• 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
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