THE ICF proudly brings to you... INDIA FACTS WHAT IS THE OFFICIAL NAME OF INDIA? Republic of India WHAT IS THE OFFICIAL WHAT IS THE CAPITAL OF INDIA? LANGUAGE OF INDIA? New Delhi Hindi and English are the official languages of the Republic of India. Article 345 of the Constitution of India, however, allows the states to adopt their own official languages. At present, there are 22 official languages in India, apart WHICH IS THE HIGHEST POINT from English. OF INDIA? WHEN DID INDIA Kanchenjunga 28,169 GAIN INDEPENDENCE feet (8,586 meters) FROM BRITISH COLONIAL RULE? WHICH ARE INDIA’S August 15, 1947 NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES? Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Myanmar, Nepal, and Pakistan. India shares maritime boundaries with the Maldives and Sri Lanka. INDIA HAS THE CURRENT TALLEST STATUE IN THE WORLD WHICH IS THE STATUE OF UNITY INDIA WAS THE FIRST COUNTRY TO MINE DIAMONDS :) THE WORLD’S LARGEST SUNDIAL IS LOCATED IN INDIA THE POPULAR GAME “SNAKES AND LADDERS” ORIGINATED IN INDIA! GREETINGS AND GENERAL FACTS MYSTERIOUS FACTS ABOUT INDIA THIS IS THE HOME OF A MYSTERIOUS SKELETON LAKE INDIA IS THE WETTEST INHABITED PLACE ON EARTH RAJASTHAN (A STATE IN INDIA) HAS A TEMPLE OF RATS. THE OLDEST CONTINUOUSLY INHABITED CITY IN THE WORLD IS FAMOUS VARANASI. MORE FACTS!! THERE’S A FLOATING POST OFFICE IN INDIA A HUGE LAKE IN INDIA WAS FORMED BY A METEOR. INDIA HAS THE WORLD’S SECOND-LARGEST MILITARY, WITH OVER 1.39 MILLION ACTIVE TROOPS. SANSKRIT, THE LANGUAGE WHICH GAVE BIRTH TO SEVERAL LANGUAGES AROUND THE WORLD, IS STILL SPOKEN IN MANY INDIAN VILLAGES EVERY DAY. THE AMRITSAR GOLDEN TEMPLE SERVES FREE MEALS—FOR THOUSANDS TAMIL, THAT ORIGINATED FROM TAMIL NADU WHICH IS A SOUTHERN STATE IN INDIA, IS THE OLDEST LIVING LANGUAGE IN THE WORLD. INDIA HAS THE WORLD’S SECOND-LARGEST MILITARY, WITH OVER 1.39 MILLION ACTIVE TROOPS. THERE’S A HILL IN INDIA THAT DEFIES GRAVITY! NEAR TULSI SHYAM IN GUJARAT. THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE IN INDIA THAN IN THE ENTIRE WESTERN AT OVER 5000 YEARS OLD, HEMISPHERE OF EARTH! VARANASI IS ONE OF THE OLDEST INHABITED PLACES ON EARTH. THE NATIONAL SYMBOL OF INDIA IS THE ENDANGERED BENGAL TIGER. J A I H I N D ! FAMOUS PERSONALITIES FROM INDIA! FREDDIE MERCURY AND MAHATMA GANDHI - DR. APJ ABDUL KALAM (INDIA'S BEN KINGSLEY FATHER OF THE NATION 11TH PRESIDENT) - THE MISSILE ARE OF INDIAN MAN OF INDIA DESCENT MONUMENTS BRIHADISHWARA TEMPLE BUILT BY THE CHOLA KINGS - KNOWN FOR ITS THE RIVER BANK ARCHITECTURE OF GANGA, VARANASI ASHOK STAMB LONAR LAKE - ASHOKA ROCK EDICTS CREATED BY METEORITE COLLISION VIVEKANANDA ROCK MEMORIAL, SOUTHERN TIP OF INDIA SARDAR PATEL - THE STATUE OF UNITY THE TALLEST STATUE IN THE WORLD!.