India Richest Country Message is False
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A WhatsApp message claiming India is the richest country in the world because of one Mr.G. Vaidyaraj donated all of his wealth is False. Verify.Wiki crowd-sourced research found no evidence for such claim. The same story circulated back in 2006 via email claiming a single diamond owned by Mr. G. Vaidyaraj had a higher value than the entire GDP of USA and UK. A re-circulated 2018 WhatsApp message claimed India's GDP to be $36B, but India's GDP in 2018 was $2.2 trillion. India's GDP has always been above $250 billion ever since world bank started keeping records. Although these diamonds may be valuable, a material diamond cannot have a value higher than a country's GDP. [1] [2] [3]


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  1. ↑ https://finmin.nic.in/
  2. ↑ https://data.worldbank.org/country/india
  3. ↑ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/jewel-owner-in-real-gem-of-a-fix-1587034.html

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