9 Facts That Will Make You Feel Proud As An Indian



# India has an ice-hockey-team

Believe it or not but India does have an ice-hockey-team. Ice hockey is played mostly in places like Shimla, Ladakh and Kashmir in the north of India.

The India national ice hockey team has been competing at the international level since 2009 with Head Coach Adam Sherlip behind the bench during the tournament in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Also, India hosted the 2012 tournament at the Doon Ice Rink.

# The longest road networks

India has one of the longest road networks in the world. It is said that the road network is so long that it can run around the globe 117 times.

This is pretty crazy because India has 4,689,842 kilometers in length while the world’s circumference is only 40,000 kilometers.

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