The curiosities about India could be for thousands of articles. This genuine country, almost continent due to its enormous size, is easily recognizable for its characteristic style in its fashion, customs, traditions and gastronomy.
Did you know that the richest person in India is named Mukesh Ambani and that he has a net worth of more than 40 billion dollars? In contrast, the poorest people in India can earn less than a dollar a day.
Many of the curiosities of India have to do with the imposing Taj Mahal. Image by nonmisvegliate from Pixabay
In addition, in recent years India has been recognized for its films, being the most expensive 2.0, of the year 2018, with a cost of 82 million dollars. But there are many more incredible facts about this country, did you know what kind of marriage they prefer? Or why are there many more men than women? Today we tell you these curious facts and much more.
1- Mukesh Ambani, the richest man in India, is the largest shareholder in Reliance Industries, a producer of energy and petrochemical products.
2- In some towns and cities, it is normal to carry monkeys on bicycles and motorcycles.
3- With more than 1,372 million inhabitants, it is the second most populated country in the world.
4- With more than 3,287 million square km, it is the seventh largest country on the planet.
5- It has the longest Constitution of any independent nation in the world.
6- It is the largest democracy in the world. 1.2 billion people exercise their right to vote.
7- Four of the most important religions in the world originated there: Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism.
8- He was one of the founders of the United Nations Organization and the Non-Aligned Movement.
9- It is considered a nuclear State, beginning to carry out this type of tests in 1974.
10- India is expected to overtake China and become the most populous country in 2050. Currently it is made up of more than 1.3 billion Indians.
11- The Bengal tiger is part of the national heritage.
12- Most Indians prefer marriages arranged by their parents.
13- Marriage is planned for a lifetime. Therefore, the divorce rate is extremely low.
14- Indian Railways is the main railway company in the country. It carries 25 million passengers every day.
15- The Kumbh Mela is a pilgrimage festival that brings together 70 million people.
16- The Hindu calendar has 6 seasons: spring, summer, autumn, winter, monsoons and pre-winter.
17- Thanks to the Hindu religion, this country has the lowest rates of meat consumption per person in the world.
18- In India there are more portable telephones than toilets.
19- In some regions of India, cows must carry an identification card.
20- India has more population than America, Europe and Africa combined.
21- The Golden Temple of Amritsar serves vegetarian meals to 100,000 people a day. They don't care about race, religion or social class.
22- In the 50s a statue of Buddha was found in a Viking settlement. It is believed that it was made around the 5th century in the Kashmir region.
23- The Karni Mata Temple is home to 25,000 rats. There they are venerated for considering themselves as ancestors.
24- Branches of mathematics such as calculus, trigonometry and algebra originated here.
25- Your intellectuals created the number 0 and calculated the value of Pi for the first time.
26- Although the origin of chess is a mystery, many suggest that it occurred in India.
27- Although it has been invaded on multiple occasions, they have never done the same with another nation.
28- Before being invaded by the British Empire, it was the richest country in the world.
29- Yoga originated in India during the 17th century BC
30- It is estimated that it has 300,000 Islamic mosques.
31- Its name derives from the Indus river, on whose banks the first settlers settled.
32- The Persian invaders named it Hindustan, which translates as the land of Hindus.
33- Hinduism is the main religion of the nation, being practiced by 80% of its inhabitants.
34- Some people call the inhabitants of India Hindus. However, the correct term is Indian.
35- Ayurveda is the oldest holistic and preventive health system in the world, it was developed in India.
36- Half of all the wealth of the nation is concentrated only in 10% of its inhabitants.
37- Cows roam freely on the street, even in big cities.
38- Cows are considered sacred and normally have a symbol of good fortune painted on their foreheads.
39- Dance is one of the arts with the greatest tradition in India.
40- The elements of your flag mean the following: orange is courage and sacrifice; the white is truth and peace; green is faith, fertility and courtesy. The blue circle with 24 peaks located in the center is called the wheel of life.
41- The temples of Khajuraho are famous for their sensual sculptures.
42- The oldest cotton was spun and woven in India.
43- The Himalayan mountain range is located in the north of this nation and extends almost 2,500 kilometers.
44- In India, touching your ear means that you are being sincere.
45- Bollywood is the largest film industry in the world.
46- Bollywood is based in Bombay and produces a thousand films per year.
47- The peacock is the national bird of the country.
48- The Indian Sushruta is considered the father of surgery. About 2,600 years ago he performed complicated operations such as caesarean sections or plastic surgery.
49- Hindi and English are the main languages; however, there are 22 other official languages.
50- Unofficially, there are 1,652 dialects in the country.
51- India has the second largest number of English speakers in the world.
52- The first university in the world was established in Takshila around the 7th century BC. C.
53- India is the world's largest producer of milk.
54- Razia Sultan was the first leader of India, lived between the years 1205 and 1240.
55- Despite being a country with large geographic dimensions, it only has one time zone.
56- It produces more than a million tons of tea per year.
57- India has the fourth largest and most powerful army in the world.
58- Despite hosting practically all the world's religions, it is a secular state.
59- It is the third country that produces more engineers and scientists every year.
60- India has 10 Nobel Prize winners. The last Kailash Satyarthi, which obtained the one of Peace in 2014.
61- Until 1896, India was the only diamond supplier country in the world.
62- The art of navigation originated in India, on the Sindh River, more than 6,000 years ago.
63- Benares is the oldest city that from the day of its foundation, continues to be inhabited.
64- Angkor Wat is the largest religious building in the world.
65- It has the third highest gross domestic product, approximately 9,489 million dollars.
66- In India the agricultural sector is exempt from paying taxes.
67- The traffic is so heavy that it has been estimated that each driver honks his horn 150 times a day.
68- There are almost 6 million men who dress like women. They are called hijras and are not identified with either of these two genders.
69- The superstitions of the Indians prevent them from wearing new clothes on Saturdays.
70- The sport par excellence of India is cricket.
71- To protect children from evil spirits, they usually paint their eyes black.
72- Being a former British colony, the steering wheel is on the right and they drive on the left.
73- In museums there are two rates: one expensive for tourists and the other cheap for Indians.
74- More than 70% of the world's spices come from India.
75- Wheat, rice and lentils are the basic foods in its gastronomy.
76- Hotmail and the Pentium chip were created by Indians.
77- The national tree of India is the fig tree, a symbol of immortality.
78- Farmers use Pepsi and Coca-Cola as pesticides.
79- Because for years Indian families have preferred to have male children, today there are millions more men than women.
80- New Delhi is the most polluted city on the planet.
81- More than 2.5 million Indian men formed a volunteer army during World War II.
82- Only one in ten marriages divorces.
83- In 2009, a doctor from India removed 172,155 kidney stones from one kidney.
84- Indian housewives own 11% of world gold.
85- For more than 400 years, the village of Shani Shingnapur had not committed any crime.
86- The marble of the Taj Mahal is turning yellow due to air pollution.
67- Most Indians speak two or more languages.
88- In some Indian villages and towns there are weddings with animals for religious reasons.
89- Serpents are revered and worshiped as deities.
90- In 2016, more than 50 million trees were planted in just 24 hours.
91- A man was sentenced to 113 years in prison for selling the Taj Mahal and other historical places.
92- When a couple of different castes fall in love, they are molested and persecuted.
93- People eat directly with their right hand, but they can use a bread called naan to collect food.
94- A sign that the food was good is to burp after eating.
95- In many places there are no toilets but a hole. There is also no toilet paper, instead they use their left hand.
96- It is common to see two men walking hand in hand. It is a symbol of friendship.
97- It is the country with the largest number of vegetarian inhabitants in the world.
98- Shampoo was invented in India.
99- In this nation there are nomadic monks called sadhus. They carry their few possessions and travel in search of enlightenment.
100- According to Hindu literature, there are more than 330 million divinities.