Vegetarians

Most of the vegetarians in the world are Indians.

Sugar purifying techniques

India was the first country to develop extraction and purifying techniques of sugar.

25 million passengers every day

Indian Railways carry more than 25 million passengers every day, more than the entire population of Australia.

Godavari

More than 228 types of fishes are there in the river Godavari in India.

Writing two languages

James A. Garfield Ex-president of America used to write Latin with his right hand, Greek with his left hand at a time.

Godavari

River Godavari is the second largest river in India after Ganga.

South Ganga of India

River Godavari in India is also popular as South Ganga of India.

River Godavari

The river Godavari in India length is 1465 kilometers.

Cows

One fourth of world cows are only in India.

Luggage transport

40% of world luggage transport is done by trains only.

Fastest train

The fastest train in India is Shatabdi express running between Delhi and Bhopal.

Moon distance

Daily traveling distance of Indian trains is equal to three times to the distance of moon.

Railway zones in India

Indian railway has 17 zones.

First railway station

The first railway station in India is Chatrapathi Sivaji Terminal (Mumbai).

Railway Bridges

There are 131,205 railway bridges in India.

The shortest running train

The shortest distance running train in India is Nagpur-Azni train. Its running distance is 3km.

The first train

The first train in India ran between Bombay and Thane on 16th April 1853.

Man of the Match

Saurav Ganguly is the only player to win four consecutive Man of the Match awards in ODIs.

Sunil Gavaskar

In the 1975 World Cup Match, chasing 335 against England, Sunil Gavaskar scored an unbeaten 36 off 174 balls.

Virender Sehwag

Virender Sehwag’s highest scores in T20, ODI and Tests are 119, 219 and 319 respectively. 119 was scored in an IPL game.