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Dilwale Dulhaniya le Jayenge Has Won the most number of filmfare awards till date. And Sholay won only one award even after its mega success at the box office.

The Vishnu Temple in the city of Tirupathi built in the 10th century, Is the worlds largest religious pilgrimage destination. Larger than either Rome Or Mecca,
an average of 30,000 Visiters donate $6 million (US) to the temple everyday.

P.T.Usha was the first indian women to reach olympic finals. She reached the
finals of the 400 meters hurdles in the 1984 los angeles olympics. Usha lost the
bronze by 1/100th of a second.

MS Subbulasmi was the First musician to get padma bhushan (1954) and padma vibhushan
(1975). She was also the first musician to recive the ramon Magasaysay award for the
public service in 1974.

The Number system was invebted by India. Aryabhatta was the sciectist who invented
the digit zero.

Bhaskaracharya rightly calculated the time taken by the earth to orbit the sun
hundreds of years before the astronomer smart. His calculation was - time taken
by earth to orbit the sun : (5 century) 365.258756484 days.

The world's highest cricket ground is in chail, Himachal pradesh. Built in 1893
after leaving a hilltop, this cricket pitch is 2444 meters above sea level.

The name 'INDIA' is derived from the river indus, the valleys around which were
the homes of the early settlers. The aryan worhippers referred to the river indus
as the sindhu.

Indian novelist, Anita Desai has been short-listed for the booker prize three
times.

Dr.Zakir hussain, was the First Indian President to die in office before completing
his term. He was the third president of India. On 9 may 1967. Zakir hussain was declared as the head of the state and was formally sworn in as the president of the
indian republic four days later. He breathed his last on the morning of 3 may 1969.