15 Interesting Facts About India

1. The territory of modern India was inhabited by the ancestors of modern people about 500 thousand years ago.
2. 2014. During the elections to the Indian parliament, 668 women and 5 transsexuals were elected.
3. Indians were the first in the world to season food with black pepper.
4. The national sport in India is field hockey, and the most popular sport is cricket. The Indian team has won more Olympic medals in field hockey than any other team.
5. India is the birthplace of yoga.
6. An international mango festival is held annually in New Delhi.
7. India ranks first in the world in the number of murders and abortions.
8. Residents of India speak 780 different languages.
9. The Indian authorities have passed a law prohibiting the transfer of their national currency, the rupee, across the border. Of course, no one checks at the border anyway.
10. In India, the cow is considered a sacred animal, so beef is not eaten there. Beef is eaten only in the state of Goa, where the majority of the population is Christian.
11. More than 1 million people in India are dollar millionaires.
12. Indian women do not address their husbands by name, because it is considered indecent.
13. The largest sundial in the world is located in Jayapura.
14. Indians prepare more than 140 types of national traditional desserts.
15. The largest family in the world lives in the Indian village of Baktwang. the father of the family, his 39 wives, 94 children and 39 grandchildren