The 26 strangest and most shocking facts you do not know about India
India is one of the countries that has strange customs and traditions that make it different from the rest of the world. Although India is the second largest in terms of population, it has a huge production capacity, and with the diversity and multiplicity of religions, cultures, and customs in it, we find that it is natural for it to be a country full of strangeness and wonders. In this article, we show you 12 shocking facts that you do not know about India.
The woman in India is the one who pays the dowry, not the man. The bride's family pledges to pay the dowry to the husband within an agreed-upon period.
2: Soft drinks such as Pepsi and Coca-Cola are used as pesticides in several areas in India.
3: More than 20 people die every day in India due to severe crowding at airport stations, which is the most important means of transportation in the country.
4: In India, cows have identity cards to identify them. A number of states issue personal identification cards for cows as well as for humans.
5: In some Indian regions, citizens are allowed to marry animals such as snakes and dogs.
6: The approved Indian currency is the rupee, which is a closed currency, meaning foreign tourists are not allowed to leave the country while carrying the Indian currency with them.
7: If the wife calls the husband by his name while he is in a group of people, this is considered immoral, so the wife calls the husband by one of the children’s names as a way to attract attention.
8: India records the largest human gathering in the world every 12 years, as approximately 100 million Hindu people attend a religious festival called the Kumbh Mela.
9: There are more than 180 official religions in India. Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, and Christianity are the most common religions there.
10: Unlike other countries in the world, India has six seasons per year, which are the four seasons we know, in addition to the monsoon and early spring seasons.
11: Indian schools are the most crowded in the world in terms of the number of students. Often, some schools enroll more than 10,000 students.
12: India has 22 official languages in addition to more than 1,600 other languages that are spoken. It is the country with the most different languages and dialects in the world.
13: The wettest place in the world
India is the wettest place in the world, with about 40,000 feet of rain falling annually.
14: The first country in terms of youth population in the world.
15: The largest road network
The combined length of the road network in India is 4.7 million km, which is the second largest road network in the world after the United States, and this distance is equivalent to more than the length of the circumference of the Earth multiplied by 117 times.
16: New Delhi’s air is the most polluted
The World Health Organization announced that the air in the Indian city of New Delhi is the most polluted in the world and found that the average level of PM 2.5, which is a measurement of particles that are transmitted in the atmosphere to humans and cause various diseases in New Delhi, amounted to 152 micrograms per cubic meter.
17: Hair trade
India exports more than $415 million worth of hair annually, and many Hindus donate their hair to temples in place of money or jewelry they do not own. It is believed that about 40,000 pilgrims donate their hair daily.
18: The largest family in the world lives there
The largest family in the world lives in India. It consists of a man, 39 wives, 94 boys and girls, and 33 grandchildren. They live in a 4-story building with 100 rooms in a village in the Indian state of Mizoram.
19: Lengthening the mustache
Policemen in the state of Madhya Pradesh receive a reward for growing their mustaches. This is due to the belief of police commanders in that state that a long mustache earns its owner more respect.
A working day with a meal
The average person has to work six hours a day to afford a meal.Celebrating death
The Satya tribe celebrates when one of its members dies and mourns when a new child is born to the tribe.Indians eat less meat than the rest of the world per person
Indians generally eat less meat per person than the rest of the world, due to the fact that meat is not the main focus of Indian cuisine, as well as the fact that many religions encourage eating only vegetarian food.The Indian calendar consists of 6 seasons, not 4, which are spring, summer, monsoon, fall, winter, and early spring.
It is known in India that an old man did not eat or drink for 70 years. After doctors conducted many tests on him, they still do not know how he was able to stay alive to this day.
Breathing the air in Mumbai, India, for just one day is equivalent to smoking 100 cigarettes.
Police officers in India who wear mustaches and beards do not receive job promotions because of this.
