PROUD TO BE AN INDIAN - FACTS TO MAKE EVERY INDIAN PROUD

PROUD  TO  BE  AN  INDIAN.

Let the world know what we stand for.

 

There are 3.22 Million Indians in America.

38% of Doctors in America are Indians.

12% of Scientists in America are Indians.

36% of NASA employees are Indians.

34% of MICROSOFT employees are Indians.

28% of IBM employees are Indians.

17% of INTEL employees are Indians.

13% of XEROX employees are Indians.

You may know some of these facts. These

facts were recently published in a German

Magazine, which deals with

WORLD HISTORY FACTS ABOUT INDIA.

India never invaded any country in her last 100000 years of history.


India invented the Number System. Aryabhatta invented zero.


The World's first university was established in Takshila in 700BC.More than 10,500 students from all over the world studied more than 60 subjects. The
University of Nalanda built in the 4th century BC was one of the greatest achievements of ancient India in the field of education.


Sanskrit is the mother of all the European languages. Sanskrit is the most suitable language for computer software reported in Forbes magazine, July 1987.


Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to humans. Charaka, the father of medicine consolidated Ayurveda 2500 years ago. Today Ayurveda is fast regaining its rightful place in our civilization.


Although modern images of India often show poverty and lack of development, India was the richest country on earth until the time of British invasion in the early 17th Century.


The art of Navigation was born in the river Sindh 6000 years ago. The very word Navigation is derived from the Sanskrit word NAVGATIH. The Word navy is also derived from Sanskrit 'Nou'.


Bhaskaracharya calculated the time taken by the earth to orbit the sun hundreds of years before the astronomer Smart.; Time taken by earth to orbit the sun: (5th century) 365.258756484 days.


Budhayana first calculated the value of pi, and he explained the concept of what is known as the Pythagorean Theorem. He discovered this in the 6th century long before the European mathematicians Algebra, trigonometry and calculus came from India; Quadratic equations were by Sridharacharya in the 11th century ; The largest numbers the Greeks and the Romans used were 10 6(10 to the power of 6) whereas Hindus Used numbers as big as 1053 (10 to the power of 53) with specific names as Early as 5000 BCE during the Vedic period. Even today, the largest used number is Tera 1012(10 to the power of 12).


According to the Gemological Institute of America, up until 1896,India was the only source for diamonds to the world.


USA based IEEE has proved what has been a century-old suspicion in the world scientifi community that the pioneer of Wireless communication was Prof. Jagdeesh Bose and not Marconi.


The earliest reservoir and dam for irrigation was built in Saurashtra. According to Saka King rudradaman I of 150 CE a beautiful lake called 'Sudarshana'
was constructed on the hills of Raivataka during Chandragupta Maurya's time.


Chess (Shataranja or AshtaPada) was invented in India.


Sushruta is the father of surgery. 2600 years ago he and health scientists of his time conducted complicated surgeries like cesareans, cataract, artificial limbs, fractures, urinary stones and even plastic surgery and brain surgery. Usage of anesthesia was well known in ancient India. Over 125 surgical equipment were used. Deep knowledge of anatomy, etiology, embryology, digestion, metabolism, genetics and immunity is also found in many texts.


When many cultures were only nomadic forest dwellers over 5000 years ago, Indians established Harappan culture in Sindhu Valley (Indus Valley Civilization) 

The place value system, the decimal system was developed in India in 100 BC.

QUOTES ABOUT INDIA:


Albert Einstein said: We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made.


Mark Twain said: India is the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend, and the great
grand mother of tradition. Our most valuable and most structive materials in the history of man are treasured up in India only.


French scholar Romain Rolland said: If there is one place on the face of earth where all the dreams of living men have found a home from the very earliest days when man began the dream of existence, it is India.


Hu Shih, former Ambassador of China to USA said: India conquered And dominated China culturally for 20 centuries without ever having to send a single 

soldier across her border.

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Q. Who is the co-founder of Sun Microsystems?
Answer: Vinod Khosla
Q. Who is the creator of Pentium chip (needs no introduction as 90% of the today's computers run on it)?
Answer: Vinod Dahm
Q. Who is the third richest man on the world?
Answer: According to the latest report Lakshmi Niwas Mittal is the 3rd richest man in world in 2005.
Q. Who is the founder and creator of Hotmail (Hotmail is world's No.1 web based email program)?
Answer: Sabeer Bhatia
Q. Who is the president of AT & T-Bell Labs (AT & T-Bell Labs is the creator of program languages such as C, C++, Unix to name a few)?
Answer: Arun Netravalli
Q. Who is the GM of Hewlett Packard?
Answer: Rajiv Gupta
Q. Who is the new MTD (Microsoft Testing Director) of Windows 2000,responsible to iron out all initial problems?
Answer: Sanjay Tejwrika
Q. Who are the Chief Executives of CitiBank, Mckensey & Stanchart?
Answer: Victor Menezes, Rajat Gupta, and Rana Talwar.


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WORLD HISTORY - FACTS ABOUT INDIA

1. India never invaded any country in her last 1000 years of history.
2. India invented the Number system. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
3. The world's first University was established in Takshila in 700BC. More than 10,500 students from all over the world studied more than 60 subjects.The University of Nalanda built in the 4th century BC was one of the greatest achievements of ancient India in the field of education.
4. According to the Forbes magazine, Sanskrit is the most suitable language for computer software.
5. Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to humans.
6. Although western media portray modern images of India as poverty striken and underdeveloped through political corruption, India was once the richest empire on earth.
7. The art of navigation was born in the river Sindh 5000 years ago. The very word "Navigation" is derived from the Sanskrit word NAVGATIH.
8. The value of pi was first calculated by Budhayana, and he explained the concept of what is now known as the Pythagorean Theorem.British scholars have last year (1999) officially published that Budhayan's works dates to the 6th Century which is long before the European mathematicians.
9. Algebra, trigonometry and calculus came from India. Quadratic equations were by Sridharacharya in the 11th Century; the largest numbers the Greeks and the Romans used were 106 whereas Indians used numbers as big as 1053.
10. According to the Gemological Institute of America, up until 1896, India was the only source of diamonds to the world.
11. USA based IEEE has proved what has been a century-old suspicion amongst academics that the pioneer of wireless communication was Professor Jagdeesh Bose and not Marconi.
12. The earliest reservoir and dam for irrigation was built in Saurashtra.
13. Chess was invented in India.
14. Sushruta is the father of surgery. 2600 years ago he and health scientists of his time conducted surgeries like cesareans, cataract, fractures and urinary stones. Usage of anaesthesia was well known in ancient India.
15. When many cultures in the world were only nomadic forest dwellers over 5000 years ago, Indians established Harappan culture in Sindhu Valley
    (Indus Valley Civilisation).
16. The place value system, the decimal system was developed in India in 100 BC.

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All the above is just the TIP of the iceberg, the

list could be endless. BUT, if we don't see even a

glimpse of that great India in the India That we see

today, it

clearly means that we are not working up to our

Potential and that if we do, we could once

again; be an ever shining and Inspiring country

setting a bright path for rest of the world to follow.

I Hope you enjoyed it and work towards the welfare

of INDIA. PROUD to be an INDIAN.


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