Indian facts

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1.India is Largest country of world growing silk and second largest

country to consume silk.

Four out of 10 Silicon Valley startups re run by Indians.

 

2 With 800 movies per year, India's film industry overshadows

Hollywood.

 

3. The organized lottery market in India is US$7bn (2% of GDP)

 

 

4 Growing at 6%, in 25 years Indian GDP (on a PPP basis) will be at

the same level the US is today.

 

5 Six Indian ladies have won Miss Universe/Miss World titles over

the past 10 years. No other country has won more than twice.

 

6 Bank deposits in India roughly equal 50% of its GDP CE again,

among the highest in the world.

 

7 Indian Railways is the largest railway network in the world under

single management.

 

8 India has the third largest army in the world, nearly 1.5 million

strong.

 

9 India is the largest producer and consumer of tea in the world,

accounting for more than 30% of global production and 25% of

consumption.

 

10 Rajasthan India is the world's premier center for diamond cutting

and

polishing. Nine out of every 10 stones sold in the world pass through

Rajasthan India.

 

11. India has the highest number of annual bulk drugs fillings (77)

with USFDA.

 

12. India is home to the largest number of pharmaceutical plants (61)

approved by USFDA outside the US.

 

13. India's Hero Honda is the world's largest motor cycle

manufacturer,

with 2002 production of 1.7m units.

 

14. Other than US and Japan, India is the only country to have built

super computer indigenously.

 

15. Indian Railways is the largest employer in the world, with a

staff of 1.6 million people.

 

16. India is the second-largest cement producing country in the world,

producing more than 110m tonnes.

 

17. Of the Fortune 500 companies, 220 outsource their software

related work to India.

 

18. There are 8,500 Indian restaurants in the UK, 15% of the

country's total dining-out establishments.

 

19. India is the largest democracy in the world, with nearly 400m

voting in the last elections.

 

20. India has the second-largest pool of scientists and engineers in

the world.

 

21. India has the third-largest investor base in the world.

 

22. According to the Gemological Institute of America, up until 1896,

India was the only source of diamonds.

 

23. The Kumbh Mela festival, held every 12 years in the city of

Allahabad, attracts 25 million people CE more than the population of

185 of the 227 countries in the world.

 

24. The Indian city of Varanasi, also known as Benares, is the

oldest, continuously inhabited city in the world today.

 

25. There are 3.22 million Indians in the US.

 

26. Indians are the richest immigrant clss in the US, with nearly

200,000 millionaires.

 

27. India is ranked the sixth country in the world in terms of

satellite launches.

 

28. There are over 70,000 bank branches in India – among the highest

in the world.

 

29. More then 80% Staff is Indian in NASSA.

 

30. Hotmail.com was created by Indian Sabir Bhatia and sold to MSN in

32 Billion dollars

 

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