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>>>>FACTS TO MAKE EVERY Indian PROUD
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Q. Who is the GM of Hewlett Packard (hp) ?
>>>>A. Rajiv Gupta
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>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 third richest man on the world?
>>>>A. According to the latest report on Fortune Magazine, it is Azim Premji,
>>>>who is
>>>>the CEO of Wipro Industries. The Sultan of Brunei is at 6 th position now.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>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. Who are the Chief Executives of CitiBank, Mckensey & Stanchart?
>>>>A. Victor Menezes, Rajat Gupta, and Rana Talwar.
>>>>
>>>>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 ever shining 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. HAPPY!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Please forward this email to all known INDIANS................
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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