Some facts about India

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FACTS TO MAKE EVERY INDIAN PROUD Who is the co-founder of Sun Microsystems? Vinod Khosla

Who is the creator of Pentium chip (needs no introduction as 90% of the today's

computers run on it?Vinod Dahm Who is the third richest man on the world?A.

According to the latest report on Fortune Magazine,it is AZIM PREMJI, who is

the CEO of WiproIndustries.The Sultan of Brunei is at 6th position now. Who is

the founder and creator of Hotmail (Hotmailis world's No.1 web based email

program)?Sabeer Bhatia Who is the president of AT & T-Bell Labs (AT &T-BellLabs

is the creator of program languages such as C, C++, Unix to name a few)? Arun

Netravalli Who is the GM of Hewlett Packard? Rajiv Gupta Who is the new MTD

(Microsoft Testing Director) of Windows 2000, responsible to iron out all

initial problems? Sanjay Tejwrika Who are the Chief Executives of CitiBank,

Mckensey & Stanchart? Victor Menezes, Rajat Gupta, and Rana Talwar.

We Indians are the wealthiest among all ethnic groups in America, even faring

better than the whites andthe natives. There are 3.22 millions of Indians in

USA (1.5% of population).

YET, 38% of doctors in USA are Indians. 12% scientists in USA are Indians. 36%

of NASA scientists are Indians. 34% of Microsoft employees are Indians. 28% of

IBM employees are Indians. 17% of INTEL scientists are Indians. 13% of XEROX

employees are Indians. You may know some of the following facts.Thesefactswere

recently published in a German magazine, which deals with WORLD HISTORY FACTS

ABOUT INDIA.

01. India never invaded any country in her last 1000 years of history. 02. India

invented the Number system. Aryabhatta invented 'zero.' 03. 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 BCwasone of the greatest achievements of ancient India

in the field of education. 04. According to the Forbes magazine, Tamil &

Sanskrit isthemost suitable language for computer software. 05. Ayurveda is the

earliest school of medicineknownto humans. 06. Although western media portray

modern images of India as poverty striken and underdeveloped through political

corruption, India was once the richest empire on earth. 07. The art of

navigation was born in the river Sindh5000 years ago. The very word

"Navigation" is derivedfrom the Sanskrit word NAVGATIH.

08. The value of pi was first calculated by Budhayana, andhe explained the

concept of what is now known as the Pythagorean Theorem. British scholars have

lastyear (1999) officially published that Budhayan's works dates to the 6th

Century, which is long before the European mathematicians. 09. 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 usednumbers as big as 1053. 10. According

to the Gemmological 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 yearsago he and

health scientists of his time conducted surgeries like cesareans, cataract,

fractures and urinary stones. Usage of anaesthesia was well knowninancient

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. Quotes about India.

We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without which no

worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made.Albert Einstein.

India is the cradle of the human race, the birthplaceof human speech, the

mother of history, the grandmother of legend and the great grand mother of

tradition. Mark Twain.

If there is one place on the face of earth where all dreams of living men have

found a home from the very earliest days when man began the dream of existence,

it is India. French scholar Romain Rolland.

India conquered and dominated China culturally for20 centuries without ever

having to send a single soldier across her border. Hu Shih.(Former Chinese

ambassador to USA) ALL OF 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 inthe

India that we see today, it clearly means that weare not working up to our

potential; and that if wedo, we could once again be an ever shining

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

hope you enjoyed it and worktowards the welfare of INDIA.

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