SOME FACTS ABOUT INDIA AND INDIANS-2

INDIA'S first president only took 50% OF HIS SALARY. Towards the end of 12-year tenure HE ONLY TOOK 25% OF HIS SALARY.

INDIA has an ICE HOCKEY TEAM and they are even members of INTERNATIONAL ICE HOCKEY FEDERATION


There is a tribe in INDIA that has learned how to train the roots of FIG trees to create natural suspension bridges that can span over 100 feet,and last 500-600 years.


 Magnetic hell is a gravity hill located near LEH in LADAKH, India . The hill is alleged to have magnetic properties strong enough to pull cars uphill and force passing aircraft to increase their altitude in order to escape magnetic interference


MATUNGA SURURBAN railway station in Mumbai has become the first railway station in India to be run by all-women staff 


The Indian railway had launched with solar-power which will be used for powering fans and lightening in coaches.


During world war 1 , the TAJ HOTEL was converted into a 600-bed hospital


TAJ MAHAL PALACE was the first Indian hotel to have an air conditional ballroom and restaurant ,the first to hire English butlers ,the first hotel to host an all-day dining restaurant etc...

NEELAM SANJIVA REDDY was the only president of India who elected unopposed in 1977.Before becoming a youngest ever Indian president ,he was the first CM of Andhra pradesh and two-time speaker of LOK SABHA and a union minister


Indian Muslims claim the first Mosque in India was raised during Mohammed's lifetime.A.D.570 to 632 .The first Muslim to reach south Asia, for which there is historical evidence,arrived in A.D.711.

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preetha.N

Comments

  1. Unknown12 December 2017 at 07:48

    The blog is really awesome , extraordinary work, facts are accurate!India is undoubtedly a secualar country!

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  2. englishblogmop12 December 2017 at 07:49

    I agree with the post...oru India is really awesome..

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  3. Peculiarity in India12 December 2017 at 10:10

    I dont know the above facts of India and Indians...it's really awesome....Iam very proud to be an Indian😎

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  4. englishblogmop15 December 2017 at 18:21

    India is marvelous....awesome india. .....nothing can match its beauty.....

    by pragathi

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