INDIA - FACTS

13 INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT INDIA

1. THE GAME OF SNAKES & LADDERS WAS CREATED BY THE 13TH CENTURY POET SAINT GYANDEV.
   
2. CHESS WAS INVENTED IN INDIA .
   
3. ALGEBRA , TRIGONOMETRY AND CALCULUS ARE STUDIES , WHICH ORIGINATED IN INDIA.
   
4. THE ' PLACE VALUE SYSTEM ' AND THE ' DECIMAL SYSTEM ' WERE DEVELOPED IN INDIA IN 100 B.C
   
5. THE WORLD'S HIGHEST CRICKET GROUND IS IN CHAIL ,  HIMACHAL PRADESH. BUILT IN 1893 AFTER LEVELING A HILLTOP , THIS CRICKET PITCH IS 2444 METERS ABOVE SEA LEVEL.
   
6. INDIA HAS THE LARGEST NUMBER OF POST OFFICES IN THE WORLD.
   
7. THE LARGEST EMPLOYER IN INDIA IS THE INDIAN RAILWAYS , EMPLOYING OVER A MILLION PEOPLE.
   
8. THE WORLD'S FIRST UNIVERSITY WAS ESTABLISHED IN TAKSHILA IN 700 B.C
   
9. THE VALUE OF "PI" WAS FIRST CALCULATED BY THE INDIAN MATHEMATICIAN BUDHAYANA , AND HE EXPLAINED THE CONCEPT OF WHAT IS KNOWN AS THE PYTHAGOREAN THEOREM. HE DISCOVERED THIS IN THE 6TH CENTURY , LONG BEFORE THE EUROPEAN MATHEMATICIANS.
10. 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.
    
11. INDIA EXPORTS SOFTWARE TO 90 COUNTRIES.
12. ISLAM IS INDIA'S AND THE WORLD'S SECOND LARGEST RELIGION.
13. THE OLDEST EUROPEAN CHURCH AND SYNAGOGUE IN INDIA ARE IN THE CITY OF COCHIN.THEY WERE BUILT IN 1503 AND 1568 RESPECTIVELY.