Facts

All of India is under a single time zone

India experiences six seasons: summer, autumn, winter, spring, summer monsoon, and winter monsoon.
When the first Prime Minister of independent India, Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964), was featured in Vogue, his distinctive close fitting, single-breasted jacket briefly became an important fashion statement for the Mod movement in the West. Named the Nehru jacket, the Prime Minister’s coat was popularized by the Beatles and worn by such famous people as Johnny Carson (1925-2005) and Sammy Davis Jr. (1925-1990)