Interesting Facts about India
I have lived there for a while and let me tell you there are not many places with a more wonderful culture then India’s.
-India is derived from the Indus Valley.
-The Persian Invaders became Indian, that is why in Hindu, India is called Hindustan (stan is a persian word).
-The number system used in everything today was invented in India.
-Sanskrit the traditional Indian language is considered the hardest language in the world even more harder then software language.
-Chess was invented for the Indian king, in India.
-Algebra, Trigonometry was first used in India.
-The decimal system was also invented in India.
-India is the 6 largest country in the world and one of the most oldest living civilizations.
-The highest cricket pitch in the world is in India, at around 2000 meters above sea level.
-India has the most post offices in the entire world.
-The first university in the world was built in India. Around 800 Bc.
-An Indian man had calculated how much time would it take the earth to orbit in the sun in the 5th century.
I could add on more about this old classical country, now becoming one of the biggest economies in the world. But I will keep that for another time.
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To talk more of modern age Economic facts of India:
Over 54% of Indians are less than 25 years old making India one of the youngest countries in the world.
Indian middle class is 300 million strong.
Against just 3 shopping malls in 2001, India had 100 in 2005 and increased upto 345 by 2007.
The Indian Telecom industry can reach to a size of Rs 344,921 crore by 2012 at a growth rate of over 26 per cent, survey made by a Frost and Sullivan, also will generate employment opportunities for about 10 million people.