10 THINGS YOU DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT INDIA

 

Today we’re Looking at incredible Facts you Didn’t know about the seventh largest Country in the world, India. A population of over a billion people. India is one of the most influential and powerful countries in the world. Its culture is particularly complex and details spanning 4,500 years of predominantly Hindu philosophy and theology. Thousands of years later modern India is profoundly deferent with its own colossal film industry a diverse population and an astonishingly big workforce because a luxe calme is dedicated to become the world’s best resource on the most interesting countries and destinations.

 

(01) Shampoo was Invented in 16^th Century India

 

Derived from the Sanskrit shampoo, which means massage the concept shampoo was invented in India in the 16^th century and natural ingredients were used then rather than today’s combination of modern chemicals and fragrances. In particular gooseberry, satin and fruit home. When colonial visitors came to India. They brough the practice of shampoo and hair washing back with them to Europe.

 

(02) BOLLYWOOD’S HIGHEST GROSSING FILM MADE 27X     

     MORE THAN HOLLYWOOD’S HIGHEST GROSSING FILM

For every 600 films Hollywood produces Bollywood will make 1000. They’re the most profitable films-when you compare the numbers Hollywood’s highest grossing film was 2009s avatar. Which made 2.8 billion us dollars at the box office in stark contrast. The Bollywood films 3 idiots brought in seventy-six point eight 1 billion us dollars. Now that’s a profit. 

                                              

(03) DIAMONDS WERE FIRST MINED IN INDIA AND IT WAS 

       THE WORLD’S GREATEST PRODUCER

 

India was the most productive diamond mining country in the world. Until diamonds were found in Brazil in the 18^th Century. There are now Three active diamond mines in India and the famous Kohinoor diamond was found in the 13 century. The 793 carats stone went from person to person and was eventually acquired by Queen Victoria during the British Raj in India.

 

(04) THE LARGEST RELIGIOUS GATHERING IN INDIA CAN  

       BE SEEN FROM SPACE

Kumba mela is a Hindu pilgrimage Which takes people to the bank of the Ganges every 12 years. The major event involves ritualistic bathing, devotional singing, religious discussing and feeling the poor. The attendance figures had to be capped at 75 million making it the largest pilgrimage on earth. 

 

(05) ANCIENT INDIAN CIVILISATION IS THE OLDEST IN   

       THE WORLD

 

We look to ancient Greece and ancient Egypt But Indian civilization dates back to 2400 BC. When it was split into 16 monarchies. Known as the mahajanapadas. There are even authenticated human remains that date back to 30000 years in South Asia. The oldest Hindu texts were written between 2000 and 500B. As well as the first texts on science, medicine and astronomy. We actually owe the number 0 to Indian mathematics who created the concept.

 

(06) INDIA IS HOME TO EVERY MAJORE WORLD 

  RELIGIOUS AND DOESN’T HAVE A NATIONAL LANGUAGE 

Hinduism, Christianity, Buddhism, Islam and Sikhism all have a place in Indian society. With the most dominant being Hinduism and Islam covering 80% and 40% of the population respectively. Judaism has existed in India for the last two thousand two hundred and fifteen years and some of these smaller religious also featured including James Zoroastrian and Baha’i. India also doesn’t have a single national language because 1652 dialects are spoken across the different region. But Hindi is the official language of India, with English being the second official language. However, there is no national language as per the Constitution.

 

(07) INDIANS INVENTED NAVIGATION YOGA, THE 

       WORLD’S CHEAPEST CAR, AND THORIUM-BASED 

        NUCLEAR POWER

Indian society can take credit for some of the most important inventions in the world. They were first to create the concept of navigation over six thousand years ado using river and seas. Yoga was created 5000years ago and has roots in Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism.

The world’s cheapest car the tata Nano, which cost around 100,000 rupees. The equivalent of $1400 and India is the home of the first next generation thorium reactor. India is planning to use thorium as a nuclear fuel to generate power as importing Uranium-233 has been hit by global sanctions imposed against certain countries and because the India-US nuclear agreement has not gone forward.

Technologies for fabr ication of thoria-based fuel pellets, carrying Uranium-233, have been established at the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR), Kalpakkam, near Chennai. Researchers have also conducted studies on using thorium in different types of reactors, focusing on fuel management, reactor control, and fuel utilization.

(08) KING JAI SINGH OF ALWAR OF ALWARS SNUBBED ROOLLS ROYCE IN THE BEST POSSIBLE WAY

India has a long and colorful history of quirky monarchies and extravagant kings and queens. The king of Alwar in northeast India was in insulted by a Rolls-Royce salesman. when he visited a showroom in London a very proud man. He ordered a whole fleet of Rolls-Royce cars and gave them to the cities a waste department. So they could use them to transport rubbish throughout the city. 

(09) 1,000,000 INDIANS ARE MILLIONAIRES

India has one of the most dramatic wealth gaps in the world. With 10% of the country living below the poverty line. Those who live way above it live a very different kind of life. The richest Indian in the world is Mukesh Ambani. Who has a net worth of 87.5 billion dollars. The 65 years old made his in the oil and gas industry and his billion-dollar home recently made headlines because he chose to build a 27 stores. skyscraper instead of sprawling mansion. 

(10) THE FIRST ACCOUNT OF PASTIC SURGERY

The first account of plastic surgery was found in an ancient Sanskrit. It was one of the first medical in the Sushruta Samhita. Which can be dated back to the 6^th century CE II. It’s one of the very first example s of a medical text and discussing surgery, incisions, skin graft and nose reconstruction. Britain’s first nose job wouldn’t be performed until 1814. whirring 80 years before the  Sushruta Samhita be translated.

 There are many stereotypical images of India but there’s so much more to this incredible country than many of us now. The center of many industries and the world’s biggest Democracy. India has influenced art, literature , science and medicine potentially more than other nation. If you could take a trip to this beautiful fascinating country. Where would you find yourself. In a gorgeous maharaja’s palace surrounding by palm trees and rural countryside or a modern apartment in the thick of busy Mumbai. Here’s another bizarre and incredible  fact about India. 40% of Indian population is vegetarian. Making it the largest veggie population in the world. Many choose to not eat meat for spiritual and religious reason with beef and pork products often ruled out of their diet. Vegetarianism is so influential that KFC, Mc Donald’s and Pizza Hut had to introduce vegetarian menus for their Indian franchises to cater to the population. The country with the fewest vegetarians is Portugal we’re just 1.8 percent of the population have cut meat from their diet.