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The number of companies listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange, at more than 6,000, is second only to NYSE. |
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Four out of 10 Silicon Valley startups are run by Indians. |
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With 800 movies per year, India’s film industry overshadows Hollywood. |
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The organised lottery market in India is US$7bn (2% of GDP). |
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India consumes a fifth of the world’s gold output. |
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Indians account for 45% of H1-B visas issued by the US every year. |
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Growing at 6%, in 25 years Indian GDP (on a PPP basis) will be at the same level the US is at today. |
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Six Indian ladies have won Miss Universe/Miss World titles over the past 10 years. No other country has won more than twice. |
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Bank deposits in India roughly equal 50% of its GDP Πagain, among the highest in the world. |
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Indian Railways is the largest railway network in the world under single management. |
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India has the third-largest army in the world, nearly 1.5 million strong. |
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India is the largest producer and consumer of tea in the world, accounting for more than 30% of global production and 25% of consumption. |
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India is the world’s premier center for diamond cutting and polishing. |
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Nine out of every 10 stones sold in the world pass through India. |
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India has the highest number of annual bulk drugs filings (77) with USFDA. |
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India is home to the largest number of pharmaceutical plants (61) approved by USFDA outside the US. |
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India’s Hero Honda is the world’s largest motorcycle manufacturer, with 2002 production of 1.7m units. |
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Other than US and Japan, India is the only country to have built a super computer indigenously. |
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Indian Railways is the largest employer in the world, with a staff of 1.6 million people. |
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It is the second-largest cement-producing country in the world, producing more than 110m tonnes. |
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Of the Fortune 500 companies, 220 outsource their software-related work to India. |
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There are 8,500 Indian restaurants in the UK, 15% of the country’s total dining-out establishments. |
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India is the largest democracy in the world, with nearly 400m voting in the last national elections. India has the second-largest pool of scientists and engineers in the world. |
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India has the third-largest investor base in the world. |
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According to the Gemological Institute of America, up until 1896, India was the only source of diamonds. |
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The Kumbh Mela festival, held every 12 years in the city of Allahabad, attracts 25 million people Πmore than the population of 185 of the 227 countries in the world. |
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The Indian city of Varanasi, also known as Benares, is the oldest, continuously inhabited city in the world today. |
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There are 3.22 million Indians in the US. |
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Indians are the richest immigrant class in the US, with nearly 200,000 millionaires. |
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India is ranked the sixth country in the world in terms of satellite launches. |
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There are over 70,000 bank branches in India – among the highest in the world. |
