LET ME TELL YOU.....!!!
Who is the co-founder of Sun Microsystems?
Vinod Khosla
Who is the creator of Pentium chip (needs no introduction as 90% of the today’s computers run on it)?
Vinod Dahm
Which is the only other Nation besides the US to have two or more people in the world's top 10 wealthiest people list?
According to the latest report on Fortune Magazine, Mukesh Ambani and Lakshmi Mittal hold the 7th and 8th place respectively.
Who is the founder and creator of Hotmail (Hotmail is world’s No.1 web based email program)?
Sabeer Bhatia
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)?
Arun Netravalli
Who are the Chief Executives of CitiBank, Mckensey & Stanchart?
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). 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.
HERE ARE SOME FACTS TO SAY "WHY INDIA IS A GREAT COUNTRY?"
- The
name 'India' is derived from the River Indus, the valleys around which
were the home of the early settlers. The Aryan worshipers 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.
- 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 India in 100 B.C.
- The
World's First Granite Temple is the Brihadeswara Temple at Tanjavur,
Tamil Nadu. The shikhara of the temple is made from a single 80-tonne
piece of granite. This magnificent 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 7th largest Country in the world, and one of the most ancient civilizations.
- 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. In time, the game underwent
several modifications, but its meaning remained the same, i.e. good
deeds take people 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 leveling a hilltop, this cricket pitch is 2444 meters above
sea level.
- India has the largest number of Post Offices in the world.
- The largest employer in India is the Indian Railways, 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.
- India
was one of the richest countries till the time of British rule in the
early 17th Century. Christopher Columbus, attracted by India's wealth,
had come looking for a sea route to India when he discovered America by
mistake.
- The Art of Navigation & Navigating was
born in the river Sindh over 6000 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. According to his
calculation, the time taken by the Earth to orbit the Sun was
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, long before the European mathematicians.
- Algebra,
Trigonometry and Calculus also originated in 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 Terra: 10*12(10 to the power of 12).
- Until 1896, India was the only source of diamonds in 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. Over2600 years ago Sushrata &
his team conducted complicated surgeries like cataract, artificial
limbs, cesareans, fractures, urinary stones, plastic surgery and brain
surgeries.
- Usage of anaesthesia was well known in
ancient Indian medicine. Detailed knowledge of anatomy, embryology,
digestion, metabolism,physiology, etiology, genetics and immunity is
also found in many ancient Indian texts.
- India exports software to 90 countries.
- The four religions born in India - Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism, are followed by 25% of the world's population.
- Jainism and Buddhism were founded in India in 600 B.C. and 500 B.C. respectively.
- Islam is India's and the world's second largest religion.
- There are 300,000 active mosques in India, more than in any other country, including the Muslim world.
- The oldest European church and synagogue in India are in the city of Cochin. They were built in 1503 and 1568 respectively.
- Jews and Christians have lived continuously in India since 200 B.C. and 52 A.D. respectively
- The largest religious building in the world is Angkor Wat, a Hindu Temple in Cambodia built at the end of the 11th century.
- The
Vishnu Temple in the city of Tirupathi built in the 10th century, is
the world's largest religious pilgrimage destination. Larger than
either Rome or Mecca, an average of 30,000 visitors donate $6 million
(US) to the temple everyday.
- Sikhism originated in the Holy city of Amritsar in Punjab. Famous for housing the Golden Temple, the city was founded in 1577.
- Varanasi,
also known as Benaras, was called "the Ancient City" when Lord Buddha
visited it in 500 B.C., and is the oldest, continuously inhabited city
in the world today.
- India provides safety for more
than 300,000 refugees originally from Sri Lanka, Tibet, Bhutan,
Afghanistan and Bangladesh, who escaped to flee religious and political
persecution.
- His Holiness, the Dalai Lama, the exiled
spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhists, runs his government in exile
from Dharmashala in northern India.
- Martial Arts were first created in India, and later spread to Asia by Buddhist missionaries.
- Yoga has its origins in India and has existed for over 5,000 years.
I WOULD LIKE TO REBORN AS AN INDIAN:
Always and every time, this is the best place. And with every birth I will surely contribute something for it's success.
MERA BHARAT MAHAN ...! JAI HIND...!!!!!!!!
