Whether you drink alcohol or not, but you would also know that when people go to buy alcohol in India, they buy it not in liters but by saying Addha, Paua and Khambha. But why is this done. What is the reason behind this. If you would think that this happens because of the quantity, then you are absolutely wrong. Because in India, Poa is considered to be 250 ml, but if you go to buy liquor in Poa, you will get only 180 ml of alcohol in it. So let us know where these words came from and why they were used in this way for liquor.
Where did these words come from
Before Adha, Paua and Khambha Know where the word peg came from. Actually, the unit used to measure alcohol in Denmark is called Paegl Paegl and from here the word pag originated. 1 peg contains about 30 ml of alcohol in terms of international units. Now come to those three words on which the whole story rests. Let us tell you that what people call Khambha in India contains 750 ml of liquor. What is called Addha contains 375ml liquor.
While Paua contains 180ml liquor. That is, it is completely clear that these names have not been decided according to the quantity. Because if it were so then these figures would have been 1000ml, 500ml and 250ml. According to the information found after searching on the internet, these three names were not kept for any specific reason, but in common parlance. Earlier they were called in this way in one place and gradually they became popular all over India.
Which liquor is consumed the most in India
Last year which According to the figures released, a total of 219 million bottles of Scotch Whiskey were consumed in India. While in the year 2021, a total of 136 bottles of Scotch Whiskey were consumed in India. India is on top in terms of Scotch Whiskey exported from all over the world.
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