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- India has the largest number of post offices in the world.
- The game of Snakes and Ladders originated in ancient India, and was used as a tool to teach moral lessons.
- India is the only country that has a whole separate Constitution for Jainism and Buddhism.
- The world’s first university, Takshashila University, was established in India around 700 BCE.
- India is the world’s largest milk producer, and has the highest number of vegetarian people.
- India is the largest democracy in the world, with the world’s second largest population.
- The Indian Railways, which is the fourth largest railway network in the world, employs over 1.3 million people.
- India is home to the world’s largest film industry, producing over 1,500 films per year in multiple languages.
- India has the largest number of mosques in the world, with over 300,000 mosques.
- India has the largest number of people who can speak English fluently, after the United States and the United Kingdom.