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👉   Kanchenjunga 👉   Kanchenjunga, situated at an altitude of 8, 598 m above the sea level is the highest point of India. 👉  Kuttanad , in the state of Kerala, which is located at −2.2 m below the sea level, is the lowest point  of  the nation. 👉    Brahmaputra River , flowing over an area of 2, 900 km is the country's longest river. 👉    India covers 2.4% of the Earth's surface. Total land area of India is 32,87,263 sq.km. 👉    Deccan Plateau is the largest plateau of India and the Ladakh Plateau is the Highest Plateau of India. 👉   India is divided into 28 states, 8 union territories and 01 national capital territory. 👉   Mawsynram town , situated in the East Khasi Hills district of Meghalaya in northeastern India, is the  wettest place on the earth. 👉  India has the world's first Floating Post Office on Dal Lake in the Srinagar District of Jammu and  Kashmir. 👉  Indi...

Ø   India never invaded any country in her last 100000 years of history. Ø   When many cultures were only nomadic forest dwellers over 5000 years ago, Indians established Harappan culture in Sindhu Valley (Indus Valley Civilization) Ø   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. Ø   The Persian invaders converted it into Hindu. The name ' Hindustan ' combines Sindhu and Hindu and thus refers to the land of the Hindus. Ø   Chess was invented in India. Ø   Algebra, Trigonometry and Calculus are studies, which originated in India. Ø   The ' Place Value System ' and the 'Decimal System' were developed in India in 100 B.C. Ø   The World's First Granite Temple is the Brihadeswara Temple at Tanjavur, Tamil Nadu. The shikhara of the temple is made from a single 80-tonne piece of granite. This magnificent ...