Unknown Facts About India That Many Indians Do Not Know India is one of the most amazing countries across the globe. There are several unique and mind-blowing facts about India which are not much popular and known to all. Here's a list of some unknown facts about India. 1. Right to maintenance It is illegal for a child in India to neglect their parents after their retirement. Maintenance is a right to livelihood when one cannot sustain oneself. Right to maintenance is a part of the personal law. A man is obliged to maintain his wife happens after the status of the marriage. Hindu law states the right of a dependent person which includes wife, children, aged parents and widowed daughter or daughter-in-law to maintenance. 2. India ranks at 2nd with English speaking population Though India is a nation of multiple regional and local languages in terms of English speaking nations in the world, it ranks at 2, 10% of Indians can speak English and this is about 125 million people. 3. 3rd in rank among world record holders According to the Guinness Book of World Records, India holds third position next to the USA and the UK in the number of records claimed every year. In 2011, India scored the third greatest number of record applications to Guinness World. You might be don’t these 10 areas where India defeats the powerful countries in the world. 4. Mahatma Gandhi is not the Father of the nation. Gandhi is known as the father of the nation which is not an official title and has not been officially accorded by Government of India. Origin of the title has been traced back to a radio address from Singapore, on 6 Jul 1944 by Subhash Chandra Bose where Bose addressed Gandhi as "The Father of the Nation". Later, Sarojini Naidu in a conference also referred Gandhi as "Father of the Nation". An RTI
applicant requested for Gandhi to be officially declared as "Father of the Nation" but was informed by MHA that Gandhi cannot be accorded with the title by Government of India because one of the unknown facts about Indian constitution is that it does not allow any titles except educational and military. One of the unique unknown facts about India history, right? 5. Ice Hockey team of India is internationally recognized India has an Ice Hockey team and they happen to be a member of International Ice Hockey Federation. The India national ice hockey team is a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation. 6. Imprisonment for adultery (applicable to men only) A man can be imprisoned for about 5years for committing adultery (section 497 of IPC).The woman, on the other hand, goes Scott free. We bet you must have known about the unknown facts about Indian law. 7.The first rocket in India was carried on a cycle. The first rocket was so light weighted and small that it was carried on a bicycle to the Thumba Launching Station in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. 8. Kumbh Mela is the largest religious gathering on earth This is believed to be the largest religious gathering on earth and is held every 12 years in the northern Indian state of UP. 9. Polling station for a lone voter A polling station is erected in a forest for a lone voter in every election since 2004. He is one of India's most prized voters. Mahant Bharatdas Darshandas is the lone voter amidst the Gir forest, home to the Asiatic lion, for whom an entire election team sets up a polling booth every election and will continue to do. 10. HINDI is not the national language of India. In fact, there is no national language in India, rather many regional languages. The Union Of India has Hindi and English as Official languages. English is more popular in South India than Hindi.
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