Swami Vivekananda delivered a soul stirring speech on Sept 19, 1893 at the world parliament of religions at Chicago. Americans called him the 'Cyclonic Hindu'.

India had 440 000 leprosy patients in 2002. This was 70 % of cases the world over.

India consumes more than 500 million kg of biscuits.

India is the second biggest cement producer in the world (2 billion tonnes).

15 % of families in New Delhi owns a car, the highest in the country.