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To start with, India is by far the world's largest democracy with over 1.2 billion people
Source: wikipedia, Image: wikipedia
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It is illegal to take Indian rupees out of India
Source: lonelyplanet.com, Image: wikipedia
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Police in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh are given bonuses for growing mustaches because their commanding officers think it make them command more respect
Source: bbc, Image: wikipedia
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70% of all the world's spices come from India
Source: wikipedia, Image: wikipedia
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Some drugs that cost tens of thousands of dollars in the US cost only a few thousand in India because they can't be patented there e.g. Gleevec.
Source: theatlantic.com, Image: wikipedia
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India is one of few countries (along with Canada, Russia, Israel, and Mexico) that have braille on their bank notes for the visually impaired
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There is a tribe in India that celebrates death and grieves birth (the Satiyaa community)
Source: dnaindia.com
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Housewives in India own roughly 11% of the gold on Earth. That is more than the reserves of Switzerland, the US, Germany, and the IMF combined!
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New Moore was a sandbar discovered in the Bay of Bengal by American satellites. Shortly afterwards, India and Bangladesh began to fight over it thinking there might be oil. The fight was resolved by climate change…the sea level rose and swallowed up the sandbar
Source: wikipedia, Image: wikipedia
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The Kumbh Mela festival in India draws 100 million people annually. This is the largest gathering of people in the world.
Source: bbc, Image: wikipedia
Ref:http://list25.com/25-incredible-and-unbelievable-insights-into-india-and-its-people/1/
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