers home is kept open at all times as are teh bank door- no locks anywhere. The villagers believe that the ancient local Shani tenple is “jagrut” /”alive” and Lord Shani will severely punish offenders. There have been only 3 thefts documented. *[image: Shani Shingnapur Holy Cow! Mind Blowing Facts About India] <http://indiaopines.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Shani-Shingnapur.jpg>* *Lonar Lake, a saltwater lake in Maharashtra, was created by a meteor hitting the Earth and is one of its kind in India.* *[image: lonar lake maharashtra Holy Cow! Mind Blowing Facts About India] <http://indiaopines.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/lonar-lake-maharashtra.jpg>* *India has 3 biodiversity hotspots <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biodiversity_hotspot>, no other country, or even continent except Brazil and Indonesia have more than 2* *[image: india facts biodiversity Holy Cow! Mind Blowing Facts About India] <http://indiaopines.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/india-facts-biodiversity.jpg>* *India has three antarctic stations, Dakshin Gangotri, Maitri and Bharathi. The first station Dakshin Gangotri was buried in ice and abandoned in 1990–91* *[image: antartic india station Holy Cow! Mind Blowing Facts About India] <http://indiaopines.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/antartic-india-station.jpg>* *The number of cellphone subscribers In India Increased By 16,240% between 2001-2011.* *[image: Holy Cow! Mind Blowing Facts About India] <http://indiaopines.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/indiamobile.jpeg>* *You Can Buy a Dinosaur Egg for $10 in these Indian States.* In some areas of Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh eggs of giant reptiles are found and even illegally sold at 10$.Fossilized skeletons with length around 18-20m and 10-13 tonnes have been found in Maharashtra.They are also believed to be found in Gujarat, Rajasthan and .M.P.Some may have a misconception that huge dinosaurs never roamed India but Bruhathkayosaurus, according to some, was the largest dinosaur that ever lived. Its remains were found near Trichy, in Tamil Nadu. Its name is derived from bruhath, meaning huge in Sanskrit, and kay, meaning body. *[image: 65 Million Year Old Dinosaur Eggs Found in India 2 Holy Cow! Mind Blowing Facts About India] <http://indiaopines.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/65-Million-Year-Old-Dinosaur-Eggs-Found-in-India-2.jpg>* *India has Classified Dolphins as “Non-Human Persons” * This status was given to the animals due to their near human intelligence and the government has ordered their release from captivity. *[image: dolphin india Holy Cow! Mind Blowing Facts About India] <http://indiaopines.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/dolphin-india.jpg>* *India was the First Country in the World to Produce Steel* *[image: india steel Holy Cow! Mind Blowing Facts About India] <http://indiaopines.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/india-steel.jpg>* *India has over 275 billion tons of coal reserves, that’s the equivalent of 1.37 billion blue whales* *[image: india coal reserves Holy Cow! Mind Blowing Facts About India] <http://indiaopines.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/india-coal-reserves.jpg>* *English Actor Sir Ben Kingsley’s Birth name is Krishna Pandit Bhanji and he is of Indian (Gujarati) descent* *[image: sir ben kingsley Holy Cow! Mind Blowing Facts About India] <http://indiaopines.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/sir-ben-kingsley.jpg>* *Australian Cricketer Stuart Clark is of Indian Origin* Stuart Rupert Clark (born 28 September 1975, Sutherland, Sydney <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sutherland%2c_New_South_Wales>) is a former Australian cricketer <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cricket> who played for New South Wales <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_South_Wales_cricket_team> and the Australian team <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia_national_cricket_team>. His father Bruce Clark who is from Madras (now Chennai) was a student at Christ Church Anglo Indian-High School Madras, and his mother Mary Clark (name at birth – Boosey) is from the Kolar Gold Fields, Karnataka, India He was a right-arm fast-medium bowler and a fairly competent lower-order batsman. His nickname “Sarfraz” originates from the similarities of his bowling style to Sarfraz Nawaz <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarfraz_Nawaz>. He had a short stint with the Indian Premier Leauge (IPL) before fully retiring form cricket in 2012 *[image: Stuart Clark With Indian Fan Holy Cow! Mind Blowing Facts About India] <http://indiaopines.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Stuart-Clark-With-Indian-Fan.jpg>* *About 25% of India’s land is turning into desert – that’s the equivalent of three United Kingdoms.* *[image: indian desert Holy Cow! Mind Blowing Facts About India] <http://indiaopines.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/indian-desert.jpg>* *Indian Post Allows you to Order Personalized Stamps with your Picture on Them* *[image: Stamp Personalised India Holy Cow! Mind Blowing Facts About India] <http://indiaopines.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Stamp-Personalised-India.jpg>* *Tirupati Balaji temple built in the 10th century, is the world’s largest religious pilgrimage destination.* Larger than either Rome or Mecca, an average of 30,000 visitors donate $6 million (US) to the temple everyday. *[image: Huge crowd on V19215 Holy Cow! Mind Blowing Facts About India] <http://indiaopines.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Huge_crowd_on_V19215.jpg>* *India is home to 3,00,000 mosques which is more than any country in the world.* *[image: jama masjid Holy Cow! Mind Blowing Facts About India] <http://indiaopines.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/jama-masjid.jpg>* *India has the World’s Smallest Prison Population* *[image: Indian Jail1 Holy Cow! Mind Blowing Facts About India] <http://indiaopines.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Indian-Jail1.jpg>* *Kunal Nayyar (Rajesh Koothrappalli from Big Bang Theory) is married to a former Miss India, Neha Kapur* *[image: kunal nayaar neha kapur Holy Cow! Mind Blowing Facts About India] <http://indiaopines.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/kunal-nayaar-neha-kapur.jpg>* *Each Year 2,500 Crores Worth of Hair is Bought and Sold in India* *[image: india mind blowing facts Holy Cow! Mind Blowing Facts About India] <http://indiaopines.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/india-mind-blowing-facts.jpg>* *A City Name “Jhumri Telaiya” Actually Exists in Jharkhand* *[image: SAM 0445 Holy Cow! Mind Blowing Facts About India] <http://indiaopines.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/SAM_0445.jpg>* *A Chinese pop star named Sa Dingding sings in Sanskrit * *According to a study conducted in 2011, India’s Parle-G biscuits were the world’s No. 1selling biscuits.* *[image: parle g Holy Cow! Mind Blowing Facts About India] <http://indiaopines.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/parle-g.jpg>* *People expected fat free milk will become a hit with Indians as a “healthy” alternative. Indians trashed the notion.* *[image: milk Holy Cow! Mind Blowing Facts About India] <http://indiaopines.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/milk.jpg>* *There were no plastic bags in India before 1985* *[image: plastic bag Holy Cow! Mind Blowing Facts About India] <http://indiaopines.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/plastic-bag.jpg>* *India consumes about half of the world’s whiskey.* *[image: whiskey india Holy Cow! Mind Blowing Facts About India] <http://indiaopines.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/whiskey-india.jpg>* -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
