Interesting Facts about

In India there are 17 major languages and 844 other spoken language. Some of them are Telugu, Hindi, Tamil, Gujarati, Malayalam and so on. India was one of the richest countries on earth until the British invasion in the early 17 th century. India is the seventh largest country in the world where as second in the population. Before 1986, India was the only place in the world where Diamonds could be found. India is the largest democracy and one of the oldest civilization.

India invented the number system and famous scientist Aryabhata invented the digit “Zero’. Indians made significant contributions to calculus, trigonometry and algebra. India has the world’s second largest rail network, which is the world’s largest civilian employer with 16 million workers. India is the birth place of chess. The original word for “chess “ is the Sanskrit Chaturanga, meaning “four members of an army”.