Amazing Facts About India

Martial Arts were first created in India, and later spread to Asia by Buddhist missionaries.

Varanasi, also known as Benaras, was called "the Ancient City" when Lord Buddha visited it in 500 B.C., and is the oldest, continuously inhabited city in the world today.

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

India was one of the richest countries till the time of British rule in the early 17th Century. Christopher Columbus, attracted by India's wealth, had come looking for a sea route to India when he discovered America by mistake.

The largest employer in the world is the Indian Railways , employing over a million people

India has the largest number of Post Offices in the world

India is the only country other than US and Japan, to have built a super computer indeigenously.

India is the largest English speaking nation in the world.

Chess (Shataranja or AshtaPada) was invented in India.

Sanskrit is the mother of all the European Languages . Sanskrit is the most suitable language for computer software - a report in Forbes magzine July 1987

There are 300,000 active mosques in India , more than in any other country, including the Muslim world

India invented the number system. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.