[asom] PROUD TO BE INDIAN

[rupam]

Stand up, hold your head high, stick your chest out; Now read what your fellow 
countrymen have achieved


FACTS to make every Indian proud

Q. Who is the creator of Pentium chip (needs no introduction as 90% of the 
today's computers run on it)? A. Vinod Dahm

Q. Who is the founder and creator of Hotmail (Hotmail is world's No.1 web based 
email program)? A. 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)? A. Arun Netravalli

Q. Who is the new MTD (Microsoft Testing Director) of Windows 2000, responsible 
to iron out all initial problems? A. Sanjay Tejwrika

Q. 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.

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 k! nown as the Pythagorean Theorem. British scholars 
have last year (1999) officially published that Budhayan's works dates to the 6 
th 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 10 53. 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.

Quotes about India . We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, 
without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made. Albert 
Einstein.

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. Mark Twain.

If there is one place on the face of earth where all dreams of living men have 
found a home from the very earliest days when man began the dream of existence, 
it is India . French scholar Romain Rolland.

India conquered and dominated China culturally for 20 centuries without ever 
having to send a single soldier across her border. Hu Shih (former Chinese 
ambassador to USA )

ALL OF 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 evershining and inspiring country 
setting a bright path for rest of the world to follow. I hope you enjoyed it 
and work towards the welfare of INDIA .

Say proudly, I AM AN INDIAN.

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