10 Interesting Facts About India

#1-The gathering of 2011 Kumbh Mela of India was visible from space.

#2-The national sport of India is Hockey but India is most commonly associated with Cricket.

#3-Indians invented 'Snake &Ladders' game. It is quite famous in the whole world.

#4-The first President of India,Dr.Rajendra Prasad only took 50% of his salary.Towards the end of his 12 year tenure he only took 25% of his salary.    

#5-Taj Mahal was made of about 28 types of precious and semi-precious stones.Their sources were from Tibet, China, Sri Lanka and some other parts of India.     

#6-Shampoo was invented in India by the use of herbs.    

#7-In India,there are largest number of vegetarians.  

   

#8-Indians invented the Number System, Algebra and many other mathematical things.

              

#9-The mother of European languages is Sanskrit.

#10-Bengali is taken as the second language in London.