India controls the highest battlefield in the world, the Siachen glacier, at 5000 metres above Mean Sea Level (MSL).
India has the biggest "voluntary" army in the world.
Indian soldiers are considered among the very best in high altitude and mountain warfare.
India covertly tested its nuclear arsenal in the early 1970s and late 1990s without the CIA even knowing what was happening.
Unlike other government organisations and institutions in India, there are no provisions for reservations based on caste or religion.
In the Battle of Longewala, on which the famous Bollywood movie “Border” is based, there were only two casualties on the Indian side.
Operation Rahat (2013) was one of the biggest civilian rescue operations ever carried out in the world.
The Ezhimala Naval Academy in Kerala is the largest of its kind in Asia.
The Indian army has a horsed cavalry regiment. It is among one of the last 3 such regiments in the world.
The Indian Air Force has an out-station base in Tajikistan and is seeking another in Afghanistan.
The Indian Army built the highest bridge in the world.
The Bailey Bridge is the highest bridge in the world. It is located in the Ladakh valley between Dras and Suru rivers in the Himalayan mountains. It was built by the Indian Army in August 1982.
The Military Engineering Services (MES) is one of the biggest construction agencies in India.
The MES and Border Roads Organisation (BRO) are together responsible for the construction and maintenance of some of the most awesome roads and bridges ever to have been built. To name a few, the Khardungla Pass (the highest motorable road in the world), the Magnetic Hill in Leh, etc.
The Indo Pakistan War of 1971 came to end with the surrender of about 93,000 combatants and officials of the Pakistani Army.
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