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Achievements and milestones of Taylor SwiftAmerican singer-songwriter and record producer, Taylor Swift, achieved and broke several local and world records throughout her career (2006-present).As of today, Swift sold over 25 million albums and over 96 million singles in the U.S. alone. With over 170 million records sold worldwide, Taylor Swift is one of the most successful recording artists of the last two decades.Achievements and milestonesAlbumsFearless is the most awarded album in the history of country music, winning Album of the Year at the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards, American Music Awards of 2009, Country Music Association, and Academy of Country Music Awards.Taylor Swift's "Speak Now" is the first album to have all its songs chart on the Billboard Hot 100, also giving Swift the record for most entries off of one album, with 14, which was later on surpassed by Beyonce's "Lemonade".Swift is the first artist since Beatles to have four consecutive albums (Fearless, Speak Now, Red, 1989) log six or more weeks at #1 on Billboard's Top 200 Chart. The Beatles logged six or more weeks at #1 with seven consecutive studio albums from Beatles ’65 (which spent its sixth week at #1 in February 1965) to Abbey Road in December 1969.Taylor Swift is the first and only act to release four albums (Speak Now, Red, 1989, & reputation) that sold more than one million copies in their debut week.Taylor Swift is the second woman in history to have more than one album log more than 10 weeks at no. 1 in Billboard 200 chart (Fearless & 1989). In total, only seven acts have gained this: Whitney Houston (with three), Taylor Swift (with two), The Beatles (with four), The Kingston Trio (with three), Henry Mancini (with two), The Monkees (with two) and Elvis Presley (with three).1989 is the only album to have 5 singles reach #1 on US iTunes. Also, it is the only album since Katy Perry's "Teenage Dream" to have 5 singles reach top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 simultaneously.On October 2015, Taylor Swift tied Katy Perry's record for accumulating 5 singles atop the Adult Pop Songs chart by a single album, making 1989 the second album to do so.1989 is just the second album in the Pop Songs chart's 23-year history to yield at least five No. 1s, and the first such set churned out a record six: Katy Perry's Teenage Dream.Taylor Swift's 1989 album celebrates a full first year in the top 10 of the Billboard 200 chart, making it just the fifth album to spend its first 52 weeks of release in the top 10.Taylor Swift is the only act to have earned more than one album (Red, 1989) with 50+ weeks in the top 10 of Billboard 200 chart.Taylor Swift received a diamond certification in Australia for her album 1989, making her the first female artist and second artist after Ed Sheeran to do so.Rolling Stones named "Speak Now" as the Best Album of 2010.Taylor Swift owns the most awarded country and pop album (Fearless, 1989) in history.Taylor Swift has two diamond elidgble tracks and two diamond eligble albums.Taylor Swift is the 11th most awarded female artist in Grammy history with 10 wins.Taylor Swift is the youngest artist to win Album of the Year in Grammy history. In 2009 she would win for her album, Fearless at only 20 years old.SinglesTaylor Swift holds the record by a female artist for the most entries in the Hot 100 during a one-week period, with 11.Taylor Swift holds the all-time record for the most top ten debuts on the Hot 100, with 12.Taylor Swift is among the 10 acts (Elvis Presley, Lil Wayne, Elton John, Glee Cast, The Beatles, Madonna, Stevie Wonder, James Brown, and Aretha Franklin) having the most top 40 singles of all time, with 49; tying her with Madonna.With more than 8 million units sold, "Love Story" is the worldwide best-selling country song of all time.On August 13, 2012, "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" was the Fastest Selling Single in digital History. The song reached the top position on the iTunes singles chart in 50 minutes, hence breaking the previous record held by Lady Gaga's "Born This Way", with a record of an hour."We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" sold 623K copies in its first week. On October 14, 2012, "I Knew You Were Trouble" sold 416,000 in its first week making Taylor Swift the first artist in digital history to have two songs that debuted with sales of 400,000 or more copies. 10 songs in digital history have sold 400K or more copies the first week out. Swift is the only artist with two of them."I Knew You Were Trouble" became the 4th highest single-week download sales and 2nd best for a track not in its debut frame.On June 1, 2014, the song "Mean" by Swift, was listed at #24 on Rolling Stone magazine's "Top 100 Greatest Country Songs of All Time". Moreover, Rolling Stone Magazine named it as the greatest country song of the 21st century.Taylor Swift is among an elite group of acts that have charted multiple songs (two or more) in the Hot 100's top 10 simultaneously for at least 19 weeks. Here are the acts to do so: Usher (41), 50 Cent (38), Akon (27), The Beatles (25), T-Pain (25), Rihanna (23), Ludacris (22), Mariah Carey (20), Taylor Swift (19), Ja Rule (18), Kanye West (18)."Shake It Off" is among the only 25 songs that debuted at no. 1 on Billboard Hot 100.On August 26, 2014 "Shake It Off" debuted at No. 12 on the Billboard Pop Songs chart tying it with "Dreamlover" by Mariah Carey for the highest debut in the chart's twenty two-year history.Swift becomes the first woman in the Billboard Hot 100's 56-year history to succeed herself at the top spot after Blank Space jumped from 13-1 dethroning her hit single Shake It Off.In May 2015 Swift's single Bad Blood jumped from No.53 to No.1 on the Billboard Hot 100 becoming Swift's 49th Top 40 Hit, tying her with Madonna with the most Top 40 hits for a woman since the charts inception. Hitting No. 1 at Billboard Pop Chart in just five weeks, the track makes the quickest climb to the top in 10 years.Rolling Stones named "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" as the best song of 2012 by a female artist.Music VideosOn May 21, 2015, Taylor Swift's Bad Bloodmusic video broke Vevo's 24-hour viewing record by accumulating 20.1 million views in its first day of release, beating the 19.6 million 24-hour record previously held by Nicki Minaj for the music video of her song Anaconda in 2014. It was later on broke by Adele's Hello music video which garnered more than 23 million views in its first day.On July 3, 2015, Taylor Swift's Blank Space became the 1st solo artist and solo female artist music video to reach 1 billion views on Vevo. She is the 2nd female artist to do this after Katy Perry & Juicy J's Dark Horse music video. She is the 3rd Vevo artist to accomplish this after Justin Bieber & Ludacris' Baby and Katy Perry & Juicy J's Dark Horse music videos. On YouTube, she is the 4th artist to reach this after Psy's Gangnam Style, Justin Bieber & Ludacris' Baby, and Katy Perry & Juicy J's Dark Horse music videos. She is the 2nd solo artist, 2nd female artist, and 1st solo female artist on YouTube to reach this. Moreover, it is the fastest music video ever by a Vevo artist to reach 1 billion views in a record of just 8 months.On August 14, 2015, Shake It Off music video reached 1 billion views: just 4 days before it celebrated 1 year of release. It is her second music video to reach 1 billion views on YouTube and Vevo, making her the second artist to do so.On October 21, 2015, Blank Space music video surpassed the views of Justin Bieber's Baby music video, making it the most-viewed video in Vevo's history.Concert ToursOn August 27, 2009, Taylor Swift performed a show in Madison Square Garden from her highly successful Fearless Tour. The show sold out in a record of 1 minute.On August 20, 2013, Swift was honored by Staples Center Senior Vice President and General Manager Lee Zeidman and officials from Red tour promoter Messina Group for breaking the record of the most sold-out shows for a solo artist. Her four sold out shows occurring on August 19–20 and 23-24 began a wave of record breaking shows. On August 19 she surpassed Madonna and Justin Timberlake, who each have logged seven sellouts, and on August 20 she topped Britney Spears' previous record of eight sellouts. Following her August 23–24 shows she became the #1 Solo Artist and tied with Latin Pop Group Mana for most overall sellouts with 11.On October 26, 2013, Swift became the first solo female artist in 20 years to headline a national stadium tour through Australia, with the last being Madonna's "Girlie Show" tour in 1993.On December 4, 2013, Swift performed to a capacity crowd of over 40,900 fans at the Allianz Stadium: Sydney, Australia; becoming first female artist in history to sell out the stadium since opening in 1988.On April 2014, Swift Breaks Shanghai Record Selling Out the Mercedes-Benz Arena, which seats about 12,000 for a concert, in sixty seconds following the release of her tickets. This is the fastest ticket sale in Chinese history.The Red Tour became the highest-grossing tour by a country artist in history, bringing in an overall gross of $150 million surpassing the prior country artist record held by double-billed Tim McGraw and Faith Hill Soul2Soul tour that brought in $141 million.On August 21, 2015, Taylor received a permanent championship banner at Staples Center for the most sold-out shows by an artist, with 16, breaking her previous record of 11. The banner is permanently displayed at Staples Center in LA.The reputation Stadium tour became the highest grossing North American tour and highest tour gross for a female artist this decade ($345 million) with only 53 shows.RIAAIn February 2010, Swift was awarded "Most Digital Song Certifications - Female Solo Artist" by RIAA for 25 songs achieving gold or multi- platinum status.On January 22, 2015, Swift surpassed Katy Perry (72 million) as the best selling digital singles artist in the United States, with cumulative G&P Digital Single Certifications of over 77 million including downloads and on-demand streaming. Making Swift the second artist to surpass the 70 million digital award threshold. Previously Swift was holding strong in second place with 69.9 million digital singles.On March 10, 2015, the RIAA increased Swift's cumulative G&P Digital Single Certifications to over 80.5 million including downloads and on-demand streaming. Making Swift the first artist to surpass the 80 million digital award threshold.PersonaWhen Taylor Swift was in 4th grade, she won a national poetry contest with her poem entitled "Monster in My Closet" at the age of only 10.When she was just 12 years old, Taylor Swift spent a summer writing a novel. At 350 pages, the story is finished and ready for print.At the end of 2009, the Associated Pressnamed Swift "Entertainer of the Year".Later in November 2010, Swift was named "Entertainer of the Year" by Entertainment Weekly, making her the youngest Entertainment Weekly's Entertainer of the Year.On June 2011, renowned site Boot named Swift and Carrie Underwood Country Royalty, as they were the only female country artists to be ranked on Rolling Stone Queens of Pop list.In March 2013, Swift was named an immortal by Rolling Stone magazine. The 23-year-old and some of the post-millennial girl-power pop elite, including Beyoncé, were among 14 new immortals to join the pop culture arbiter's list of greatest artists of all time. "If Taylor Swift stopped producing hits right now, at 23, she could tour a killer oldies show for the rest of her life," Rolling Stone proclaimed.At the end of 2009, "USA Today" named Swift "Musician of the Year".Taylor Swift was listed in Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People twice in 2010 and in 2015. Stevie Nicks and Mariska Hargitay wrote essays on Swift for the magazine.Taylor Swift is the first artist named as "Woman of the Year" twice by Billboard (2011/14).In 2015, Taylor Swift became the youngest woman ever, age 25, to be included on Forbes' "100 Most Powerful Women" list, ranking at #64.Also in 2015, Taylor Swift is the youngest person, age 25, to enter Fortune's 40 Under 40 List, ranking at #6; the highest rank ever for an entertainer on the list.Taylor Swift stayed 31 Weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Artist 100, the most of any artist.Taylor Swift was named as the most charitable celebrity by Let's Do This! | DoSomething.org for fourth year in a row (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015).At the age of only 26, Taylor Swift is the youngest person to be included in 2016 Forbes' America's Self-Made Women List with a net worth of $250 M.Awards and NominationsThe 2009 win of Fearless in the Album Of the Year category made Swift the youngest artist in ACM history to win the award. She also became the second female artist after Carrie Underwood to win back-to-back Academy of Country Music (ACM) Awards for Entertainer of the Year (2011/12). She is also the youngest artist to win Entertainer of the Year.At the BMI's 57th Annual Pop Awards in 2009, Swift received the BMI President’s Award, which honors an exceptional individual in the entertainment industry deserving of special recognition. The BMI President’s Award is presented only on unique occasions when an individual has distinctly and profoundly influenced the industry.In 2013, Swift was honored Songwriter/Artist of the Year by Nashville Songwriters Association International Award for the sixth time, surpassing five-time winners Vince Gill and Alan Jackson. In 2015, she was awarded again with the same award, setting a new record of 7.When Swift won her 19th award in 2013, she became the most-awarded person in Teen Choice history.On November 23, 2014, Swift accepted the first ever Dick Clark Award for Excellence; a special award given to her by the American Music AwardsTaylor Swift is the only only artist to win American Music Awards' Artist of the Year thrice.At the age of 20, Taylor Swift is the youngest recipient of the Grammy Award for Album of the Year for her album Fearless.At age 19, Swift is the youngest artist to ever be nominated for, and win, Country Music Association Awards' Entertainer of the Year. Additionally, Swift was also awarded by CMA with the "International Artist Achievement Award" in 2009 and 2013, which recognizes outstanding U.S.-based artists who contribute the awareness and development of country music throughout the world. Swift became the first female country singer to be nominated for five or more awards since Reba McEntire was nominated for seven awards back in 1994. In 2013, Swift became the second person (and the first woman) to receive the Country Music Association's Pinnacle Award.Taylor Swift is the first country singer to ever win a VMA.Taylor Swift is the youngest songwriter to receive Hal David Starlight Award.Taylor Swift is the most awarded artist in Billboard Music Awards' history, with 22 up-to-date.Taylor Swift received 9 nominations in the 2015 MTV EMA. The most nomination for an artist in the said award show.Taylor Swift is the first ever artist to win both the Grammy Award for Best Country Album (which she won in 2010) and the Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album (which she won in 2016).Taylor Swift is the first female artist ever to win the Grammy Award for Album of the Year twice for her own albums (Fearless and 1989).BMI presented Taylor Swift with an award bearing her name in recognition of her incomparable creative and artistic talent and influence on music lovers throughout the world. This is only the second time in BMI’s history that the company has presented an award in someone’s name. The first was to Michael Jackson in 1990.Social MediaOn September 2015, Taylor Swift became the most-followed person on Instagram with 45.6 million followers beating Beyoncé and Kim Kardashian. She was later on surpassed by Selena Gomez.Taylor Swift is the first person ever to have 50 million followers on Instagram which she acquired in early October 2015.Taylor Swift is the most popular celebrity on social media. She has more than 300 million combined Facebook page likes, Twitter & Instagram followers, and YouTube & Vevo subscribers.Despite pulling off her catalog, Taylor Swift is the 4th most followed female artist on Spotify.

As a tribute to our nation INDIA we present 60 plus facts about our motherland that we should be proud of. So here it goes:1. Sanskrit is considered as the mother of all higher languages. It is the most precise and therefore suitable language for computer software. (A report in Forbes magazine, July 1987).2. Although modern images & descriptions of India often show poverty, India was one of the richest countries before British rule in India, i.e. during the early 17th Century. Christopher Columbus was attracted by India’s wealth and was looking for a route to India when he discovered America by mistake. India has fed the greed of almost every powerful nation or ruler (that/who looked upon it, during those times) and is poised to be at the top of the world in all aspects.3. India is the Largest democracy in the world, the 7th largest country in the world AND one of the most ancient and living civilizations (at least 10, 000 years old).4. Despite the global meltdown that impacted most emerging market economies, India’s GDP growth of 7.45 percent to 11.90 percent for the current year would make the country the second-fastest growing economy of the world.5. India has the largest number of biomass gasifier systems in the world producing over 656 mega watts (MW) of power; and still has the potential of producing over 30000 mega watts of power.6. India was the first country to be accorded the status of a Pioneer Investor in 1987 and was allocated an exclusive area in the central Indian Ocean by the UN for exploration and utilisation of resources.7. Export of cars grew by 57 per cent in 2008-09 at 3.3 lakh units. Two-wheeler exports crossed the million-mark on a growth of 22.5 per cent in 2008-09.8. India has the maximum number of post offices in the world!9. India signed a ground breaking civil nuclear deal with US in 2008 thus facilitating fuel supply for its nuclear reactors. The deal offers potential for a paradigm shift in India’s global role. The importance of the deal does not lie merely in the transfer of nuclear energy. Its importance is psychological. It opens the door to a new era of trust and cooperation between India and the US.10. India has the largest number of news channel in the world. It is the fastest growing telecom market in the world and has the lowest call rates on earth.11. India is the 3rd largest producer of solar photovoltaic cells in the world producing 2.12 MW of power. India is the world’s 4th largest wind power user.12. India is the 9th largest solar thermal power generating country in terms of million units per sq. m. It will have 20 million solar lights installed by 2022 which will save 1 billion litres of kerosene every year.13. India has jumped five places to become the world’s 11th biggest exporter of commercial services in 2005, and inched one step ahead to the 29th rank among the largest merchandise exporters, according to the latest statistics by World Trade Organisation.14. The Indian Software Industry has grown from a mere US $ 150 million in 1991-92 to a staggering US $ 5.7 billion in 1999-2000. No other Indian industry has performed so well against the global competition.15. India is the world’s largest, oldest, continuous civilization.16. India never invaded any country in her last 10,000 years of history.17. IEEE has proved what has been a century old suspicion in the world scientific community that the pioneer of wireless communication was Prof. Jagdish Bose and not Marconi.18. India has the second largest pool of Scientists and Engineers in the World.19. India is the second largest English speaking nation in the world.20. India is the only country other than the USA and Japan, to have built a super computer indigenously.21. GM of Hewlett Packard, Chief Executives of CitiBank, Mckinsey & Stanchart, founder and creator of Hotmail, creator of Pentium chip are all Indians.22. On 28 April 2008, a world record was set when India’s Polar rocket successfully placed ten satellites, including the country’s remote sensing satellite, into orbit in a single mission.23. India is the world’s second largest producer of small cars. It is the largest newspaper market in the world.24. World’s largest electronic ID program is underway in India.25. Bollywood with about 400 films every year is the largest centre of film production in the world.26. India is the largest producer of milk, cashew nuts, coconuts, tea, ginger, turmeric and black pepper, in the world. It also has the world’s largest cattle population (281 million). It is the second largest producer of wheat, rice, sugar, groundnut and inland fish.27. The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act or NREGA, an Indian job guarantee scheme, enacted by legislation on August 25, 2005 is the largest ever – public employment programme visualized in human history.28. The Mid-day Meal Scheme is the popular name for school meal programme in India, is the largest school lunch programme in the world, covering 12 million children.29. Board of Control for Cricket in India, or BCCI, is the apex governing body for cricket in India is the richest body in world cricket.30. The largest employer in the world is the Indian railway system, employing over a million people!31. Until 1896, India was the only source for diamonds to the world. (Source: Gemological Institute of America )32. The World’s first university was established in Takshila in 700 BC. More than 10,500 students from all over the world studied more than 60 subjects.33. Indians abroad* 38% of Doctors in America are Indians.* 12% of Scientists in America are Indians.* 36% of NASA employees are Indians.* 34% of Microsoft employees are Indians.* 28% of IBM employees are Indians.* 17% of Intel employees are Indians.* 13% of Xerox employees are Indians.34. Varanasi, also known as Benares, was called “the ancient city” when Lord Buddha visited it in 500 B.C.E, and is the oldest, continuously inhabited city in the world today.35. Jaipur (India) hosts the world’s widest concrete building. It has a reinforced concrete cement (RCC) flat roof with a single span of 119 feet.36. By volume of pills produced, the Indian pharmaceutical industry is the world’s second largest after China.37. ISRO has tested the third biggest solid rocket motot in the world after booster rocket of NASA’s space shuttle and Arianespace’s Ariane-5 launch vehicle.38. A mass singalong of 160,000 people in the Indian city of Hyderabad, in Andhra Pradesh, has broken a 72-year-old record for the world’s largest choir.39. India is the most attractive stock market in terms of asset allocation.40. Indian banks are among top 500 financial brands.41. India born steel czar Lakshmi Mittal and Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani figure in the forbes list of “World’s most powerful billionares” who wield staggering authority and influence far beyond their riches.42. The Indian media and entertainment business that grew 15 percent anually since 2006 into a $11.68 billion industry in 2008 is seen to toop $21 billion over the next five years.43. United Nations Industrial Development Organisation found that India ranks among the top 12 producers of manufacturing value-added(MVA) .44. Indian American Prof. Praveen Jain of Queens University is heading the project to make CFL’s more efficient.45. The TATA group, State Bank of India and Infosys Technologies are among 17 Indian firms that figure among the top 50 in the list of the world’s 200 most-reputed companies.46. India’s contribution to scientific research and innovation has been constantly rising since 2000 according to a study. The number of articles published in global science journals by Indians has increased from around 17000 in 2001 to more than 27000 in 2007.47. India is to be the first international customer of the Boeing P-81 Poseidon variant of the P-8A Poseidon.48. Exports from SEZ’s in India have increased by over 25% in the 3 months ended June 2009:a very positive indicator.49. India has been ranked the second most-optimistic nation in the world in consumer confidence, according to a survey by global consultancy firm, Nielson.50. Indian origin 96-year old, Randall Butisingh, now a Florida resident is the world’s oldest blogger (age). He runs a popular blog Randall Butisingh's Weblog51. Pepsico, the $43-billion beverages and snacks company, had its annual global meet in India for the first time, in 2009.This was the second time this meeting was held outside US. Last time it was in Mexico.52. To ensure timely payment of wages to workers under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), more than two crores worth of saving bank accounts have been opened in banks and post offices across the country. This is the largest number of bank accounts linked to a development programme across the globe.53. Volunteers in Dungarpur, India planted 600,000 trees in 24 hours under the guidance of Indian Forestry Service which is a world record.54. Reliance Group of Companies in India has the maximum number of shareholders in the world.55. State Bank of India has the maximum number of branches in the world.56. Dr M.C. Modi holds the world record for performing maximum eye operations @ 40 operations per hour.57. With 1,300.000 active personnel and 1,800,000 reserve ones, the Indian Army is the world’s second largest army in terms of military personnel, and the largest in terms of active manpower.58. The largest reflecting telescope of Asia is in Kavalur Observatory (India).It is an indigenously built 93 inch telescope.59. The economy of India is the twelfth largest economy in the world by nominal value and the fourth largest by purchasing power parity (PPP).It is the world’s second-fastest growing major economy.60. Apart from these quantitative figures, qualitatively India has been the world leader in culture, ethics, religion, humanity since the very inception of humanity on earth. World is slowly realising the importance of these values.61. India has the second largest network of paved highways, after the U.S.62. Nearly 49% of the high-tech start-ups in silicon Valley and Washington, D.C. are owned by Indians or Indian-Americans.63. India sends more students to U.S. colleges than any country in the world. In 2004-2005, over 80,000 Indian students entered the U.S. China sent only 65,000 students during the same time.64. The name Bharat is derived from the name of the legendary king Bharata in Hindu scriptures. Bharata conquered all of Greater India, uniting it into a single entity which was named after him as Bhāratavarṣa. Bharata’s empire covered all of the Indian subcontinent, Bactria, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgistan, Turkmenistan, andPersia.Some individual facts are-● British Governor-General : Warren Hastings● British Governor-General of Independent India : Lord Mountbatten● Justice of India : Hiralal J. Kania● Comander-in-Chief of Free India : General K. M. Cariappa● Chief of Air Staff : Air Marshal Sir Thomas Elmhirst● Indian Air Chief : Air Marshal S. Mukherjee● Chief of Army Staff : General M. Rajendra Singh● Chief of Naval Staff : Vice-Admiral R. D. Katari● Consmonaut : Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma● Emperor of Mughal Dynasty in India : Babar● Field Marshal : SPFJ Manekshaw● Governor-General of Indian Union : C. Rajgopalachari● Indian to get an Oscar : Bhanu Athaiya● Indian to Reach the South Pole : Col. I. K. Bajaj● Indian ICS Officer : Satyendra Nath Tagore● Indian Member of the Viceroy’s Executive Council : Sir S. P. Sinha● Indian Man to Swim Across the English Channel : Mihir Sen● Indian Woman to Swim Across the English Channel : Miss Aarti Saha● Indian Woman to Swim Across the Strait of Gibraltar : Aarti Pradhan● Man to Climb Mount Everest : Sherpa Tenzing● Man to Climb Mount Everest without Oxygen : Phu Dorjee● Muslim Woman to sit on the throne of Delhi : Razia Sultana● Nobel Prize Winner : Rabindra Nath Tagore● President of the Indian National Congress : W. C. Banerjee● Woman President of the Indian National Congress : Annie Besant● President to Die in Office : Dr. Zakir Hussain● Prime Minister to Lose an Election : Indira Gandhi● Prime Minister to Resign from Office : Morarji Desai● Deputy Prime Minister : Vallabhbhai Patel● Talkie Film : Alam Ara (1931)● Test-tube Baby : Indira (Baby Harsha)● Viceroy : Lord Canning● Woman Central Minister : Rajkumari Amrit Kaur● Woman Chief Minister of a State : Mrs. Sucheta Kripalani● Woman Governor : Mrs. Sarojini Naidu● Woman Minister : Mrs. Vijayalakshmi Pandit● Woman to Climb the Mt. Everest: Bachendri Pal● Woman Prime Minister : Mrs. Indira Gandhi● Woman Speaker of a State Assembly : Mrs. Shanno Devi● Woman Airline Pilot : Durba Banerjee● Woman to Win an Asiad Gold : Kamaljit Sandhu● Woman Judge of the Supreme Court : Fathima Beevi● Woman IPS Officer : Kiran Bedi● Indian in the British Parliament: Dadabhai Naoroji● Indian to win Miss Universe Title : Ms Sushmita Sen● Indian Woman Congress President : Sarojini Naidu (1925)● Woman President of UN General Assembly : Vijayalakshmi Pandit (1953)● Woman to Win the Nobel Prize : Mother Teresa (1979)● Woman to become ‘Miss World : Reeta Faria● Speaker, Lok Sabha : G. V. Manavalankar (1952-57)● Chairman Rajya Sabha : S. V. Krishnamoorthy (1952)● Indian to Pass ICS : Surendra Nath Banerji (1869)● Indian Pilot : JRD Tata (1929)● To Reach Antarctica : Lt. Ram Charan (1960)● Vernacular Daily : Kolkata (1727)● Telegraph Line Installed : Calcutta to Diamond Harber (1853)● Silent Movie : Raja Harish Chandra by Dada Saheb Phalke (1913)● Coloured Cinemascope Film : Pyar ki Pyas (1961)● Satellite launched : Aryabhatta (1975)● Indigenously built satellite : Aryabhatta (1975)● Atomic device exploded at : Pokharan in Rajasthan (1974)● Large-scale Nuclear Reactor : Apsara (1956)● Indigenously designed and built missile : Prithvi (1988)● Member of the Dalit Community to become the President of India : K. R. Narayanan● DNA typing forensic Laboratory set-up at : Kolkata● Electric Train started between : Ludhiana and New Delhi● Science City was inaugurated in : Kolkata● Actress of Indian Cinema : Kamalabai Gokhale● Woman Pilot of IAF : Harita Deol● Solar Thermal Parabolic Trough Power Station was established at : Mathania (Rajasthan)● Indian writer to win the Booker Prize : Arundhati Roy● Musician to be awarded the Bharat Ratna : M. S. Subbulakshmi● Indian Woman to go into Space : Kalpana Chawla● Chairman of the Prasar Bharati Board : Nikhil Chakravarthy● Indian Institution to be awarded Gandhi Peace Prize : Ramakrishna Mission● Solar city is developed at : Anandpur Sahib● Woman to win an Olympic medal : Karnam Malleswari● Woman Foreign Secretary of India : Chokila Iyer● Indian to win World Billiards Trophy : Wilson Jones● Indian Grand Master (in Chess) : Vishwanathan Anand● Chinese pilgrim to visit India : Fahien● European invader on India soil : Alexender, the great● Indian to win World Chess Championship : Vishwanathan Anand● Women Air Vice Marshal : P. Bandopadhyaya● Lady Cadet of Indian Army : Priya Jhingan● First Indian to win a medal in the world Athletic Championship : Anju B. George (2003)● Triple Century Maker in Test Cricket : Virendra Sahwag (2004)● Hitter of 5 Double Centuries : Rahul Dravid (2004)● Woman DGP : Kanchan Chaudhury● Medal winner in Olympic Games : Rajyawardhan Singh Rathore (2004)● Asian Tennis Champion, WTA champion, Third round winner in Grand Slam Tournament, Grand slam tournament winner Match winner in U.S. open, Youngest awardee of Padamshree : Sania Mirza● Formula-1 Car Racer : Narayan Kartikeyan● Indian to be awarded ‘Srilanka Ratn’ : N. Ram● Woman Commanded the annual passing out parade : Wahida Prizm (2006)● Five hundred wicket taker in Test cricket: Anil Kumble (2006)● To the ski to the North Pole : Ajeet Bajaj (2006)● First Air Chief to to Sky dive : Air Chief S. P. Tyagi (2006)● First Indian Woman to win a Badminton Grand Prix : Saina Nehwal (2006)● First President to make sortie in a combat aircraft : Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (2006)(facebook/cnaonweb)● First Women President : Pratibha Patil (2007)● First Indian to win Gold Medal in Olympics in individual Event : Abhinav Bindra (2008)● First Woman Pilot of Fighter Plane : Suman Sharma● World Cup (Jr.) Badminton, Indonesian Open Winner (Woman) : Saina Nehwal (2009)● Woman Speaker Lok Sabha : Ms. Meira Kumar (2009)● Two Oscar Award Winner : A. R. Rehman (2009)● Khel Ratna, Arjun and Dronacharya Award : P. Gopi Chand (2009)● Indian Woman to reach the South Pole : Reena Kaushal (2009)One more--- India has more citizens with IQ's over 120 than the total population of the U.S.EDIT: Thanks to Bigyan Ghimire, has mention that Sherpa Tenzing is from Nepal. Please check the comment if he explain.

As a tribute to our nation INDIA we present 60 plus facts about our motherland that we should be proud of. So here it goes:1. Sanskrit is considered as the mother of all higher languages. It is the most precise and therefore suitable language for computer software. (A report in Forbes magazine, July 1987).2. Although modern images & descriptions of India often show poverty, India was one of the richest countries before British rule in India, i.e. during the early 17th Century. Christopher Columbus was attracted by India’s wealth and was looking for a route to India when he discovered America by mistake. India has fed the greed of almost every powerful nation or ruler (that/who looked upon it, during those times) and is poised to be at the top of the world in all aspects.3. India is the Largest democracy in the world, the 7th largest country in the world AND one of the most ancient and living civilizations (at least 10, 000 years old).4. Despite the global meltdown that impacted most emerging market economies, India’s GDP growth of 7.45 percent to 11.90 percent for the current year would make the country the second-fastest growing economy of the world.5. India has the largest number of biomass gasifier systems in the world producing over 656 mega watts (MW) of power; and still has the potential of producing over 30000 mega watts of power.6. India was the first country to be accorded the status of a Pioneer Investor in 1987 and was allocated an exclusive area in the central Indian Ocean by the UN for exploration and utilisation of resources.7. Export of cars grew by 57 per cent in 2008-09 at 3.3 lakh units. Two-wheeler exports crossed the million-mark on a growth of 22.5 per cent in 2008-09.8. India has the maximum number of post offices in the world!9. India signed a ground breaking civil nuclear deal with US in 2008 thus facilitating fuel supply for its nuclear reactors. The deal offers potential for a paradigm shift in India’s global role. The importance of the deal does not lie merely in the transfer of nuclear energy. Its importance is psychological. It opens the door to a new era of trust and cooperation between India and the US.10. India has the largest number of news channel in the world. It is the fastest growing telecom market in the world and has the lowest call rates on earth.11. India is the 3rd largest producer of solar photovoltaic cells in the world producing 2.12 MW of power. India is the world’s 4th largest wind power user.12. India is the 9th largest solar thermal power generating country in terms of million units per sq. m. It will have 20 million solar lights installed by 2022 which will save 1 billion litres of kerosene every year.13. India has jumped five places to become the world’s 11th biggest exporter of commercial services in 2005, and inched one step ahead to the 29th rank among the largest merchandise exporters, according to the latest statistics by World Trade Organisation.14. The Indian Software Industry has grown from a mere US $ 150 million in 1991-92 to a staggering US $ 5.7 billion in 1999-2000. No other Indian industry has performed so well against the global competition.15. India is the world’s largest, oldest, continuous civilization.16. India never invaded any country in her last 10,000 years of history.17. IEEE has proved what has been a century old suspicion in the world scientific community that the pioneer of wireless communication was Prof. Jagdish Bose and not Marconi.18. India has the second largest pool of Scientists and Engineers in the World.19. India is the second largest English speaking nation in the world.20. India is the only country other than the USA and Japan, to have built a super computer indigenously.21. GM of Hewlett Packard, Chief Executives of CitiBank, Mckinsey & Stanchart, founder and creator of Hotmail, creator of Pentium chip are all Indians.22. On 28 April 2008, a world record was set when India’s Polar rocket successfully placed ten satellites, including the country’s remote sensing satellite, into orbit in a single mission.23. India is the world’s second largest producer of small cars. It is the largest newspaper market in the world.24. World’s largest electronic ID program is underway in India.25. Bollywood with about 400 films every year is the largest centre of film production in the world.26. India is the largest producer of milk, cashew nuts, coconuts, tea, ginger, turmeric and black pepper, in the world. It also has the world’s largest cattle population (281 million). It is the second largest producer of wheat, rice, sugar, groundnut and inland fish.27. The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act or NREGA, an Indian job guarantee scheme, enacted by legislation on August 25, 2005 is the largest ever – public employment programme visualized in human history.28. The Mid-day Meal Scheme is the popular name for school meal programme in India, is the largest school lunch programme in the world, covering 12 million children.29. Board of Control for Cricket in India, or BCCI, is the apex governing body for cricket in India is the richest body in world cricket.30. The largest employer in the world is the Indian railway system, employing over a million people!31. Until 1896, India was the only source for diamonds to the world. (Source: Gemological Institute of America )32. The World’s first university was established in Takshila in 700 BC. More than 10,500 students from all over the world studied more than 60 subjects.33. Indians abroad* 38% of Doctors in America are Indians.* 12% of Scientists in America are Indians.* 36% of NASA employees are Indians.* 34% of Microsoft employees are Indians.* 28% of IBM employees are Indians.* 17% of Intel employees are Indians.* 13% of Xerox employees are Indians.34. Varanasi, also known as Benares, was called “the ancient city” when Lord Buddha visited it in 500 B.C.E, and is the oldest, continuously inhabited city in the world today.35. Jaipur (India) hosts the world’s widest concrete building. It has a reinforced concrete cement (RCC) flat roof with a single span of 119 feet.36. By volume of pills produced, the Indian pharmaceutical industry is the world’s second largest after China.37. ISRO has tested the third biggest solid rocket motot in the world after booster rocket of NASA’s space shuttle and Arianespace’s Ariane-5 launch vehicle.38. A mass singalong of 160,000 people in the Indian city of Hyderabad, in Andhra Pradesh, has broken a 72-year-old record for the world’s largest choir.39. India is the most attractive stock market in terms of asset allocation.40. Indian banks are among top 500 financial brands.41. India born steel czar Lakshmi Mittal and Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani figure in the forbes list of “World’s most powerful billionares” who wield staggering authority and influence far beyond their riches.42. The Indian media and entertainment business that grew 15 percent anually since 2006 into a $11.68 billion industry in 2008 is seen to toop $21 billion over the next five years.43. United Nations Industrial Development Organisation found that India ranks among the top 12 producers of manufacturing value-added(MVA) .44. Indian American Prof. Praveen Jain of Queens University is heading the project to make CFL’s more efficient.45. The TATA group, State Bank of India and Infosys Technologies are among 17 Indian firms that figure among the top 50 in the list of the world’s 200 most-reputed companies.46. India’s contribution to scientific research and innovation has been constantly rising since 2000 according to a study. The number of articles published in global science journals by Indians has increased from around 17000 in 2001 to more than 27000 in 2007.47. India is to be the first international customer of the Boeing P-81 Poseidon variant of the P-8A Poseidon.48. Exports from SEZ’s in India have increased by over 25% in the 3 months ended June 2009:a very positive indicator.49. India has been ranked the second most-optimistic nation in the world in consumer confidence, according to a survey by global consultancy firm, Nielson.50. Indian origin 96-year old, Randall Butisingh, now a Florida resident is the world’s oldest blogger (age). He runs a popular blog Randall Butisingh's Weblog51. Pepsico, the $43-billion beverages and snacks company, had its annual global meet in India for the first time, in 2009.This was the second time this meeting was held outside US. Last time it was in Mexico.52. To ensure timely payment of wages to workers under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), more than two crores worth of saving bank accounts have been opened in banks and post offices across the country. This is the largest number of bank accounts linked to a development programme across the globe.53. Volunteers in Dungarpur, India planted 600,000 trees in 24 hours under the guidance of Indian Forestry Service which is a world record.54. Reliance Group of Companies in India has the maximum number of shareholders in the world.55. State Bank of India has the maximum number of branches in the world.56. Dr M.C. Modi holds the world record for performing maximum eye operations @ 40 operations per hour.57. With 1,300.000 active personnel and 1,800,000 reserve ones, the Indian Army is the world’s second largest army in terms of military personnel, and the largest in terms of active manpower.58. The largest reflecting telescope of Asia is in Kavalur Observatory (India).It is an indigenously built 93 inch telescope.59. The economy of India is the twelfth largest economy in the world by nominal value and the fourth largest by purchasing power parity (PPP).It is the world’s second-fastest growing major economy.60. Apart from these quantitative figures, qualitatively India has been the world leader in culture, ethics, religion, humanity since the very inception of humanity on earth. World is slowly realising the importance of these values.61. India has the second largest network of paved highways, after the U.S.62. Nearly 49% of the high-tech start-ups in silicon Valley and Washington, D.C. are owned by Indians or Indian-Americans.63. India sends more students to U.S. colleges than any country in the world. In 2004-2005, over 80,000 Indian students entered the U.S. China sent only 65,000 students during the same time.64. The name Bharat is derived from the name of the legendary king Bharata in Hindu scriptures. Bharata conquered all of Greater India, uniting it into a single entity which was named after him as Bhāratavarṣa. Bharata’s empire covered all of the Indian subcontinent, Bactria, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgistan, Turkmenistan, andPersia.Some individual facts are-● British Governor-General : Warren Hastings● British Governor-General of Independent India : Lord Mountbatten● Justice of India : Hiralal J. Kania● Comander-in-Chief of Free India : General K. M. Cariappa● Chief of Air Staff : Air Marshal Sir Thomas Elmhirst● Indian Air Chief : Air Marshal S. Mukherjee● Chief of Army Staff : General M. Rajendra Singh● Chief of Naval Staff : Vice-Admiral R. D. Katari● Consmonaut : Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma● Emperor of Mughal Dynasty in India : Babar● Field Marshal : SPFJ Manekshaw● Governor-General of Indian Union : C. Rajgopalachari● Indian to get an Oscar : Bhanu Athaiya● Indian to Reach the South Pole : Col. I. K. Bajaj● Indian ICS Officer : Satyendra Nath Tagore● Indian Member of the Viceroy’s Executive Council : Sir S. P. Sinha● Indian Man to Swim Across the English Channel : Mihir Sen● Indian Woman to Swim Across the English Channel : Miss Aarti Saha● Indian Woman to Swim Across the Strait of Gibraltar : Aarti Pradhan● Man to Climb Mount Everest : Sherpa Tenzing● Man to Climb Mount Everest without Oxygen : Phu Dorjee● Muslim Woman to sit on the throne of Delhi : Razia Sultana● Nobel Prize Winner : Rabindra Nath Tagore● President of the Indian National Congress : W. C. Banerjee● Woman President of the Indian National Congress : Annie Besant● President to Die in Office : Dr. Zakir Hussain● Prime Minister to Lose an Election : Indira Gandhi● Prime Minister to Resign from Office : Morarji Desai● Deputy Prime Minister : Vallabhbhai Patel● Talkie Film : Alam Ara (1931)● Test-tube Baby : Indira (Baby Harsha)● Viceroy : Lord Canning● Woman Central Minister : Rajkumari Amrit Kaur● Woman Chief Minister of a State : Mrs. Sucheta Kripalani● Woman Governor : Mrs. Sarojini Naidu● Woman Minister : Mrs. Vijayalakshmi Pandit● Woman to Climb the Mt. Everest: Bachendri Pal● Woman Prime Minister : Mrs. Indira Gandhi● Woman Speaker of a State Assembly : Mrs. Shanno Devi● Woman Airline Pilot : Durba Banerjee● Woman to Win an Asiad Gold : Kamaljit Sandhu● Woman Judge of the Supreme Court : Fathima Beevi● Woman IPS Officer : Kiran Bedi● Indian in the British Parliament: Dadabhai Naoroji● Indian to win Miss Universe Title : Ms Sushmita Sen● Indian Woman Congress President : Sarojini Naidu (1925)● Woman President of UN General Assembly : Vijayalakshmi Pandit (1953)● Woman to Win the Nobel Prize : Mother Teresa (1979)● Woman to become ‘Miss World : Reeta Faria● Speaker, Lok Sabha : G. V. Manavalankar (1952-57)● Chairman Rajya Sabha : S. V. Krishnamoorthy (1952)● Indian to Pass ICS : Surendra Nath Banerji (1869)● Indian Pilot : JRD Tata (1929)● To Reach Antarctica : Lt. Ram Charan (1960)● Vernacular Daily : Kolkata (1727)● Telegraph Line Installed : Calcutta to Diamond Harber (1853)● Silent Movie : Raja Harish Chandra by Dada Saheb Phalke (1913)● Coloured Cinemascope Film : Pyar ki Pyas (1961)● Satellite launched : Aryabhatta (1975)● Indigenously built satellite : Aryabhatta (1975)● Atomic device exploded at : Pokharan in Rajasthan (1974)● Large-scale Nuclear Reactor : Apsara (1956)● Indigenously designed and built missile : Prithvi (1988)● Member of the Dalit Community to become the President of India : K. R. Narayanan● DNA typing forensic Laboratory set-up at : Kolkata● Electric Train started between : Ludhiana and New Delhi● Science City was inaugurated in : Kolkata● Actress of Indian Cinema : Kamalabai Gokhale● Woman Pilot of IAF : Harita Deol● Solar Thermal Parabolic Trough Power Station was established at : Mathania (Rajasthan)● Indian writer to win the Booker Prize : Arundhati Roy● Musician to be awarded the Bharat Ratna : M. S. Subbulakshmi● Indian Woman to go into Space : Kalpana Chawla● Chairman of the Prasar Bharati Board : Nikhil Chakravarthy● Indian Institution to be awarded Gandhi Peace Prize : Ramakrishna Mission● Solar city is developed at : Anandpur Sahib● Woman to win an Olympic medal : Karnam Malleswari● Woman Foreign Secretary of India : Chokila Iyer● Indian to win World Billiards Trophy : Wilson Jones● Indian Grand Master (in Chess) : Vishwanathan Anand● Chinese pilgrim to visit India : Fahien● European invader on India soil : Alexender, the great● Indian to win World Chess Championship : Vishwanathan Anand● Women Air Vice Marshal : P. Bandopadhyaya● Lady Cadet of Indian Army : Priya Jhingan● First Indian to win a medal in the world Athletic Championship : Anju B. George (2003)● Triple Century Maker in Test Cricket : Virendra Sahwag (2004)● Hitter of 5 Double Centuries : Rahul Dravid (2004)● Woman DGP : Kanchan Chaudhury● Medal winner in Olympic Games : Rajyawardhan Singh Rathore (2004)● Asian Tennis Champion, WTA champion, Third round winner in Grand Slam Tournament, Grand slam tournament winner Match winner in U.S. open, Youngest awardee of Padamshree : Sania Mirza● Formula-1 Car Racer : Narayan Kartikeyan● Indian to be awarded ‘Srilanka Ratn’ : N. Ram● Woman Commanded the annual passing out parade : Wahida Prizm (2006)● Five hundred wicket taker in Test cricket: Anil Kumble (2006)● To the ski to the North Pole : Ajeet Bajaj (2006)● First Air Chief to to Sky dive : Air Chief S. P. Tyagi (2006)● First Indian Woman to win a Badminton Grand Prix : Saina Nehwal (2006)● First President to make sortie in a combat aircraft : Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (2006)(facebook/cnaonweb)● First Women President : Pratibha Patil (2007)● First Indian to win Gold Medal in Olympics in individual Event : Abhinav Bindra (2008)● First Woman Pilot of Fighter Plane : Suman Sharma● World Cup (Jr.) Badminton, Indonesian Open Winner (Woman) : Saina Nehwal (2009)● Woman Speaker Lok Sabha : Ms. Meira Kumar (2009)● Two Oscar Award Winner : A. R. Rehman (2009)● Khel Ratna, Arjun and Dronacharya Award : P. Gopi Chand (2009)● Indian Woman to reach the South Pole : Reena Kaushal (2009)One more--- India has more citizens with IQ's over 120 than the total population of the U.S.