INDIA FACTS :

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The official Sanskrit name for India is Bharat.

INDIA has been called Bharat even in Satya yuga ( Golden Age )

The name `India� is derived from the River Indus, the valleys around which were
the home of the early settlers. The Aryan worshippers referred to the river Indus
as the Sindhu.

The Persian invaders converted it into Hindu. The name `Hindustan� combines
Sindhu and Hindu and thus refers to the land of the Hindus.

The number system was invented by India. Aryabhatta was the scientist who invented
the digit zero.

Sanskrit is considered as the mother of all higher languages. This is because it

is the most precise, and therefore suitable language for computer software. ( a
report in Forbes magazine, July 1987 ).

Chess was invented in India.

Algebra, Trigonometry and Calculus are studies which originated in India.

The' place value system' and the 'decimal system' were developed in 100 BC in
India.

The first six Mogul Emperor's of India ruled in an unbroken succession from father
to son for two hundred years, from 1526 to 1707.

The World's First Granite Temple is the Brihadeswara temple at Tanjavur in Tamil
Nadu. The shikhara is made from a single ' 80-tonne ' piece of granite. Also, this
magnificient temple was built in just five years, (between 1004 AD and 1009 AD)
during the reign of Rajaraja Chola

India is.......the Largest democracy in the world, the 6th largest country in the
world AND one of the most ancient and living civilizations (at least 10, 000 years
old).

The game of snakes & ladders was created by the 13th century poet saint Gyandev.
It was originally called 'Mokshapat.' The ladders in the game represented virtues
and the snakes indicated vices. The game was played with cowrie shells and dices.
Later through time, the game underwent several modifications but the meaning is
the same i.e good deeds take us to heaven and evil to a cycle of re-births.

The world's highest cricket ground is in Chail, Himachal Pradesh.

Built in 1893 after levelling a hilltop, this cricket pitch is 2444 meters above
sea level.

India has the most post offices in the world !

The largest employer in the world is the Indian railway system, employing over a
million people !.

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

Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to mankind. The father of

medicine, Charaka, consolidated Ayurveda 2500 years ago.

Although modern images & descriptions of India often show poverty, India was one
of the richest countries till the time of British in the early 17th Century.
Christopher Columbus was attracted by India's wealth and was looking for route to
India when he discovered America by mistake.

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

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

The value of "pi" was first calculated by the Indian Mathematician Budhayana, and
he explained the concept of what is known as the Pythagorean Theorem. He
discovered this in the 6th century, which was long before the European
mathematicians.

Algebra, trigonometry and calculus also orignated from India. Quadratic equations
were used by Sridharacharya in the 11th century. The largest numbers the Greeks
and the Romans used were 106 whereas Hindus used numbers as big as 10*53 ( i.e 10
to the power of 53 ) with specific names as early as 5000 B.C. during the Vedic
period. Even today, the largest used number is Tera: 10*12( 10 to the power of 12
).

Until 1896, India was the only source for diamonds to the world. ( Source .
Gemological Institute of America )

The Baily Bridge is the highest bridge in the world. It is located in the Ladakh
valley between the Dras and Suru rivers in the Himalayan mountains. It was built
by the Indian Army in August 1982.

Sushruta is regarded as the father of surgery. Over 2600 years ago Sushrata & his
team conducted complicated surgeries like cataract, artificial limbs, cesareans,
fractures, urinary stones and also plastic surgery and brain surgeries.

Usage of anesthesia was well known in ancient India medicine. Detailed knowledge
of anatomy, embryology, digestion, metabolism, physiology, etiology, genetics and
immunity is also found in many ancient Indian texts.

Did you know ?

India also celebrates the birthday of Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, former President
and Vice-President and great statesman, as "Teachers' Day".

Born on September 5, 1888, at Tiruttani, 40 miles to the north-east of Madras,

Radhakrishnan grew to become the most famous Indian teacher and philosopher of all
times. In his honour, this day is celebrated as Teacher's Day.

He was also the Vice-President of India from 1952-1962. He held the office of the
Chancellor, University of Delhi, before taking over as the President of India in
May 1962.

India is the world's largest, oldest, continuous civilization.

India never invaded any country in her last 10000 years of history.

India is the world's largest democracy.

Varanasi, also known as Benares, was called "the ancient city" when Lord Buddha
visited it in 500 B.C.E, and is the oldest, continuously inhabited city in the
world today.

India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.

The World's first university was established in Takshashila 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 - a report 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. Christopher Columbus was attracted by India's wealth.

The art of Navigation was bornin the river Sindhu 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.

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.

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 Hindus used numbers as big as 10**53(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 10**12(10 to the power of 12).

IEEE has proved what has been a century old suspicion in the world scientific
community that the pioneer of wireless communication was Prof. Jagdish 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, physiology, 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 four religions born in India, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism, are
followed by 25% of the world's population.

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

India is one of the few countries in the World, which gained independence without
violence.

India has the second largest pool of Scientists and Engineers in the World.

India is the largest English speaking nation in the world.

India is the only country other than US and Japan, to have built a super computer
indigenously.

Following facts were published in a German Magazine which deals with world
history.
�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

Famous Quotes on India (by non-Indians)

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 instructive 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.
Facts to make every Indian proud

Q. Who is the co-founder of Sun Microsystems?

A. Vinod Khosla

Q. Who is the creator of Pentium chip (needs no introduction as 90% of the

today's computers run on it)?
A. Vinod Dahm

Q. Who is the third richest man on the world?

A. According to the latest report on Fortune Magazine, it is Aziz Premji,
who is the CEO of Wipro Industries. The Sultan of Brunei is at 6th
position now.

Q. Who is the founder and creator of Hotmail (Hotmail is world's No.1 web
based email program)?
A. 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)?
A. Arun Netravalli

Q. Who is the GM of Hewlett Packard?

A. Rajiv Gupta

Q. Who is the new MTD (Microsoft Testing Director) of Windows 2000,

responsible to iron out all initial problems?
A. Sanjay Tejwrika

Q. Who are the Chief Executives of CitiBank, Mckensey & Stanchart?

A. Victor Menezes, Rajat Gupta, and Rana Talwar.

We Indians are the wealthiest among all ethnic groups in America, even
faring better than the whites and the natives.

There are 3.22 millions of Indians in USA (1.5% of population). ,

So Proud to be Indian !

Jai Hind !
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