Unbelieable Facts About India

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• Varanasi now called Benaras is the oldest city in the whole entire world. Gautama entered this city

• India is the only country who didn't invaded any country in her last 10,000 years.

• India invented the Number System. Aryabhatta invented the number 0.

• The World's first university was established in Takshashila in 700 B.C. More than 10,500 students from all over the world studied more than 60 subjects.

• The University of Nalanda built in the 4th century B.C. was one of the great achievements of Ancient India in the field of education.

• Sanskrit is the mother of all European languages. Sanskrit is the most suitable language for computer software - A Report in US magazine in 1987.

• Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to humans. Charaka, the father of medicine consolidated Ayurveda 2,500 years ago.

• 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.

• Christopher Columbus discovered America trying to get to India.

• The art of Navigation was born in the river Sindhu 6,500 years ago. The very word Navigation is derived from the Sanskrit Word.

• Bhaskaracharya caluculated 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, was the first to caluculate the value of  pi.

• He then went on to explain the concept of what today is known as the ? Pythagoream Theorom?

• He discovered this in the 6th century long before the European mathematicians. 

• Alzebra, trigonometry and caluculus came from India. Sridharacharya developed quadratic equations in the 11th century.

• The largest numbers the Greeks and the Romans used were 106, whereas Hindus were using numbers as big as 10 to the power of 53, as early as 5,000 BCE during the Vedic period. Even today, the largest used number is Tera (10 to the power of 12)

• IEEE has proved what has been a century old suspicion in the scientific community, that the pioneer of wireless communication was Prof.Jagadish Bose and not Marconi.

• The earliest reservoir and dam for irrigation was built in Sautashtra.

• Chess (Shataranja or AshtaPada) was invented in India.

• Sushruta is the father of surgery.

• He was the doctor of surgery.

• Usage of anesthesia was well known in ancient India. Over 125 surgical tools were used.

• Deep knowledge of anatomy, physiology, etiology, embryology, digestion, metabalism, genetics and immunity found in many texts.

• When many cultures were only nomadic forest dwellers over 5,000 years ago, Indians established the Harappan culture in the Sindhu Valley (Indus Valley Civilization).

• The place value system and the decimal system were developed in India 100 B.C.

• India is one of the few countries in the World, which gained independence without violence.

• India has the Third largest pool of Scientists and Engineers in the World.

• India is the second largest English speaking Nation in the world.

• That was only the past. Now lets talk about Future.

• India is the largest Democratic country in the world.

• India is the second largest populated country.

• India is the 7th largest country by area.

• India is the 7th powerful nation in the world. And 2nd in military terms.

• India is the 4th largest economy in the world.

• Bollywood(India) is the largest Movie Industry in the world. Making 1,000 Movies a year.

• Indians are the largest migrants in every countries. They are almost everywhere in the world.

• Indians are the biggest money spenders in Cricket.

• India never invaded country in her last 10,000 years of history.

• Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to human.

• Sanskrit is the most suitable language for computer language - A Report in Forebes magazine July,1987

• Chess(Shataranja) was invented in India.

• There are 17 major languages and 844 dialects spoken in India.

• India was one of the richest  countries on the earth until the British invasion in the early 17th century.

• India has the most number of post offices in the world.

• The biggest and the largest employer in the world is Indian railways employing over a million people.

• Before,India was the only place in the world where diamonds could be found.

• India is one of the largest exporter of computer software products.

• India has the mo;st ;number of mosques. It has 300,000 mosques which is more than the Muslim world.

• When many cultures were only nomadic forest dwellers over 5000 years ago, Indians established Harappan culture in sindhu Valley (Indus Valley Civilization)

• The name 'India' is derived from the River Indus, the valleys around which were the home of the early settlers. The Aryan worshippers 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.

• Algebra, Trigonometry and Caluculus are studies, which originated in India

• The World's First Granite temple is the Brihadeswara Temple at Tanjavur, TamilNadu. The shikhara of the templa is made from a single 80-tonne piece of granite. This magnigicant temple was built in just five years, (between 1004 AD and 1009 AD) during the reign of Rajaraja Chola.

• 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 cowrise 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 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 discoverd America by mistake.

• The Art of Navigation & Navigating was born  in the river Sindhu over 6000 years ago. The very word Navigatin is derived from the Sanskrit word 'NAVAGTIH'. The word navy is also derived from the Sanskrit word 'Nou'.

• Vinod Dahm invented Pentium chip (90% of the today's computers run on it).

• Sabeer Bhatia created Hotmail (Hotmail is world's No.1 web based email program).

• . 38% of doctors in America are INDIANS.

•  12% of the scientist in America are INDIANS.

•  28% of the IBM employees in the world are INDIANS.

•  36% of the NASA employees are INDIANS.

•  17% of the INTEL employees in the world are INDIANS.

•  34% of the MICROSOFT employees are INDIANS.

•  Sanskrit is the mother language of all the European languages. WHICH MEANS SWEDISH TOO.

•  SANSKRIT is most suitable language for computer software reported in Forbes magazine, 1987.

•  CHESS was invented in INDIA.

•  Creator and founder of HOTMAIL is INDIAN (SABEER BHATIA).

•  Aryabhatta who was from INDIA, invented the number ZERO.

•  INDIANS invented the NUMBER SYSTEM.

•  ALGEBRA was invented in INDIA.

•  CALCULAS and TRIGNOMETRY came from INDIA.

•  The general manager of HEWLETT PACKARD (HP) is INDIAN (RAJIV GUPTA).

•  Creator of the PENTIUM CHIP(90% of the today's Computer runs on it) is INDIAN (VINOD DAHM).

•  BHUDHYANA first calculated the value of pi (3.14), 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.

•  We have almost 5600 different newspapers and 3500 different magazines with approximately 120 million readers every day.

•  SUSHRUTA (from india) is the father of SURGERY. 2600 year ago he and health scientist of his time conducted complicated surgeries like --> artificial limbs, fractures, urinarystones and even plastic surgery and brain surgery

•  LAXMI MITTAL (steel king) is the richest man in ENGLAND. His house in England is the most expensive house in the world, more than 70 million pounds.

•  ALBERT EINSTEIN once said:- We own a lot to the INDIANS,who taught us how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific have been made.

•  INDIA has the THIRD largest army in the world with more than 105 million men.....