India is as amazing as its vibrant culture!

No matter how much you get to read and learn about India, it will never be enough. The country is as diverse as its culture, and there are several facts that will make you fall in love with the country even more. So we list down a few of them:

Earliest diamond in the world

It is said that the first-ever diamond recognized and mined was in India. It was apparently found among huge alluvial stone deposits on the banks of rivers Krishna and Godavari. In fact, some of the world's biggest diamonds were and are still found in India.

India introduced shampoo 

Do you know the first-ever shampoo was made in India? Well, dried Indian gooseberry mixed with many other herbs was used as the first shampoo, and the recipe is still used in India today. In fact, the word ‘shampoo' finds its origins in the Hindi word, champo.

Highest cricket ground

Have you heard of the Chail Cricket Ground in Chail, Himachal Pradesh? Well, it is the highest in the world and is part of Chail Military School built in the 19th century. It is situated at an altitude of 2,444 metres.

Part of water’s discovery on the moon

India discovered that there is water on the moon when Indian Space Research Organisation’s lunar probe, Chandrayaan-1, found it out using a Moon Mineralogy Mapper.

First-ever rocket launch

You must have heard that the first-ever rocket from India was taken on a bicycle to the Thumba Launching Station in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, for the launch. It was so light in weight.

India’s ‘human calculator’

Shakuntala Devi from Bengaluru city, a 1982 Guinness Book of World Records holder, is from India. She was the one who multiplied two, thirteen digit numbers and gave the correct answer in 28 seconds. She was rightly nicknamed, ‘the human calculator’, and a recent film headlined by Vidya Balan was made on her.

Freddie Mercury and Sir Ben Kingsley’s origins

British band Queen’s frontman Freddie Mercury was a Parsi born by the name Farrokh Bulsara. Not just him, Sir Ben Kingsley was raised by Rahimtulla Harji Bhanji and Anna Lyna Mary. His birth name is Krishna Pandit Bhanji.

The first country to produce sugar

India is the largest producer of sugar since ancient times. The use of sugarcane for food and its medicinal properties was first done in the Indian subcontinent.