"India is, the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human
speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend, and the great
grandmother of tradition. Our most valuable and most instructive materials in
the history of man are treasured up in India only."
These are not our words. These are the words of the great Mark Twain.
And here are 5 Indians facts to support his statement:
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1. Kumbh Mela gathering visible from space
The 2011 Kumbh Mela was the largest gathering of people with over 75
million pilgrims. The gathering was so huge that the crowd was visible from
space.
2. Bandra Worli Sealink has steel wires equal to the earth's
circumference
It took a total of 2,57,00,000 man hours for completion and also weighs
as much as 50,000 African elephants. A true engineering and architectural
marvel.
3. A floating post office
India has the largest postal network in the world with over 1, 55,015
post offices. A single post office on an average serves a population of 7,175
people. The floating post office in Dal Lake, Srinagar, was inaugurated in
August 2011.
4. The highest cricket ground in the world
At an altitude of 2,444
meters, the Chail Cricket Ground in Chail, Himachal Pradesh, is the highest in
the world. It was built in 1893 and is a part of the Chail Military School.
5. The wettest inhabited place in the world
Mawsynram, a village on the Khasi Hills, Meghalaya, receives the highest
recorded average rainfall in the world. Cherrapunji, also a part of Meghalaya,
holds the record for the most rainfall in the calendar year of 1861.
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