Facts of India

The name 'India' is derived from the River Indus, the valleys around which were the home of the early settlers. The A***n worshippers referred to the river Indus as the Sindhu. The name 'Hindustan' combines Sindhu and Hindu and thus refers to the land of the Hindus
Algebra, Trigonometry and Calculus are studies, which originated in India. The world's highest cricket ground is in Chail, Himachal Pr

adesh. Built in 1893 after leveling a hilltop, this cricket pitch is 2444 meters above sea level
Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to mankind. The Father of Medicine, Charaka, consolidated Ayurveda 2500 years ago. India exports software to 90 countries. Jainism and Buddhism were founded in India in 600 B.C. respectively. Islam is India's and the world's second largest religion. Jews and Christians have lived continuously in India since 200 B.C. and 52 A.D. respectively
Sikhism originated in the Holy city of Amritsar in Punjab. Famous for housing the Golden Temple, the city was founded in 1577. The present constitution of India was framed by the Constitution Assembly of India setup under Cabinet Mission Plan of May 16, 1946. Composition of Constituent Assembly:-

The Constituent Assembly consisted of 385 members, of which 292 were elected by he elected members of the Provincial Legislative Assemblies while 93 members were nominated by the Princely States. To these were to be added a representative each from the four Chief Commissioners Provinces of Delhi, Ajmer-Marwar, Coorg and British Baluchistan. Each Province and each Indian State or group of States were allotted the total number of seas proportional to their respective population roughly in the ration of one to a million. B N Rao was appointed the Constitutional Advisor of the Assembly. The first meeting of the Constituent Assembly took place of Dec 9, 1946 with Dr. Sachidanand Sinha as its interim President. Dr. Rajendra Prasad was elected as its President n Dec 11, 1947. The Assembly framing the Constitution.had 13 Committees. The all-important Drafting Committee, which bore the responsibility of drafting the Constitutional document during the recess of the Constitutent Assembly, from July 1947 to September 1948, was formed on August 29, 1947. Its members were:
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
N. Gopalaswami Ayyar
K.M. Munshi
Syyed Mohd. Saadulla
N.Madhav Rao
D.P.Khaitan (T Krishnamachari, after Kahitan’s Death in 1948)
It was finally passed and accepted on Nov 26, 1949. The session of the Assembly was held on Jan 24, 1950, which unanimously elected Dr, Rajendra Prasad as the President of India. In all the 284 members of the Assembly signed the official copies of the Indian Constitution which came into effect on Jan 26, 1950, known and celebrated as the Republic Day of India. Highest Award Bharat Ratna
Highest Gallantry Award Param Vir Chakra
Longest River in India The Ganges
Longest Tributary river of India Yamuna
Largest Lake Wular Lake, Kashmir
Largest Lake (Saline Water) Chilka Lake, Orrisa
Largest Man-Made Lake Govind Vallabh Pant Sagar (Rihand Dam)
Largest Fresh Water Lake Kolleru Lake (Andhra Pradesh)
Highest Lake Devtal Lake, Gadhwal (Uttarakhand)
Highest Lake Devatal (Gharhwal)
Highest Peak Karkoram-2 of K-2(8,611 meters)
Highest Peak in the world is Mount Everest which is in Nepal
Largest Populated City Mumbai
Largest State(Area) Rajasthan
Largest State(Population) Uttar Pradesh
Highest rainfall Cherrapunhi (426 inches per annum)
Highest Watefall Nohkalikai Falls (335 meters, 1100 ft high) in Shora
State wise largest area under forest Madhya Pradesh
Largest Delta Sunderbans Delta
Largest River without Delta Narmada and Tapti
Longest Cantilever Span bridge Howrah Bridge
Longest River Bridge Mahatma Gandhi Setu, Patna
Biggest Cave temple Ellora
Longest Road Grand Trunk Road
Highest Road Road at Khardungla,(in Leh-Manali Sector)
Biggest Mosque Jama Masjid at Delhi
Highest Gateway Buland Darwaza at Fatehpur Sikri (53.6 meters high)
Tallest Statue Statue of Gomateshwar (17 meters high In Karnataka
Largest Public Sector Bank State Bank of India
Longest Canal Indira Gandhi Canal or Rajasthan Canal (Rajasthan)
Largest Dome Gol Gumbaz at Bijapur
Largest Zoo Zoological Garden at Alipur (Kolkata)
Largest Museum India Museum at Kolkata
Longest Dam Hirakud Dam (Orrisa)
Highest Dam Tehri Dam ( 260 meters , 850 ft )
Highest Tower Kutab Minar at Delhi (88.4 meters high)
Largest Desert Thar (Rajasthan)
Largest District Kutch district
Fastest Train Shatabadi Express running between New Delhi and Bhopal
State with longest coastline Gujarat
State with longest coastline of South India Andhra Pradesh
Longest Electric Railway Line From Delhi to Kolkata via Patna
Longest Railway Route From Assam to Kanyakumari
Longest Railway Platform Kharagpur (W. Bengal)
Highest Railway Station Ghum (W. Bengal)
Longest Platform Kharagpur (West Bengal) 833 meters in Length. It is also the longest railway station in world
Longest Tunnel Jawahar tunnel (Jammu & Kashmir)
Longest Highway NH-44 (NH-7) which turns from Varanasi to Kanyakumari
Smallest State (Population) Sikkim
Smallest State (Area) Goa
Largest State (Area) Rajasthan
Largest State (Population) Uttar Pradesh
Densest Populated State West Bengal
Largest Cave Amarnath (J&K)
Largest Cave Temple Kailash Temple, Ellora (Maharastra)
Largest Animal Fair Sonepur (Bihar)
Largest Auditorium Sri Shanmukhanand Hall (Mumbai)
Biggest Hotel Oberai-Sheraton (Mumbai)
Largest Port Mumbai
Largest Gurudwara Golden Temple, Amritsar
Deepest River Valley Bhagirathi & Alaknanda
Largest Church Saint Cathedral (Goa)
Oldest Church St. Thomas Church at Palayar, Trichur (Kerala)
Longest River Ganga (2640 km long)
Longest Beach Marina Beach, Chennai
Highest Battle Field Siachin Glacier
Highest Airport Leh (Laddakh)
Biggest Stadium Yuva Bharti (Salt Lake) Stadium, Kolkata
Largest River Island Majuli (Brahmaputra River, Asom)
Largest Planetarium Birla Planetarium (Kolkata)
Sambhar lake Largest inland salt lake