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me_rathee
March 7th, 2006, 02:05 PM
Some of the following facts may be known to you. These facts were recently published in a German magazine, which deals with WORLD HISTORY FACTS ABOUT INDIA .


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

2. India invented the Number system. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.

3. 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 4 th century BC was one of the greatest achievements of ancient India in the field of education.

4. According to the Forbes magazine, Sanskrit is the most suitable language for computer software.

5. Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to humans.

6. Although western media portray modern images of India as poverty striken and underdeveloped through political corruption, India was once the richest empire on earth.

7. The art of navigation was born in the river Sindh 5000 years ago. The very word "Navigation" is derived
from the Sanskrit word NAVGATIH.

8. The value of pi was first calculated by Budhayana, and he explained the concept of what is now known as the Pythagorean Theorem. British scholars have last year (1999) officially published that Budhayan's works dates to the 6th Century which is long before the European mathematicians.



9. Algebra, trigonometry and calculus came from India . Quadratic equations were by Sridharacharya in the 11 th Century; the largest numbers the Greeks and the Romans used were 106 whereas Indians used numbers 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 years ago he and health scientists of his time conducted surgeries like cesareans, cataract, fractures and urinary stones. Usage of anaesthesia was well known in ancient 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.


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.


Say proudly, I AM AN INDIAN.

sumitpawar
March 7th, 2006, 08:05 PM
3. 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 4 th century BC was one of the greatest achievements of ancient India in the field of education.



brother when the libarary of Takshila university caght fire it kept buring for years , thats wat history ppl says they says there milions of books( tamrpatra ) were kept there:):)

vins
March 7th, 2006, 09:30 PM
We should be proud of being Indian..
most of the facts and figures mentioned belong to the past or acheiviments outside India.
What we are doing in present to continue with this? .. I think we are doing a lot but still this has not come up to the mark

Even I feel I have not done enough to make india more proud.
we have to do a lot more!

dndeswal
March 7th, 2006, 09:34 PM
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With due apologies : While the efforts to post good material over this site are commendable, unfortunately, this one is the repetition. Bhai Rathee himself has posted the same material earlier in this very forum, vide his thread Facts.......thats every INDIAN proud (http://www.jatland.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8211&highlight=India+never+invaded+any+country+in+her+l ast+1000+years+of+history) dated 7 May 2005, though the text has been interpolated. Moreover, other members have posted exactly the same material earlier. Click the following threads:

maira bharat mahan (http://www.jatland.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11634&highlight=India+never+invaded+any+country+in+her+l ast+1000+years+of+history) : By Viresh Nain dated 19 January 2006

Why India is Great... (http://www.jatland.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6690&highlight=India+never+invaded+any+country+in+her+l ast+1000+years+of+history) : By Vilakshan Taank dated 5 December 2004

FACTS TO MAKE EVERY INDIAN PROUD (http://www.jatland.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5023&highlight=India+never+invaded+any+country+in+her+l ast+1000+years+of+history) : By Manisha Chilka dated November 4, 2003

@ PROUD TO BE AN INDIAN (http://www.jatland.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6089&highlight=India+never+invaded+any+country+in+her+l ast+1000+years+of+history.) : By R.C. Palsaniya dated 11 January 2004

Facts to make every INDIN proud (http://www.jatland.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3631&highlight=India+never+invaded+any+country+in+her+l ast+1000+years+of+history) : By Hemant Kumar Chaudhary dated December 4, 2003

FACTS TO MAKE EVERY INDIAN PROUD (http://www.jatland.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4911&highlight=India+never+invaded+any+country+in+her+l ast+1000+years+of+history) : By Virender Singh dated July 23, 2003

FACTS ABOUT INDIAN'S (http://www.jatland.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5882&highlight=India+never+invaded+any+country+in+her+l ast+1000+years+of+history) : By Aman Poonia dated April 1, 2003

Many new members post such material unknowingly, but enthusiastically. I have myself committed such a lapse when I joined this site as a new member, but that was in writing a joke in ‘humor’ section. While common desi jokes have been written by many members, the style of presentation by each writer is different – hence it hardly matters. But the material like this pasted from other websites is a sheer wastage, although a members may add a new thread to his account.

It is, therefore, requested that before posting such material, members may please check whether it is a repetition or not.
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