Interesting Facts About India

• India is the largest democracy in the world, the 7th largest Country in the world, and one of the most ancient civilizations.
• India never invaded any country in her last 100000 years of history.
• Chess was invented in India.
• Algebra, Trigonometry and Calculus are studies, which originated in India.
• The 'Place Value System' and the 'Decimal System' were developed in India in 100 B.C.
• The World's First Granite Temple is the Brihadeswara Temple at Tanjavur, Tamil Nadu. The shikhara of the temple is made from a single 80-tonne piece of granite. This magnificent temple was built in just five years, (between 1004 AD and 1009 AD) during the reign of Rajaraja Chola.
• The largest employer in India is the Indian Railways, employing over a million people.
•  India has the largest number of Post Offices in the world.
• The world's first university was established in Takshila in 700 BC. More than 10,500 students from all over the world studied more than 60 subjects. The University of Nalanda built in the 4th century was one of the greatest achievements of ancient India in the field of education.
• Until 1896, India was the only source of diamonds in the world. (Source: Gemological Institute of America).
• Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to mankind. The Father of Medicine, Charaka, consolidated Ayurveda 2500 years ago.
• Sushruta is regarded as the Father of Surgery. Over2600 years ago Sushrata & his team conducted complicated surgeries like cataract, artificial limbs, cesareans, fractures, urinary stones, plastic surgery and brain surgeries.
• The Indian Maritime University was formed by an Act of Parliament in 2008 encompassing the National Maritime Academy Chennai, LBS College of Advanced Maritime Studies and Research Mumbai, T. S. Chanakya Mumbai, Marine Engineering and Research Institute (MERI) Mumbai, Marine Engineering and Research Institute (MERI) Kolkata, Indian Institute of Port Management Kolkata and National Ship Design and Research Centre Visakhapatnam in its fold.
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List of all Mughal Empeors in Indian history

1. Babur (1526-1530)
2. Humayun (1530-1540,55-56)
3. Akbar (1556-1605)
4. Jahangir (1605-1627)
5. Shah Jahan (1627-1658)
6. Aurang Zeb (1658-1707) 
7. Bahadur Shah 1 (1707-1712)
8. Jahandar Shah (1712-1713)
9. Furrukhsiyar (1713-1719)
10. Rafi-ul-Darjat (1719)
11. Rafi-ud-Daulat (1719) 
12. Nikusiyar (1719)
13. Muhammad Ibrahim (1720) 
14. Muhammad Shah (1719-1748)
15. AhmadShahBahadur (1748-54)
16. Alamgir || (1754-1759)
17. Shah Jahan III (1759)
18. Shah Alam II (1759-1806)
19. Akbar Shah II (1806-1837)
20. ShahZafar (1837-57)