Few Facts About India

• The Ashoka Chakra in the centre of the Indian Flag has 24 spokes .

• Rabindranath Tagore is not only the first Indian Nobel Laureate but also the first Asian to be honoured by the Nobel Committee.

• The railway platform at Kharagpur in West Bengal is 833 mts (2,733 ft) long - the largest in the world.

• A four-stroke 150 cc 9 hp scooter called Legend from Bajaj Auto Ltd , Pune was launched on July 25 , 1998 . This is the world's first geared four-stroke scooter.

• the Lifeline express (or the Jeevan Rekha Express) is the world's first hospital on wheels . The train set out on june 16 , 1991 on its pilot journey to provide people living in remote parts of India with free medical and surgical facilities .