20 Mind-Blowing Facts About India That You Probably Did Not Know Before

[Iggy]

1. So if you travelled through even a hundredth of the India road network, you have kind of been around the world. Figuratively.

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2. While that is not a happy fact, it tells you how big our nation truly is.

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3. In the words of the great Peter Griffin, “Why are we not funding this?” JK, we are.

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4. This is for the right wingers who say that India is essentially a Hindu nation.

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5. Yes, it our very own Mukesh Ambani’s 27-floored Antilla. Population of Somalia = 10.5 million. Population of Antilla = Ambani and family + 600 regular and non-regular staff.

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6. How cool is that?

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7. A private school in Lucknow which kind of proves the existence of other schools in the city redundant.

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8. 500 B.C., if you are asking for a date.

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9. Or, as we say in English, never. For instance, “When is the Indian black money stashed away in Swiss banks being brought back to the country?” “In a kalpa.”

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10. When you compare it to #5, the irony makes you double up with laughter.

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[Iggy]

11. And the states are - Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal.

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12. Yeah, we tend to keep our fights among ourselves.

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13. “India is my country, and all Indians are my brothers and sisters.” So, fratricide basically.

14. Most murders, but smallest prison population. Makes sense?

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15. The first world countries with their swanky salons can go shave themselves.

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16. Given #15, this kind of makes sense.

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17. Because we are… (hic) cool like that! Ireland and Scotland, are ye listening?

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18. 1,76,000 Indians evacuated from 488 Air India commercial flights in 59 days from Kuwait in 1990 during the Gulf War.

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19. Not that it matters to people today – how many of you have even posted a letter really?

20. And one blue whale weighs more than 3000 average-built people. You do that math.

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[shanhensha]

sir i appreciate your effort but i can't see the images , can you check it

 

[Iggy]

sir i appreciate your effort but i can't see the images , can you check it

According to new rules, pictures will not be shown.. You can select the link and paste it in a new tab to view the images.. I am sorry..

 

[INDIC]

According to new rules, pictures will not be shown.. You can select the link and paste it in a new tab to view the images.. I am sorry..

you need to use upload file to load the image.

 

[shanhensha]

ok , did not now it . THANKS ANYWAYS

 

[Iggy]

you need to use upload file to load the image.

Thats gonna take a lot of time.

 

[Iggy]

Kind of nailed it.

 

[Cherokee]

Thats gonna take a lot of time.

Same wtih pasting links