Facts

• INDIA is the only country for the Spiritual Education and Practice.
• Only President of India was elected unopposed is: Neelam Sanjiva Reddy. 
• Bal Gangadhar Tilak was born on the 23 july,1856 in Ratnagiri,Maharashtra and he is considered as the Father of Indian National Movement. 
• Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit was born on the 18 August,1900 at Allahabad and She was the first female President of United Nations General Assembly. 
• The Name of Nehrus Family house at Allahabad Is: Anand Bhavan.
• The first Indian woman judge in Supreme Court is : Mrs. Meera Sahib Fatima Biwi.
• The first Indian woman Air Vice-Marshal is : P.Bandopadhyaya.
• Major Som Nath Sharma was the First Indian who was awarded Param Vir Chakra.
• "The sixth sick Sikh's sixth sheep is sick". This is the world's hardest Tongue Twister. According to Guinness Book of World Records. TRY IT..... 
• The Largest library in the world is The United States Library Of Congress, Washington DC.
• The National Game of India and Pakistan Is : Hockey. 
• 29th August is celebrated as "National Sports Day" of India because 29th August is the birth Anniversary of The Magician of Hockey "Dhyan Chand". 
• The Indian football team won gold medals at the 1951 and 1962 Asian games and finished 4th at the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne. 
• The old name of Common Wealth Games was British Umpire Games. India is going to host these games first time in Oct., 2010.
• The player who delivered the 1st ball  for India In Test Cricket is: Mohammad Nissar.
• The name of International Cricket Council was Imperial Cricket Conference between 1909 to 1965. After 1965 it was changed to International Cricket Conference. In 1989 it was again changed to International Cricket Council.
  
• The Oldest Dravidian Language Is: Tamil.
• There is one and only month which had not full moon till today which was: February 1886. 
• Four is the only number that has the same amount of letters as its actual value.
• World Literacy day is celebrated on 8th September. 
• Hindi became National language on 14th September 1949 so that day is celebrated as Hindi Day.
• French and English are the official languages of International Court Of Justice.
• In the English language, GO is the shortest complete sentence.
• In the English language, ALMOST is the longest word with all the letters in alphabetical order.
• In the English language, the shortest English word that contains the letters A,B,C,D,E and F is : Feedback. 
• The word Robot was created by Karel Capek.
• The word Byte is a contraction of 'by eight'.
• The word Queueing is the only English word with 5 consecutive vowels. 
• The second longest word in the oxford English dictionary is floccinaucinihilipilification which means the act of estimating as worthless. 
• The third longest word in the English Language is Antidisestablishmentarianism.
• The longest place name still in use is Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipu kakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu, New Zealand.
• The two longest syllable words in the English language are : screeched and strengths.
• There are only 12 letters in the Hawaiian alphabet.
• The word Karate means Empty Hand.
• The word Girl appears only once in the Bible.
• The name Jeep came from the abbreviation used in the army for the "General Purpose Vehicle, G.P.
• If you touch your tongue while yawning, it can stop the yawn.
• To Create Oxygen for 6 months for All Human Beings On Earth it costs 38 Trillion Dollars "TREE DO IT FOR FREE " so SAVE THEM. 
• Earth is the only planet on which water can exist in liquid form on the surface. 
• Earth is referred to as the Blue Planet from Space because the oceans combined with our atmosphere make our planet look blue.
• The gravity on Mars is 38% of that found on Earth.
• Crescograph was invented by Sir Jagdish Chandra Bose. Crescograph is used to measure the rate of growth of a plant.
• The chemical substance which gives red color to Tomato is: Lycopene. 
• The chemical substance which is used to fill the Teeth Holes is: Silver Amalgum.
• The Scientist who is known as father of modern biology is: Aristotle.
• Nylon was invented by Dr. Wallace H.Carothers. 
• The system for writing by blind people was invented by Louis Braille.
• A Shrimp's heart is located in its head. 
• A single thread in a Spider's web is as strong as a steel cable of the same size.
• The saltiest sea in the world is the Red Sea with 41 parts of salt per 1,000 parts of water. 
• A Shark's skeleton is made up of cartilage instead made up of bones like other fish and vertebrates. 
• Prehistoric turtles may have weighed as much as 5000 pounds.
• The highest waterfalls in the world is the Salto Angel Falls, Venezuela. 
• The Sahara Desert in northern Africa is more than 23 times the size of southern California's Mojave Desert.
• Logarithms were devised by John Napier.
• Dominica gained independence from UK in 1978.
• The city which is distributed in two continents is : Istanbul.
• The Country known as the Roof Of The World Is : Tibet 
• The Country known as the Land Of Midnight Sun Is: Norway.
• The Country known as the Land Of Morning Calm Is: Korea.
• The Country known as the Land Of White Elephant Is: Thailand.
• The Country known as the Land Of Thunderbolts Is: Bhutan.
• Bolivia gained independence from Spain in 1825.
• The official languages of Bolivia are Spanish, Quechua and Aymara. 
• Chad gained independence from France in 1960 and it is situated in Central Africa. 
• Congo gained independence from France in 1960 and it is situated in Africa.
• The official language of Congo is French.
• Aruba is the smallest island in the Leeward group of the Dutch Caribbean islands, which also include Bonaire and Curacao. 
• The Earlier name of New York city was :  New Amsterdam.
• The Nickname of New York is : Big Apple.
• New York is popularly known as the city of Skyscrapers.
• The principal exports of Jamaica Is: Sugar.
• Madagascar is popularly known as the island of Cloves.
• The Founder Of The Chinese Republic Was: Sun Yat-Sen.
• The person to climb all 14 of the worlds highest mountains is: Reinhold Messner.
• The First woman Prime Minister Of Britain Was: Margaret Thatcher.
• The Present Name Of Persia Is: Iran. 
• The youngest president of the USA is : Theodore Roosevelt.
• John F. Kennedy was assassinated by: Lee Harvey Oswald.
• The First Black Person to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace was: Ralph Johnson Bunche. 
• Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti was the president of Iraq from July 16,1979 until April 9,2003.
• The First Governor General Of Pakistan is : Mohammad Ali Jinnah.
• The First Pakistani to receive the Nobel Prize was : Abdus Salam.