Diverse languages
India has the most number of languages spoken in any one nation ; 29 languages and more than 1,650 dialects are spoken in India . Canada almost broke up into two in 1960s because of tension between the English and the French .
Women power in Indian history
India grew up to be a nation , who elected a woman as Speaker , Prime Minister and President , unlike the greatest power in the World , the United States of America . There had been four major States appointing women Chief Ministers , and also leader of Opposition .
Unity and Integrity
Despite such a vast diversity , India is a single nation and this feeling of unity is increasing with each passing day in spite of media reports highlighting separatist campaigns once in a while .
Space programme and defence programme
Despite having almost nil self-reliance on defence technology and space technology , today Indians have been able to develop one of the most envious space programmes in the world started in the year 1969 . To this day , India has launched various space programmes including Lunar and Mars missions , and are on the way to commercially launch satellites of developed nations at very low cost , all thanks to Indian Space Research Organization ( ISRO ).
Technical Education & Digital India
Since independence India has been developing its technical education sector steadfastly . This resulted into the green revolution , resulting in an increase of food grain production more than four times , independent space programmes , eradication of epidemics and an envious IT sector . In 2015 , eleven Indian machines found a place in the latest list of the worlds ’ 500 most powerful supercomputers , including two in the top 100 .
Economic progress
In the most surprising and unspeculated move on 8th November 2016 , Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the decision to withdraw Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 bank notes in a bid to crack down on black money and issued new Rs 500 and introduced a Rs 2,000 note as a replacement .
On August 4 , 2016 , the Rajya Sabha approved the crucial 122nd Constitutional amendment to turn the Goods and Services Tax ( GST ) Bill into a law . This marked the biggest tax reform in Indian history since Independence as it brought all indirect taxes under one uniform tax system .
Also , the Union Budget will be presented on the first working day of February from 2018 and will include the railway budget , ending a 92-year-old British-era practice .
SOME OTHER AREAS OF ACHIEVEMENTS
Sports
From winning hockey Olympics gold medals to lifting the 50-overs Cricket World Cups to Abhinav Bindra ’ s Olympic gold , India have fared well in the world of sports since Independence .
The Sports Authority of India ( SAI ) was established in 1984 with its main objectives include the effective and optimum utilisation of various sports facilities and all matters pertaining to sports promotion and sports management .
Out of the many sports played in India , the popular sports are Cricket , Golf ,
Hockey , Kabaddi , Kho Kho and Lawn Tennis . Women participating has also increased and has become competitive .
Who can forget the IPL phenomena in cricket , Milkha Singh and PT Usha ( athletics ), Saina Nehwal ( badminton ), Mary Kom ( boxing ), Vishwanathan Anand ( chess ), Sachin Tendulkar ( cricket ), Ramanathan Krishnan and Sania Mirza ( tennis ) and the list goes on and on .
Film Industry
There is a vast film industry in India dominated by Bollywood ( mainly Hindi language ) followed by Tollywood ( South India ) with vast followers of all Indian Cinemas throughout the world .
Nearly 1,600 films in various languages are produced every year .
But we must not forget that all these achievements couldn ’ t have been accomplished without these Firsts in Indian Cinema that have their place in the golden history of Bollywood .
Briefly ...
• 1st feature film ‘ Raja Harishchandra ’ in 1913 - It was the first silent film .
• 1st sound film ‘ Alam Ara ’ in 1931
• 1st colour film ‘ Kisan Kanya ’ in 1937
It is with pride that India ’ s films like Neecha Nagar in 1946 , Pather Panchali in 1955 and Mother India in 1957 had received awards and recognised by the international film industry .
First individual Oscar awards have been received by Bhanu Athaiya ( Best Costume Design for Gandhi - 1982 ) and A . R . Rahman ( Best Original
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