Monday 11 October 2010

Did You Know - About India

Karate actually originated in India, but was developed further in China


No one has ever been able to domesticate the African Elephant. Only the Indian Elephant can be trained by man.


The Indian peacock (Pavo cristatus) is the National Bird of India.


Tamil is the oldest of all Indian languages and also the oldest living language in the world.


India accounts for upto 42% of the world's total cashew nut production and consume about one third of global consumption per annum.


In 1962, Air India became the world's first all-jet carrier when it replaced Super Constellation with a fleet of Boeing 707s.


42% of the world's poor live in India, That's over 450 million people living below the international poverty line of $1.25 a day, according to the World Bank.


India's Cherrapnuji is the wettest places on earth, receiving 425 inches of rain every year.

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