DID U KNOW ?
 
 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.
The facts GIVEN BELOW 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 of history.
 b. India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
c. 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.
 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 Ayurveda is fast regaining its rightful place in our civilization.
f. 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.
g. 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'.
 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. The value of pi was first calculated by Budhayana, 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 fromIndia; 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 of6) 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).
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 ommunication was Prof. Jagdeesh Bose and not Marconi.
m. The earliest reservoir and dam for irrigation was built 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,urinarystones 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, physiology, etiology, 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 Sindhu Valley (Indus Valley Civilization).
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 structive 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 without
ever having to send a single soldier across her border.
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