India
Ten facts about...
1
India does not have a national language. The official languages used though are Hindi
and English. There are 17 major languages used in the regions and 844 dialects.
3
The most commonly used number
system is the Hindu–Arabic numeral
system which was invented in India and
the Indian scientist Brahmagupta was
the person who invented the digit zero.
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2
India was one of the richest countries
on earth until the British invasion in
the early 17th century. India is still
a very rich country though and the
World Bank ranks India as the country
with the tenth highest gross domestic
product (GDP).
4
Chess was invented in India and during the last few years chess has grown in
popularity in India, primary due to the former chess world champion Viswanathan
Anand.