Amazing Facts About India On 68th Independence Day

(#) India has the largest number of Post Offices with around 155,618 post offices and over 566,000 employees; India has the largest postal network in the world. The modern postal service in India is more than 150 years old.

(#) Indian Railways is one of the largest employers in the world, employing over a 1.4 million people. Also India has the second largest railway network in the world under a single management and carrying over more than 30 million passengers in a day.

(#) India has the second largest pool of Scientist and Engineers in the World. Every third engineer at      Apple is an Indian. Algebra, Trigonometry and Calculus are studies that are originated in India.  The 'Place Value System' and the 'Decimal System' were developed in India in 100 B.C.

(#) India is the largest democracy in the world, the 6th largest Country in the world, and one of the most ancient civilizations. The Indus Valley Civilization, which spread and prospered in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent from c. 3300 to 1300 BCE

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