India is expected to overtake China to become the world's most populous country within the next 25 years.

Vasco da Gama, the Portuguese explorer, landed in India in 1498, and for the next 100 years the Portuguese had a virtual monopoly on trade with the subcontinent.

There are over 1500 software companies in Bangalore, India.

India has 17 major languages and 844 dialects

Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to mankind. The father of medicine, Charaka, consolidated Ayurveda 2500 years ago.

The national sport of India is hockey and not cricket.

The Gupta Period has been described as the golden age of Indian history and under their rule of northern India, arts, including poetry and literature, flourished.

Vasco da Gama, the Portuguese explorer, landed in India in 1498, and for the next 100 years the Portuguese had a virtual monopoly on trade with the subcontinent.

India is the world's largest, oldest, continuous civilization

The Gateway of India was built to commemorate the 1911 visit of Queen Mary and King George V. Several decades later, in 1948, the last British troops left India through the gateway arch.

The value of "pi" was first calculated by the Indian Mathematician Budhayana, and he explained the concept of what is known as the Pythagorean Theorem. He discovered this in the 6th century, which was long before the European mathematicians.

Sushruta is regarded as the father of surgery. Over 2600 years ago Sushrata & his team conducted complicated surgeries like cataract, artificial limbs, cesareans, fractures, urinary stones and also plastic surgery and brain surgeries.

India has health laughing clubs where people get together and laugh

Before 1896, India was the only diamond producing country in the world.

India is the largest democracy in the world, the 6th largest country, and one the most ancient and living civilizastions (at least 10,000 years old). 

In India, Dutta Samant led a year-long strike in 1982 that involved about 200,000 workers

The number of births that occur in India each year is higher than the entire population of Australia.

The mobile users of India grows every month with about 2.5 million people.

The only country in the world that has a Bill of Rights for Cows is India.

Although modern images & descriptions of India often show poverty, India was one of the richest countries till the time of British in the early 17th Century. Christopher Columbus was attracted by India's wealth and was looking for route to India when he discovered America by mistake.

Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to humans. Charaka, the father of medicine consolidated Ayurveda 2500 years ago. Today, Ayurveda is fast regaining its rightful place in civilization.

The World's first university was established in Takshila in 700BC. More than 10,500 students from all over the world studied more than 60 subjects.

38% of Doctors in America are Indians
12% of Scientists in America are Indians
36% of NASA employees are Indians
34% of MICROSOFT employees are Indians
28% of IBM employees are Indians
17% of INTEL employees are Indians
13% of XEROX employees are Indians

Sanskrit is considered as the mother of all higher languages. This is because it is the most precise and therefore suitable language for computer software. (A report in Forbes magazine, July 1987)

India has the most post offices in the world.

The largest employer in the world is the Indian railway system, employing over a million people.

Chess was invented in India.

Usage of anesthesia was well known in ancient India medicine. Detailed knowledge of anatomy, embryology, digestion, metabolism, physiology, etiology, genetics and immunity is also found in many ancient Indian texts.

The number system was invented in India. Aryabhatta was the scientist who invented the digit zero.

India never invaded any country in her last 10,000 years of history.