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1. India is the © rld's largest, ldest, c ntinu us civilizati n.

2. India never invaded any c untry in her last 10000 years of history.
3. India is the © rld's largest dem cracy.
4. 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.
5. India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. Although modern images of India often show poverty and lack of development, India ©as the richest
c untry on earth until the time of British invasion in the early 17th Century. Christopher Columbus was
attracted by India's wealth.
10. The art of Navigati n 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'.
11. 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.
12. 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.
13. Algebra, trig n metry 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). c
14. IEEE has proved what has been a century old suspicion in the world scientific community that the pioneer of
wireless communication was Pr
 Jagdish B se and not Marconi.
15. The earliest reservoir and dam for irrigation was built in Saurashtra.
16. 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.
17. Chess (Shataranja or AshtaPada) was invented in India.
18. 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.
19. When many cultures were only nomadic forest dwellers over 5000 years ago, Indians established Harappan
culture in Sindhu Valley (Indus Valley Civilization).
20. The four religions born in India, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism, are followed by 25% of the
world's population.
21. The place value system, the decimal system was developed in India in 100 BC.
22. India is one of the few countries in the World, which gained independence ©ith ut vi lence.
23. India has the second largest pool of Scientists and Engineers in the World.
24. India is the largest English speaking nati n in the world.
25. India is the only country other than US and Japan, to have built a super c mputer indigenously.

Fam us Qu tes n India (by n n-Indians)

î 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.
î Ñark T©ain 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.
 î French sch lar R main R lland 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.
î Hu Shih,
rmer Ambassad r
China t USA said: India conquered and dominated China culturally for
20 centuries without ever having to send a single soldier across her border.

Facts t make every Indian pr ud

Q Who is the co-founder of Sun Microsystems?

u Vinod Khosla

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

today's computers run on it)?
u Vinod Dahm

Q Who is the third richest man on the world?

u 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)?
u 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)?
u Arun Netravalli

Q Who is the GM of Hewlett Packard?

u Rajiv Gupta

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

responsible to iron out all initial problems?
u Sanjay Tejwrika

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

u 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). ,

Websites you might be interested in

1. India-Res urce - a web resource for India-related non-profit or non-commercial sites featuring Indian
history, it's cultural legacy, news and analysis, and progressive activism.
2. G d Ne©s India - of positive action, steely endeavour and quiet triumphs - news that is little known.
3. Department
T urism - Ministry of Tourism and Culture, India.

Courtesy: Department of Tourism, India.

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