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WHERE
ARE WE TODAY? WHY?
SOME
VERY IMPRESSIVE FACTS ABOUT INDIANS IN USA !!!
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
23% of Indian Community in America is having Green-Card'
Some
of these facts may be known to you. 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 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 - a report
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 athematicians.
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 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).
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 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, 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.
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 Romaine 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. ll 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.
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