these are some facts which you may not know. some of these are unbelievable but very true according to my research through internet

1. 14 Things Related To India You’ve
Probably Never Heard Before
1. India and Bangladesh share a 3rd enclave border which
means that a part of India is in Bangladesh which is in India
which is in Bangladesh. Phew!
2. In 1920, India was so good at Hockey that the British
withdrew from Olympics to avoid a possible embarrassing
defeat by its own colony.
The
Indian
Hockey
Team of
1928 image source
3. The Income Tax Rate in India was 97.75% in the year 1973

2. 4. In 2004, 200 women, armed
with vegetable knives & chilli
powder, stormed into a
courtroom and hacked to
death a serial rapist whose
trial was underway. Then
every woman claimed
responsibility for the murder.
image source
5. India has an Airforce base in
Tajikistan. Farkhor Air Base is
India’s one and only military
base outside its territory.

3. 6. Hindi words choli (blouse)
& pallu (end piece of a sari)
has been derived from the
names of Tamil dynasties viz.
Cholas & Pallavas
respectively.
7. Sanjay Gandhi was arrested
and jailed for destroying all the
prints of a movie that satirized
him. The film is “Kissa Kursi Ka”

4. 8. When A.P.J Abdul Kalam
was the President of India, he
asked a question on Yahoo
Answers on ways to eliminate
terrorism.
The best part is that Dr. Kiran Bedi,
Leander Paes, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar replied
to it. Here’s the direct link
9. Dr. Shrikant Jichkar holds the
record for “India’s most
qualified person”. He was an IAS, IPS, lawyer, doctor, D. Litt
(Doctor of Letters) in Sanskrit , the highest degree in a
University, photographer, actor, radio operator, youngest MLA
at the age of 25, held 14 portfolios, had 20 degrees, 28 gold
medals & had a library of 52,000 books.

5. 10. Samosas are banned in
Somalia as they resemble the
shape of the Christian Holy
Trinity.
11. P.V. Narasimha Rao was
fluent in 16 languages. In addition to 7 Indian languages
(Telugu, Hindi, Urdu, Oriya, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati,
Tamil), he spoke English, French, Arabic, Spanish, German,
Greek, Latin and Persian.
12. In 1948, the Nobel Peace
Prize was not awarded. It
would have been awarded to
Mahatma Gandhi, however,
due to his assassination, it was
left unassigned in his honor.

6. 13. Narayana Murthy was a
self-proclaimed socialist, but
during his visit to Bulgaria, he
was arrested and put in jail for
talking against the Bulgarian
govt. The experience pulled
him towards capitalism and he
learnt that entrepreneurship
and job creation is the way to
alleviate poverty. He then
founded Infosys.
14. In 2004, Marvel Comics
launched Spider Man India
where Peter Parker was called
Pavitr Prabhakar, Mary Jane as
Meera Jain, Aunt May as Auntie
Maya, Uncle Ben as Uncle Bhim.

7. Regards,
Jawad Rumane
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