Kumbh Mela gathering visible from space
The 2011 Kumbh Mela was the largest gathering of people with over 75
million pilgrims. The gathering was so huge that the crowd was visible
from space.
Bandra Worli Sealink has steel wires equal to the earth's circumference
It took a total of 2,57,00,000 man hours for completion and also weighs as much as 50,000 African elephants. A true engineering and architectural marvel.
Diamonds were first mined in India
Initially, diamonds were only found in the alluvial deposits in Guntur and Krishna District of the Krishna River Delta. Until diamonds were found in Brazil during the 18th century, India led the world in diamond production.
Shampooing is an Indian concept
Shampoo was invented in India, not the commercial liquid ones but the
method by use of herbs. The word 'shampoo' itself has been derived from
the Sanskrit word champu, which means to massage.
Water on the moon was discovered by India
In September 2009, India's ISRO Chandrayaan- 1 using its Moon Mineralogy Mapper detected water on the moon for the first time.
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