I.........Proud to be an INDIAN

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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                            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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