India, the world’s largest democracy, has so many facts that are still unknown to general public. Here are 12 such shocking & interesting facts about India that most of Indians dont know.
1. When you buy LPG Cylinders, you are also paying for an insurance sum along with that to cover up the accidental costs. Which means in the event of accident all registered LPG consumers are covered under an insurance policy taken by the PSU oil companies.
2. There are places in India where the tables are turned on Men and it is Men who clamour for gender equality. Mawlynnong & Minicoy are two such Villages.
Mawlynnong is a matrilineal and matriarchal society and part of Khasi community where daughters of the family inherits and passes on property. Children take their mother’s surname and once married, men will live in their mother-in-law’s house. Same hold true for Minicoy. In fact, Minicoy (Lakshdweep) is the only matrilineal Muslim society of India. Men are not even entitled to take part in family discussions.
3. Hockey is not the national game of India.
In 2012, a 12 year old girl, Aishwarya Parashar, from Lucknow filed and RTI application to the PMO seeking certified copies of orders related to declaration of National anthem, song, sport, animal, bird, flower & symbol. Her query regarding national sport were forwarded to Ministry of Youth Affairs by Home Ministry. She received a shocking reply from them.
4. UNESCO never declared our National Anthem as the World’s Best National Anthem.
5. Alan Turing (Father of Artificial Intelligence) was conceived at a place called Chatrapur in Odisha.
6. Khardung La Pass – The World’s highest motor-able road at 18,380 ft is in India.
7. Nestle’s Maggi can help us travel to moon 10 times or Encircle the Earth 200 times.
Recent ban on Maggi Noodles made company call back 400 Million packets. And according to India real time’s estimate, if we boil all of them and keep each noodle end to end one after another. That would result into a length of approx. 5 Million miles.
8. Australian Cricketer Stuart Clark is a distant relative of India. His Father Bruce Clark is from Chennai and mother Mary from Bangalore.
9. Flush Toilets are not new for ancient India. They were first used during Indus Valley Civilization. They existed in most homes and had a sophisticated sewage mechanism.
10. Bandra Worli Sea Link is a true Engineering and Architectural Marvel.
It has steel wires equal to Earth’s circumference. It took a total of 26 Million man hours for completion & weighs as much as 50,000 African Elephants.
11. India is the first country to consume Sugar.
India was the first country to develop extraction & purification techniques of Sugar. Many visitors from abroad learn this technique from us.
12. PVR stands for Priya Village Roadshow.
PVR Cinemas is a cinema chain in India. The company, which began as a joint venture agreement between Priya Exhibitors Private Limited and Village Roadshow Limited in 1995 with 60:40 ratio, began its commercial operations in June 1997.
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