This ppt contains the clear description on the unknown national symbols, unknown facts, interesting facts and crazy/ wierd facts of India.

1. PRESENTED BY : K. R. VIMAL KRISHNA

5. WHO IS THE FATHER OF OUR NATION ?
• Mahatma Gandhi
• NO….
• Since childhood, we all have been taught that the great son of
India, Mahatma Gandhi is the "Father of the Nation". But surprisingly, the
government of India does not consider Gandhiji as the Father of the
Nation!

6. WHICH IS OUR NATIONAL SPORT ?
• Hockey
• NO….
• Every school-going Indian child is taught that the hockey is our national
sport. But surprisingly, hockey is actually not the national sport of the
country.

7. WHICH IS OUR NATIONAL LANGUAGE ?
• Hindi
• NO….
• Hindi is declared only as our official language not as our national
language.
• As per our constitution, Hindi is declared as our official language and
English is our official link language.

8. WHICH IS OUR NATIONAL ANIMAL ?
• Tiger
• NOT EXACTLY….
• Not simply as Tiger, “Indian Bengal Tiger” is our national animal.

9. WHICH IS OUR NATIONAL BIRD ?
• Peacock
• NOT EXACTLY….
• Both ‘Peacock’ and ‘Peahen’ is our national bird.
• We can say the both in the common term “ Peafowl ”.

10. WHICH IS OUR NATIONAL AQUATIC ANIMAL ?
• Dolphin
• NOT EXACTLY….
• Not simply as Dolphin, It is “Ganges Dolphin”.

11. HOW MANY COLORS ARE THERE IN OUR NATIONAL
FLAG ?
• 4 Colors
• First color “Saffron” indicates the ‘strength and courage’.
• Second color “White” indicates the ‘peace and truth’.
• Third color “Indian Green”indicates the ‘fertility and growth’.
• The Chakra in center spoke the ‘24 spokes of dharma’.

12. NATIONAL SYMBOLS
National Fruit:
Mango
National Flower:
Lotus
National River:
River Ganga
National Tree:
Banyan
National Sweet:
Jelabi
National Reptile :
Indian King Cobra
National Heritage Animal:
Elephant
National Microbe:
Lactobacillus Delbrueckii

13. National Emblem:
Lion capital of Ashoka
National Motto :
Sathyamev Jayathe
National Currency:
Indian Rupees
National Calendar:
Saka Calendar
National Anthem :
Jana Gana Mana
National Song:
Vandhe Matharam
National Pledge:
Oath of Allegiance
NATIONAL SYMBOLS

15. INCREDIBLE
POPULATION
India is the 2nd largest
populated country with
132.42 crores (17.9% of
world population) of people
after China.
It’s estimated that India will
lead china by 2028.
There are around 1500+
languages spoken in India.
Second largest English
speaking Country in the
world after US

16. LARGEST FILM INDUSTRY
HOLLYWOOD
• Yearly movies 200+
• Highest box office collection :
Avatar ( $ 2.788 billion )
• Average tickets sold :
9,00,000 times less than Indian
cinema
BOLLYWOOD
• Yearly movies 1200+
• Highest box office collection :
Dhangal ( $ 16.93 billion )
• Average tickets sold :
3.5 billion

17. OLDEST GAMES (TILL EXIST)
 ‘Chess’ and ‘Snake & Ladder’ are the oldest games still playing.
 India is the country which founded these both games.

18. LARGEST SPORTS FANS
 India has the maximum number of sports fans of various sports.
 ‘Cricket’ and ‘Khabadi’ are the sports with highest fans in India.

19. LARGEST EMPLOYER
Indian Railways is the company
(organization) with largest
number of employers in it.
More than 80,00,000 +
employers are working in
Indian Railways.
It also holds the record with
highest number of customers in
the world.

20. GOLD AND DIAMOND
DIAMONDLARGEST CONSUMER OF GOLD
• India is the largest consumer of gold
in the world as it holds 11% of the
total gold in the world.
• India was the only producer of
diamonds in the world till 1700’s.

21. MILLIONAIRES
 More than million Indians are millionaires..
 100+ billionaires and 10,00,000+ millionaires in India.

22. HIGHER INTELLIGENCE
 India has the maximum number of intelligent personalities with the IQ more
than 120+ (more than the total population of USA).
 There are many Indians with higher IQ more than 200.

23. INDIANS HIGH ABROAD

24. MOST ANSWERED QUESTION
 “ What should we do to free our planet from terrorism ? ” is the most answered
question in the Internet.
 Our former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam once asked this question in Yahoo on 2007.
 This question has been answered by more than 32,000 people.

25. ( JOURNEY OF BICYCLE TO MARS )

26. FIRST ROCKET
LAUNCH
ISRO’s first rocket was carried
by a bicycle.
Even, India’s first inbuilt
satellite Apple was carried in a
bullock cart.
It was launched in the budget
of 5 crore INR in 1975.

27. I S R O(RECENT YEARS)
 Behind these terrible history, ISRO has now developed into one of the greatest
organization in space research.
 Now it has the most advanced lab in the world with high facilitated control
systems and well skilled scientists.

28. I S R O(FLYING RECORDS)
 ISRO launches satellites in low cost than any other organization (450 crores for
mars mission).
 It is holding the record of launching the large number of satellites in a single
launch(104 satellites in 2017).

29. CHANDRAYAN (INDIA'S LUNAR MISSION)
 India has successfully launched the lunar satellite ‘Chandrayan’ in 2008.
 It was a great success to ISRO as it had discovered the existence of water in
moon which the other countries can’t.

30. MANGALYAN (MISSIONTO MARS)
 India has successfully launched the ‘Mangalyan’ in 2015.
 It was a great privilege to ISRO as it succeeded in the first attempt on the mars
mission.

31. PROUD AS INDIAN
May 26 is celebrated as “Science Day” in Switzerland. Because,
on that day our former president A P J Abdul Kalam visited the
country.

32. ACHIEVERS
(NOBEL PRIZE)
One of the world’s greatest
honor given to people is Nobel
prize.
There 12 Nobel prizes received
by India.
4 Nobel Prize for Peace
3 Nobel Prize for Literature
2 Nobel Prize for Physics
1 Nobel Prize for Chemistry
1 Nobel Prize for Medicine
1 Nobel Prize for Economics

33. ACHIEVERS
(OSCAR AWARD)
One of the world’s greatest
honor of cinema is Oscar.
There are 6 Oscars received by
Indians.
5 Indians got 6 Oscars.
Many Indian films have
reached the floor of Oscars.
Lagoon, Slumdog Millionaire
Gandhi, Life of Pi, Jungle Book.

34. ADDITIONAL FACTS
 Almost 40 % of Indians are
Vegetarians.
 70% of spices used in the world is
cultivated in India.
 It is illegal to take Indian Rupees
out of India .
 Shakunthala Devi of Bangalore is
called as “Human Calculator”.
 The Maha Kumbh Mela
celebrated in India is the world’s
largest gathering of humans.
Nearly 100 million of people
gathered there and also it was
viewed from space.

36. AADHAR FOR COWS
 Indian Government had proposed the unique identity card (Aadhar) for cattles
in India.
 It was declared in order to stop the smuggling of cattle in the Bangladesh
border.

37.  Indian farmers in Punjab and Haryana use the ‘Coke and Pepsi’ as the pesticide
for their fields.
 They are saying that Pepsi and Coke are cheaper than the pesticides.
PESTICIDE COKE

38. LOVE & MARRIAGE

39. VILLAGE WITHOUT
DOOR
 Shani Singnapur, a village in
Maharashtra is known for the
house without door.
 UCO bank had also opened a
branch without door in the
lockers in this village.
PAYMENT FOR
MOUSTACHE
 Police of Madhya Pradesh is
paying certain amount with
their salary, if they have big
moustache.

40. WINNING MOMENT OF INDIANS

41. INDIA HAS HIGHEST NUMBER OF
HOLIDAYS IN THE WORLD PER YEAR

42. POLLING STATION AT GIR (GUJARAT)

43. EXTRAVAGANT WEDDING
Indian Ex-minister Janardhan Reddy's Daughter's Wedding 500+ crores

44. LUXURIOUS PALACE
World’s most luxurious palace is in India
 Maharajah Pavillon, Raj Palace, Jaipur, India
 Rs.61,40,640 to pay to stay in Indian palace at one night

45. JAI SINGH

47. LAST BUT NOT LEAST…..

48. INDIA’S STRENGTH