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.
a. India never invaded any country in her last 10000 years ofhistory.
b. India invented the Number System. Aryabhatta invented zero.
c. The World's first university was established inTakshila 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 BCwas one of the
greatest achievements of ancient India in the field of education.
d. Sanskrit is the mother of all the European languages. Sanskrit
is the most suitable language for computer software reported in Forbes
magazine, July 1987.
e. Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to humans. Charaka,the
father of medicine consolidated Ayurveda 2500 years ago. Today Ayurvedais
fast regaining its rightful place in our civilisation.
f. Although modern images of India often show povertyand lack of
development, India was the richest country on earthuntil the time of
British invasion in the early 17th Century.
g. The art of Navigation was born in the river Sindh6000 years ago. The
very word Navigation is derived from the Sanskrit word NAVGATIH. The word
navy is also derived from Sanskrit 'Nou'.
h. 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.
i. 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
j. 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 10 53(10 to the power of 53) withspecific names as early
as 5000 BCE during the Vedic period. Even today, the largest used number is
Tera 10 12(10 to the power of 12).
k. According to the Gemological Institute of America,up until 1896, India
was the only source for diamonds to the world.
l. USA based IEEE has proved what has been a century-old suspicion in the
world scientific community that the pioneer of Wireless communication is
Prof. Jagdeesh Bose and not Marconi.
m.The earliest reservoir and dam for irrigation wasbuilt in Saurashtra.
n. 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.
o. Chess (Shataranja or AshtaPada) was invented in India.
p. 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 stonesand even plastic
surgery and brain surgery. Usage of anaesthesia waswell known in ancient
India. Over 125 different surgical equipment was used.Deep knowledge of
anatomy, physiology, aetiology, embryology, digestion,metabolism,
genetics and immunity is also found in many texts.
q. When many cultures were only nomadic forest dwellers over 5000 years
ago, Indians established Harappan culture in SindhuValley (Indus Valley
Civilisation).
r. The place value system, the decimal system was developed in India in 100
BC.
QUOTES ABOUT INDIA
a. 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.
b. 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 destructive
materials in the history of man are treasured up in India only.
c. 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.
d. Hu Shih, former Ambassador of China to USA said:
India conquered and dominated China culturally for 20 centuries
withoutever having to send a single soldier across her border.
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 workingup
to our potential and that if we do, we could once again be an evershining
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.
JaiHind!
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