31.Movies: No list featuringfactsaboutIndiawould be complete without this tidbit:Indiahas the largest movie industry in the world. Most Indian movies come from Bollywood, but there are many studios around the country who contribute as well. 32.Holy Writings: The Vedic Scriptures date to 2000-500 BC and were composed in the Punjab region. 33.Invented zero: A commonly known, but not to be neglectedIndiafact is that the number and concept of zero was invented and documented first by Indians. 34.Ancient buildings: All overIndia, ancient buildings and structures can be found. Sculptures and paintings on the buildings often tell stories or describe life at that time period. 35.IT: The Pentium chip and Hotmail were created by Indians—Vinod Dahm and Sabeer Bhatia respectively. The Indian IT population is growing and is highly sought after all over the world. 36.School: The world’s largest Montessori school is inIndia. It has over 26,000 students! 37.National fruit: WhileIndiamay not be the biggest mango exporter, over 12 million tons of mangoes are grown each year. That’s the equivalent of over 2,400 Asian Elephants! 38.Cotton: Indian cotton was well known; some of the earliest cotton came fromIndia. Roman and Mongol royalty wore Indian cotton, known for being light and airy. 39.Beans:Indiaproduces more dried beans than any other nation on earth. This includes a variety of legumes such as the kidney bean and chick peas as well as a variety of lentils. 40.Bananas: Another top export fromIndiais bananas. No other country exports as many bananas, not even Brazil, which is second.
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