Fun Facts About India
- India is the seventh largest country in the world
- By 2030 India is expected to overtake China as the country with the highest population
- The national bird of India is the peacock
- Every day, 5,000 so-called dabbawallas deliver 200,000 lunches to office workers in Mumbai
- The capital of India is New Delhi
- The Andaman Islands, off the East Coast of India in the Bay of Bengal, are much nearer to Myanmar than India
- There are 22 official languages in India
- India gained its independence in 1947, but the Portuguese state of Goa didn’t become part of India until 1961
- The longest river in India is the Ganges
- In the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, police officers receive a pay rise for growing a moustache
- India grows more than 40% of the world’s mangoes
- The currency of India is the Rupee
- Where most countries have four seasons, India has six – spring, summer, monsoon, autumn, winter and prevernal
- Indians are the world’s greatest record breakers one Indian man claims he has not eaten or drunk for 70 years
- The Indian Ocean, which is named after the country it surrounds, is the world's third largest ocean
- The cow is considered a sacred animal in India
- The Taj Mahal, found in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, is one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World
- The game of chess was invented in India
