Some LOVELY trivia - 1. Indian Government hiked the payment for the hangman from RS 10 to 5,000 just days before Kasab’s hanging. 2. Australia’s Cricketer Stuart Clark is of Indian origin. Both his parents, Bruce Clark and Mary Clark are Anglo-Indians. 3. A city name Jhumri Telaiya actually exists in Jharkhand. 4. There was a Great Hedge built by the British across India primarily to collect the salt tax. It was 4000 km long and 12 feet in height spanning from Punjab to Orissa. None of it remains today. 5. There is a village called Delhi in New York, USA. There is a city called Madras in Oregon, USA. 6. India has three Antarctic stations - Dakshin Gangotri, Maitri and Bharathi. 7. After United States, India has the largest number of English speakers. 8. During the battle of Rezang La in the 1962 Sino-Indian war a battalion called 13 Kumaon Regiment consisting of mere 120 soldiers led by the hero, Maj.Shaitan Singh PVC, held off 6000 Chinese with heavy artillery, killing 1300 of their soldiers. 9. “Bangalored” is a word in Oxford dictionary, which came up after heavy outsourcing to India took the world by storm. 10. Guindy College of Engineering, Chennai is one of the oldest Engineering Colleges in the world. 11. There is a village in Assam called Jatinga where over the last 100 years, thousands of birds have flown to their death on a small strip of land. 12. The average cost of census taking in India is $0.5 per person (US: $39, World Average: $4.6). 13. Under the “My Stamp” scheme, Indian Postal Department allows you to order personalized stamps with your picture on them. #India #trivia