Did You Know? India is the second most populated and seventh-largest country in the world. This magnificent nation is big and colorful, with varied cultures and 22 official languages. But did you know that India has other locations with unusual records as well? You’ve probably never heard of these five such locations in India, but we’ll tell you about them today. These five locations in India will not only astound you but also fill you with pride.
World’s highest post office
The Hikkim village in the Spiti Valley of Himachal Pradesh is home to the highest post office in the world, which serves as a vital communication hub for the community. About 200 people make up the village’s population. Since 5 November 1983, the post office has been operating at a height of over 14,567 feet with the pin code 172114. Postmaster Rinchen Tsering is in charge of it. Thousands of tourists stop by the little post office, which is located in a dilapidated mud hut, each year.
The first floating library in India
The West Bengal Transport Corporation opened India’s first floating library on the Hooghly River in Kolkata in 2021 in collaboration with a historic bookshop. According to the representative, the purpose of the Boat Library is to allow people to cruise around the Hooghly River while reading books and taking in the beauty of Kolkata. In Bengali, English, and Hindi, there are 500 books in the Young Reader’s Boat Library. The three-hour trip of the boat library departs from Millennium Park, continues to Belur Math Jetty, and then heads back.
The country’s first primary school on a boat
At Loktak Lake in Manipur, India opened its first floating elementary school in 2017. The establishment of the school was to educate those who had abandoned their studies and had become homeless as a result of the evacuation of phumdi, or circular floating wetlands. The school, which was inaugurated in Langolsabi Leikai in the Champu Khangpok hamlet, also known as an Indian floating village, was made accessible to the neighborhood’s residents in February 2018. A project of the All Loktak Lake Fisherman’s Union and the People Resource Development Association includes the school (PRDA).
One of the largest and oldest traditions
Sualkuchi in Assam is renowned for weaving a variety of silks, including Eri, Muga (Assam’s golden silk, which is rarely seen anywhere else in the world), and pat, and it has one of the largest and longest histories of weaving villages in the entire world. Mekhla sheets and gums prepared with these local components are in high demand throughout the nation. This area, known as the Manchester of Assam, is located on the northern bank of the Brahmaputra and is home to a population that is entirely employed in the production of fine silk garments.
Eastern Ladakh has the highest road in the world.
The Umlingala Pass, the world’s highest road, was built by the Border Roads Organization (BRO) in eastern Ladakh last year at a height of 19,300 feet, making history. To improve the socioeconomic situation and encourage tourism in Ladakh, the Blacktop Road has been connected to the highest motorable road in the world. The road’s significance is evident from the fact that it links key cities in the Chumar sector of Eastern Ladakh. This road rises higher than Mount Everest’s base camps, which are located at the South Base Camp in Nepal at 17598 feet and the North Base Camp in Tibet at 16900 feet, respectively.
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