10 Interesting facts to know about India 1. Algebra, Calculus, and Trigonometry were born in India. 2. The number system and decimal system were born in India. 3. India is the biggest democracy of world and second most populous country in the world. 4. Indian Railways have maximum no. of employees in the world that is about 1.6 million also about 5 Billion people travel by Indian railways in a year. 5. India never invaded any country in its last 100000 years of history. 6. Sanskrit is known as mother of all languages and its oldest language in the world. 7. 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. 8. India has 3rd largest army in the world. We are just behind USA and Russia. 9. India has maximum number of post offices in world. 10. The number of births that occur in India each year is more than the whole population of Australia. $ PrithviRaj $
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