Largest Ginger Producer
2.35 lakhs tonnes
Largest Mint Oil Producer
12,000 tonnes of mint oil and exported 8,000 tonnes
Largest Suger producer
80 lakh tonnes of sugar in 1999-2000
Largest Tea producer
8,16,060 tonnes in 1999-2000
Largest production of Jute & Allied Fibres
20.9 lakh tonnes India contributed 62.8% of global
Pedal-Operated Rice Mill
Suredranath Singh of Manipur Science & Technological Council, imphal developed a pedal-operated rice mill with an output capacity of 10 kg/hr in August.
Largest Cattle Plague
India shares 15.7% or 20.9 crore cattle head out of a 133.4-crore population world over
Largest Buffalo Population
India shares 9.2 crore or 55.1% of the total buffalo heads globally
Largest producer of milk Products
India is the largest producer of milk products with production of milk powder alone touching 1,75,000 tonnes per year
Highest Motorable Road
Khardung-la road in theLeh-Manali sectored was constructed by the Border Roads organisation at an altitude of 5,682 m (18,383 ft)
Highest Filling Station
The filling station at Kaza, Spiti Valley, is situated at 13,500 ft. The Indian Oil Corporation also operated a petrol pump at leh, Ladhak, at 12,000 ft.
Largest Bus Terminus
Imlibun bus terminus of APSRTC at Hyderabad was inaugrated on Augest 11,1994.
First 4-stroke scooter
Legend, a four-stroke 150 cc 9 hp scooter from Bajaj Auto Ltd, pune, was launched on July 25, 1998
Largest Employer
Indian Railway employs 15.78 lakh people, the largest by any single organisation.
Highest Passenger Earnings
The Mumbai suburban railway system carries 59 lakh passengers a day, the higest in the world when compared to track length. About 1,077 suburban trains run every day on a track length of just 288 km.
Longest Covered Platform
Two of the platform at Sealdah station, Calcutta-1,000 ft each in length and over 28 ft in width-have 550 ft long covering sheds over six lines of rail.
Longest Platform
The railway platform at Kharagpur in West Bengal is 833 m (2,733 ft) long
Sunday, November 18, 2007
World Records from India - II
Largest Producer of Pulses
India produced 161 lakh tonne pulses in 1999
Largest producer of Millets
India produced 80.96 lakh tonnes of millet in 1999.
Largest Producer of Dry Beans
India produced 45.5 lakh tonnes of dry beans in .
Largest producer of chickpease
India produced 67 lakh tonnes of chickpea in 1999.
Largest Producer of Caster Seeds
India produced 8.42 lakh tonnes of caster seeds out of 7.13 lakh in 1999
Largest Cauliflower producer
India produced 52,00,000 tonnes of cauliflower in 1999.
Highest Production of mango
India ranked first in the production of mangoes in 1999 with 120 lakh tones.
Largest producer of bananas
India produced 110 lakh tonnes of bananas in 1999
Largest Spice producer
India produced 26 lakh tonnes of spices out of 23 lakh ha during 1998-99.
Global Supplier of Spices
India accounts for one-fourth of the global trade in spices and herbs, estimated at 5,00,000 tonnes worth US $150 crore
Largest producer of Chilli
India produces 9.46 lakh tonnes globally. I
Hottest Chilli
The world's hottest chilli grows in India. Tezpur chilli, named after the place annually.
Land of Black Pepper
With an output of 57,000 tonnes of pepper, India accounted for 24.7% of global production in 1999.
Largest Cardamom Production
India registered an output of 7,170 tonnes during 1998-99
Largest Turmeric Production
India produced 5.43 lakh tonnes of turmeric
Most Expensive Spice
Domestic market price for saffron, a spice commonly found in J&K, touched Rs34,500 per kg in Oct.1999 while in the international market it was priced at US $ 365 per pound .
India produced 161 lakh tonne pulses in 1999
Largest producer of Millets
India produced 80.96 lakh tonnes of millet in 1999.
Largest Producer of Dry Beans
India produced 45.5 lakh tonnes of dry beans in .
Largest producer of chickpease
India produced 67 lakh tonnes of chickpea in 1999.
Largest Producer of Caster Seeds
India produced 8.42 lakh tonnes of caster seeds out of 7.13 lakh in 1999
Largest Cauliflower producer
India produced 52,00,000 tonnes of cauliflower in 1999.
Highest Production of mango
India ranked first in the production of mangoes in 1999 with 120 lakh tones.
Largest producer of bananas
India produced 110 lakh tonnes of bananas in 1999
Largest Spice producer
India produced 26 lakh tonnes of spices out of 23 lakh ha during 1998-99.
Global Supplier of Spices
India accounts for one-fourth of the global trade in spices and herbs, estimated at 5,00,000 tonnes worth US $150 crore
Largest producer of Chilli
India produces 9.46 lakh tonnes globally. I
Hottest Chilli
The world's hottest chilli grows in India. Tezpur chilli, named after the place annually.
Land of Black Pepper
With an output of 57,000 tonnes of pepper, India accounted for 24.7% of global production in 1999.
Largest Cardamom Production
India registered an output of 7,170 tonnes during 1998-99
Largest Turmeric Production
India produced 5.43 lakh tonnes of turmeric
Most Expensive Spice
Domestic market price for saffron, a spice commonly found in J&K, touched Rs34,500 per kg in Oct.1999 while in the international market it was priced at US $ 365 per pound .
World Records from India - I
Largest vegetarian population
About 20%Indians are practising vegetarians. There are 744 vegetarian communities.
Largest producer of cashew
India accounts for 42% of the world's total cashew nut production (9.25 lakh tonnes).
Tallest Brinjal plant
Abdul Masfoor of Hunsur, Mysore, has a 20 feet tall brinjal plant in his garden.
First on world's highest road
The J&K State Road Transport Corporation operated the first vehicle across Khardung La Pass at 18,380 ft. in 1962.
Mobile Hospital
Jeevan Rekha or Lifeline Express, the first full-fledged hospital on wheels, was flagged off from Mumbai on July 16, 1991.
Highest airport
Leh Airport in Ladakh at a height of 3,256 m(10,680 ft) is the highest non-military airport.
Longest corridor
The corridor in the Ramanathswamy temple at Rameshwaram, Tamil Nadu, is 1,220m (4,002 ft) long.
Longest canal
Indira Gandhi Nahar Pariyojana(IGNP) canal at Rajasthan is 649 km.long.
Largest chandeliers
The Durbar Hall of the Gwalior royal palace has a pair of chandeliers, 42ft.height and weighing three tonnes each.
Longest constitution
The Constitution of India contains 395 Articles and 12 schedules.
Largest constituency
By voter strength: Outer Delhi has 28,80,872 votes.
Party with most votes
Riding a sympathy wave after the assassination of Indira Gandhi Congress (1)secured a record 11,52,21,078 votes and won 412 out of the 513 parliamentary seats.
Longest press conference
V.P.Singh's second press conference on July 20, 1990 lasted two-and a-half hours.
First fingerprint bureau
The world's first fingerprint bureau was set up in Calcutta in June 1897.
Most runs in a day
In the Manchester Test between England and India on July 27, 1936, England scored 398 and India 190 to record an aggregate of 588 for the loss of only six wickets at a rate of over 90 runs per hour in six-and a-half hours.
Most 1000+runs in a calender year
Sunil Gavaskar made 1024 runs in 11 tests in 1976; 1944 runs in nine Tests in 1978; 1,555 runs in 18 Tests in 1979; and 1,310 runs in 18 Tests in 1983.
Fastest double century
Ravi Shastri made 200 not out in 113 minutes for Bombay against Baroda at Mumbai in 1984-85.
Maximum overs (match)
C.S.Nayudu bowled 152.5 overs in the Holkar vs Bombay match in 1944. His analysis: 152.5-25-428-11. Broken up: 64-5-10-153-6 and 88-15-275-5.
First woman to swim the Straits of Gibraltar
Aarti Pradhan (then 17) swam the 30 km Straits on August 29, 1988 in 7 hr 17 min.
Theme Sari
A sari designed and woven in 1998 by Rmk, a silk sari store of Tirunelveli, depicted 33 different designs using Bharata Natyam abhinayas(postures)
Pulling with teeth
Punjab Police ASI Narinder Singh of Nawanpind, Akalgarh (Phagwara) pulled a 150 tonne diesel engine with his teeth for 8.50 m at the Old Delhi railway station on Jan 2,1994.
Oldest Record For Rice Cultivation
The records of rice 'domestication' have been found at Neolithic sites (pre-7000 B.C) at Koldhiwa, Mahagara in Allahbad dist.;Manigara and Baraunha in Mirzapur dist.; Sohgaura in gorakhpur dist.; and Lahura Deva in Basti dist.
Highest Wheat Yield
India recorded a yield of about 2,781 kg/ha in 1999-2000
About 20%Indians are practising vegetarians. There are 744 vegetarian communities.
Largest producer of cashew
India accounts for 42% of the world's total cashew nut production (9.25 lakh tonnes).
Tallest Brinjal plant
Abdul Masfoor of Hunsur, Mysore, has a 20 feet tall brinjal plant in his garden.
First on world's highest road
The J&K State Road Transport Corporation operated the first vehicle across Khardung La Pass at 18,380 ft. in 1962.
Mobile Hospital
Jeevan Rekha or Lifeline Express, the first full-fledged hospital on wheels, was flagged off from Mumbai on July 16, 1991.
Highest airport
Leh Airport in Ladakh at a height of 3,256 m(10,680 ft) is the highest non-military airport.
Longest corridor
The corridor in the Ramanathswamy temple at Rameshwaram, Tamil Nadu, is 1,220m (4,002 ft) long.
Longest canal
Indira Gandhi Nahar Pariyojana(IGNP) canal at Rajasthan is 649 km.long.
Largest chandeliers
The Durbar Hall of the Gwalior royal palace has a pair of chandeliers, 42ft.height and weighing three tonnes each.
Longest constitution
The Constitution of India contains 395 Articles and 12 schedules.
Largest constituency
By voter strength: Outer Delhi has 28,80,872 votes.
Party with most votes
Riding a sympathy wave after the assassination of Indira Gandhi Congress (1)secured a record 11,52,21,078 votes and won 412 out of the 513 parliamentary seats.
Longest press conference
V.P.Singh's second press conference on July 20, 1990 lasted two-and a-half hours.
First fingerprint bureau
The world's first fingerprint bureau was set up in Calcutta in June 1897.
Most runs in a day
In the Manchester Test between England and India on July 27, 1936, England scored 398 and India 190 to record an aggregate of 588 for the loss of only six wickets at a rate of over 90 runs per hour in six-and a-half hours.
Most 1000+runs in a calender year
Sunil Gavaskar made 1024 runs in 11 tests in 1976; 1944 runs in nine Tests in 1978; 1,555 runs in 18 Tests in 1979; and 1,310 runs in 18 Tests in 1983.
Fastest double century
Ravi Shastri made 200 not out in 113 minutes for Bombay against Baroda at Mumbai in 1984-85.
Maximum overs (match)
C.S.Nayudu bowled 152.5 overs in the Holkar vs Bombay match in 1944. His analysis: 152.5-25-428-11. Broken up: 64-5-10-153-6 and 88-15-275-5.
First woman to swim the Straits of Gibraltar
Aarti Pradhan (then 17) swam the 30 km Straits on August 29, 1988 in 7 hr 17 min.
Theme Sari
A sari designed and woven in 1998 by Rmk, a silk sari store of Tirunelveli, depicted 33 different designs using Bharata Natyam abhinayas(postures)
Pulling with teeth
Punjab Police ASI Narinder Singh of Nawanpind, Akalgarh (Phagwara) pulled a 150 tonne diesel engine with his teeth for 8.50 m at the Old Delhi railway station on Jan 2,1994.
Oldest Record For Rice Cultivation
The records of rice 'domestication' have been found at Neolithic sites (pre-7000 B.C) at Koldhiwa, Mahagara in Allahbad dist.;Manigara and Baraunha in Mirzapur dist.; Sohgaura in gorakhpur dist.; and Lahura Deva in Basti dist.
Highest Wheat Yield
India recorded a yield of about 2,781 kg/ha in 1999-2000
Swami Vivekananda on India
Civilizations have arisen in other parts of the world. In ancient and modern times, wonderful ideas have been carried forward from one race to another...But mark you, my friends, it has been always with the blast of war trumpets and the march of embattled cohorts.
Each idea had to be soaked in a deluge of blood..... Each word of power had to be followed by the groans of millions, by the wails of orphans, by the tears of widows. This, many other nations have taught; but India for thousands of years peacefully existed.
Here activity prevailed when even Greece did not exist... Even earlier, when history has no record, and tradition dares not peer into the gloom of that intense past, even from until now, ideas after ideas have marched out from her, but every word has been spoken with a blessing behind it and peace before it.
We, of all nations of the world, have never been a conquering race, and that blessing is on our head, and therefore we live...."
Each idea had to be soaked in a deluge of blood..... Each word of power had to be followed by the groans of millions, by the wails of orphans, by the tears of widows. This, many other nations have taught; but India for thousands of years peacefully existed.
Here activity prevailed when even Greece did not exist... Even earlier, when history has no record, and tradition dares not peer into the gloom of that intense past, even from until now, ideas after ideas have marched out from her, but every word has been spoken with a blessing behind it and peace before it.
We, of all nations of the world, have never been a conquering race, and that blessing is on our head, and therefore we live...."
Unique India
Upnishads says, 'Yatr vishvam bhavati eknidam' which means where the world becomes one nest. It seems it was written keeping India in mind.
If we say that at one time India is living in differnt centuries it won't be wrong. India encompasses of variety of cultures, traditions, festivals, seasons and food habits . But still there is something that bonds India in one thread. It is the swirling feeling for the country amongst all the citizens which brings 'Unity in diversity'.
India is a country any foreigner should experience to understand it. Starting from bullock carts to e-mail, you will find anything and everything. And everything has got its own amazing beauty and importance.
On one hand you will experience the pollution and chaos of metropolitan city like Mumbai but on the other hand you will experience the tranquility and serenity of Himalayas.
In food if rice is the staple food in the south, it is wheat in the north. Idli and kababs, samosa and curry, chole and bhakri and of course the famous tandoori chicken....India's gift to the world's kitchen. Which proves variety is, indeed, the spice of life.
The different shades of India may shock you, stun you, or move you but one thing is for sure that it will touch the bottom of your heart. The diversity which comprises of Ramayana and Mahabharata, celebrating Ganesh festival and Navratri, ancient high profile festivals at Khajuraho and Konark, Peacocks dance in Rajasthan and beautiful snowfall in Shimla, Pushkar and Kumbha mela, Lovely Taj Mahal and mind blowing Ramoji film city of Hyderabad and the journey goes on and on and on..... Infact India is a small world in the world.
If we say that at one time India is living in differnt centuries it won't be wrong. India encompasses of variety of cultures, traditions, festivals, seasons and food habits . But still there is something that bonds India in one thread. It is the swirling feeling for the country amongst all the citizens which brings 'Unity in diversity'.
India is a country any foreigner should experience to understand it. Starting from bullock carts to e-mail, you will find anything and everything. And everything has got its own amazing beauty and importance.
On one hand you will experience the pollution and chaos of metropolitan city like Mumbai but on the other hand you will experience the tranquility and serenity of Himalayas.
In food if rice is the staple food in the south, it is wheat in the north. Idli and kababs, samosa and curry, chole and bhakri and of course the famous tandoori chicken....India's gift to the world's kitchen. Which proves variety is, indeed, the spice of life.
The different shades of India may shock you, stun you, or move you but one thing is for sure that it will touch the bottom of your heart. The diversity which comprises of Ramayana and Mahabharata, celebrating Ganesh festival and Navratri, ancient high profile festivals at Khajuraho and Konark, Peacocks dance in Rajasthan and beautiful snowfall in Shimla, Pushkar and Kumbha mela, Lovely Taj Mahal and mind blowing Ramoji film city of Hyderabad and the journey goes on and on and on..... Infact India is a small world in the world.
Saturday, November 17, 2007
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Few facts to make every Indian proud
- Vinod Khosla, co-founder of Sun Microsystems is an Indian.
- Vinod Dahm, creator of Pentium chip is an Indian.
- Sabeer Bhatia, founder and creator of Hotmail is an Indian.
- Arun Netravalli, president of AT & T-Bell Labs is an Indian.
- Rajiv Gupta, GM of Hewlett Packard is an Indian.
- Sanjay Tejwrika, new MTD (Microsoft Testing Director) of Windows 2000, responsible to iron out all initial problems is an Indian.
- Victor Menezes, Rajat Gupta, and Rana Talwar Chief Executives of CitiBank, Mckensey & Stanchart? were Indians.
- Indians are the wealthiest among all ethnic groups in America, evenfaring better than the whites and the natives.
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