Interesting facts about INDIA

• The value of "pi" used in mathematics was first calculated by the Indian mathematician Budhayana in 6th century.
• India was one of the richest countries in the world before the British invasion in 17th century.
• India is the 6th largest country in the world, the largest democracy and one of the oldest civilization.
• In India's 100,000 years of history, it has never invaded any other country.
• The famous board game called "Chess" was invented in India.
• India is one of the largest exporter of computer software products. It exports softwares to over 90 countries.
• The origination of Yoga was done 5,000 years ago in India.
• India has the most number of mosques. It has 300,000 mosques which is much more than the Muslim world.
• Christians have been living in India since 52 A.D.
• Jews have been living in India since 200 B.C.
• The number system was invented by India. Aryabhatta was the scientist who invented the digit zero.
• Algebra, Trigonometry and Calculus are studies which originated in India.
• India has the most post offices in the world.
• The largest employer in the world is the Indian railway system, employing over a million people.
• Until 1896, India was the only source for diamonds to the world.
• The' place value system' and the 'decimal system' were developed in 100 BC in India.

Jai Hind !