Saturday, 6 June 2015

Facts about India

                                FACTS ABOUT INDIA



*  India is the world's largest Democracy with 1.2 billion people.

* India has more population than the entire western hemisphere of earth.

* India has the world's lowest meat consumption per person.

* India's Hindu calendar has 6 seasons: SPRING, SUMMER, MONSOON, AUTUMN, WINTER AND PREVERNAL.

* 70% of all the world's spices come from India.

* 100 million people come to INDIA'S KUMBH MELA FESTIVAL, THE WORLD'S BIGGEST GATHERING OF HUMANS.

* Its illegal to take Indian Currency (Rupees) out of India.

* India has more mobile phones than toilets.

*  GLEEVEC, A CANCER DRUG THAT COSTS US$70,000 IN THE U.S. PER YEAR, COST JUST US$2,500 IN INDIA BEACAUSE IT CAN'T BE PATENTED THERE.

* INDIAN HOUSWIVES HOLD 11% OF THE WORLD'S GOLD. THAT IS MORE THAN THE RESERVES OF THE U.S., IMF, SWIZERLAND AND GERMANY PUT TOGETHER.

* THE GOLDEN TEMPLE IN INDIA FEEDS A VEGETARIAN MEAL TO OVER 100,000 PEOPLE A DAY REGARDLESS OF RACE, RELIGION AND CLASS.

* SEX TOYS ARE ILLEGAL IN INDIA.

* IN WEST BENGAL, INDIA, COWS MUST HAVE A PHOTO ID CARD.

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