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FACTS
Bharat
The official Sanskrit name for India is Bharat.
INDIA has been called Bharat even in Satya yuga ( Golden Age )

India
The name `India’ is derived from the River Indus, the valleys around which were the home of the early settlers. The Aryan worshippers referred to the river Indus as the Sindhu.
The Persian invaders converted it into Hindu. The name `Hindustan’ combines Sindhu and Hindu and thus refers to the land of the Hindus.

Succession
The first six Mogul Emperor's of India ruled in an unbroken succession from father to son for two hundred years, from 1526 to 1707.

World's First Granite Temple
The World's First Granite Temple is the Brihadeswara temple at Tanjavur in Tamil Nadu. The shikhara is made from a single ' 80-tonne ' piece of granite. Also, this magnificient temple was built in just five years, (between 1004 AD and 1009 AD) during the reign of Rajaraja Chola.

Largest employer
The largest employer in the world is the Indian railway system, employing over a million people!!

Chess
Chess (Shataranja or AshtaPada) was invented in India.


GALLERY


City Palace, Udaipur
Taj Mahal

A temple in Khajuraho
Jallianwala Bagh, Punjab

Hawa Mahal
Buland Darwaza, Fatehpur Sikri

Ellora caves
Qutab Minar, Delhi

Jama Masjid, Delhi
Typical serenity of a Kashmir lake

The Lake Palace at Udaipur
Vidhan Soudha, Bangalore

Patna Sahib Gurudwara, Patna
Queen's cave, Udayagiri

The Maharaja's Palace at Mysore
Amber Fort, Jaipur

Sand dunes of Rajasthan
Konark, Orissa

The Gateway of India, Mumbai
Ramanathaswamy Temple, Rameshwaram

Jantar Mantar, New Delhi
Bahai Temple

Delhi
Velankanni Church
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