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
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 is the GM of Hewlett Packard?
Rajiv Gupta
Who is the new MTD (Microsoft Testing Director) of Windows 2000, responsible to iron out all initial problems?
Sanjay Tejwrika
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.
You may know some of the following facts. These facts were
recently published in a German magazine, which deals with
WORLD HISTORY FACTS ABOUT INDIA.
01. India never invaded any country in her last 1000
years of history.
02. India invented the Number system. Aryabhatta
invented 'zero.'
03. 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 4th century BC was one of the greatest
achievements of ancient India in the field of education.
04. According to the Forbes magazine, Sanskrit is
the most suitable language for computer software.
05. Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine
known to humans.
06. Although western media portray modern images of
India as poverty striken and underdeveloped through
political corruption, India was once the richest empire on
earth.
07. The art of navigation was born in the river Sindh
5000 years ago. The very word "Navigation" is derived from
the Sanskrit word NAVGATIH.
08. The value of pi was first calculated by Budhayana,
and he explained the concept of what is now known as the
Pythagorean Theorem. British scholars have last year (1999)
officially published that Budhayan's works dates to the 6th
Century, which is long before the European mathematicians.
09. Algebra, trigonometry 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 Indians used numbers as big as 1053.
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 is 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.
