1. The famous board game CHESS was invented in India.

   2. India was derived from the name of the river Indus.The official name of India is Bharat,after the legendary king in the epic Mahabharata.

   3. Yoga originated in India some 5000 years ago.

   4.  India has the large number of post offices in world.

   5. The world’s largest pilgrimage destination is in India located at Tirupati. An average of about 30,000 people visit this temple donating about $6 million US dollars, everyday.

   6.Algebra, Trigonometry and Calculus are studies, which originated in India.

   7. The Indian Mathematician named Buddhanya calculated the valus of ‘pi’.He also explained about the Pythagorean Theorem which was discovered in the 6th century, long before the European mathematicians.

   8. The religions named Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism were born in India.

   9.The number system was originated in India.The scientist Aryabhatta invented the number ‘zero’.

 10.Ayurveda, the earliest school of medicine known to mankind, was started in India in 2,500 BC.

 11.Steel was invented in India around 1000 B.C

 12.All of India is under a single time zone.

 13.The mother of all European languages is Sanskrit.According to Forbes magazine Sanskrit is considered the most suitable language for computer software.

 14. The board  game ‘Snakes & Ladder’ was created in 13th century by a poet name Gyanadev  and it was originally called as ‘Mokshapat’.

 15. Brihadeswara Temple at Tanjavur, Tamil Nadu is the World’s first granite temple.The shikhara of the temple is made from a single 80-tonne piece of granite.This temple was built during the reign of Rajaraja chola.

  16.India is one of the most ancient civilizations and India is the largest democracy in the world.

 17.The first ever dam and reservoir for irrigation purposes was built in Saurashtra.

 18.The Art of Navigation & Navigating was born in the river Sindh over 6000 years ago.From the Sanskrit word ‘NAVGATIH’ the word navigation’s is derived. The word navy is also derived from the Sanskrit word ‘Nou’.

 19. Sushruta is regarded as the Father of Surgery. Over2600 years ago Sushrata & his team conducted complicated surgeries like cataract, artificial limbs, cesareans, fractures, urinary stones, plastic surgery and brain surgeries.

 20.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.