14 Facts about India

1. India is the world's largest, oldest, continuous civilization.
2. India never invaded any country in her last 10000 years of history.
3. India is the world's largest democracy.
4. Varanasi, also known as Benares, was called "the ancient city" when Lord Buddha visited it in 500 B.C.E, and is the oldest, continuously inhabited city in the world today.
5. India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
6. The World's first university was established in Takshashila 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.
7. Sanskrit is the mother of all the European languages. Sanskrit is the most suitable language for computer software - a report in Forbes magazine, July 1987.
8. Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to humans. Charaka, the father of medicine consolidated Ayurveda 2500 years ago. Today Ayurveda is fast regaining its rightful place in our civilization.
9. 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 was attracted by India's wealth.
10. The art of Navigation was bornin the river Sindhu 6000 years ago. The very word Navigation is derived from the Sanskrit word NAVGATIH. The word navy is also derived from Sanskrit 'Nou'.
11. Bhaskaracharya calculated 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.
12. The value of pi was first calculated by 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.
13. 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 Hindus used numbers as big as 10**53(10 to the power of 53) with specific names as early as 5000 BCE during the Vedic period. Even today, the largest used number is Tera 10**12(10 to the power of 12).
14. IEEE has proved what has been a century old suspicion in the world scientific community that the pioneer of wireless communication was Prof. Jagdish Bose and not Marconi.
15. The earliest reservoir and dam for irrigation was built in Saurashtra.
16. According to Saka King Rudradaman I of 150 CE a beautiful lake called Sudarshana was constructed on the hills of Raivataka during Chandragupta Maurya's time.
17. Chess (Shataranja or AshtaPada) was invented in India.
18. Sushruta is the father of surgery. 2600 years ago he and health scientists of his time conducted complicated surgeries like cesareans, cataract, artificial limbs, fractures, urinary stones and even plastic surgery and brain surgery. Usage of anesthesia was well known in ancient India. Over 125 surgical equipment were used. Deep knowledge of anatomy, physiology, etiology, embryology, digestion, metabolism, genetics and immunity is also found in many texts.
19. When many cultures were only nomadic forest dwellers over 5000 years ago, Indians established Harappan culture in Sindhu Valley (Indus Valley Civilization).
20. The four religions born in India, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism, are followed by 25% of the world's population.
21. The place value system, the decimal system was developed in India in 100 BC.
22. India is one of the few countries in the World, which gained independence without violence.
23. India has the second largest pool of Scientists and Engineers in the World.
24. India is the largest English speaking nation in the world.
25. India is the only country other than US and Japan, to have built a super computer indigenously.

Famous Quotes on India (by non-Indians)

• Albert Einstein said: We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made.
• Mark Twain said: 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. Our most valuable and most instructive materials in the history of man are treasured up in India only.
• French scholar Romain Rolland said: If there is one place on the face of earth where all the dreams of living men have found a home from the very earliest days when man began the dream of existence, it is India.
• Hu Shih, former Ambassador of China to USA said: India conquered and dominated China culturally for 20 centuries without ever having to send a single soldier across her border.

Facts to make every Indian proud

Q. Who is the co-founder of Sun Microsystems?
A. Vinod Khosla

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 Aziz Premji,
who is the CEO of Wipro Industries. The Sultan of Brunei is at 6th
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 GM of Hewlett Packard?
A. Rajiv Gupta

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.

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).

14 Facts about India

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

Vinod Khosla co-founder of Sun Microsystems

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

Rajiv Gupta is the GM of Hewlett Packard

Sanjay Tejwrika is the Microsoft Testing Director of Windows 2000, responsible to iron out all initial problems

Rajat Gupta, and Rana Talwar are the Chief Executives of McKenzie & Stanchart

Indians are the wealthiest among all ethnic groups in America.

38% of doctors in USA are Indians

12% of 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

Facts about the ancient Indian Government

At the beginning when Vedic age was flourishing, people were living like nomads. It was after when the agriculture started to develop; they started living in groups. These groups formed organizations which were mainly tribal. There used be a head of the tribe called the "King" or the "Raja". As the time kept passing by, there were large kingdoms which started to grow and by 6th century B.C. there were about 16 kingdoms already in India.

In ancient India there were many small republics which had some democracy in their administration. The "Raja" (King) was the head of legislative, judiciary and executive branches. There were many officials who used to assist him in these branches. Final decisions were always in the "Raja's" (King) hand. Although, the ministry of officials could send an advice to the king but the last and final decision was made by the King himself. All the ministers and officials in the different branches were directly appointed by the king.

The whole empire was divided into many provinces which were governed by different Governors and the council of ministers. There were agents and spies in the kingdom who used to notify the King about the various things happening in his kingdom. Ancient Indian Government had certain departments which used to decide on certain important matters of administration.

Unusual facts about India

India has always been the gem of the east. Most of the people travel India to see it's uniqueness and the glories of the past. India is the country which is still holding to its past. The beautiful temples, glorious forts and monuments are still present in India like they used to be 100's of years ago. India has some of the very unusual facts.

Unusual facts about India

• India has the highest bridge in the world . It is called Bailey Bridge and is located in Ladakh between the Dras and Suru rivers in the Himalayas.
• Before 1986, India was the only place in the world where Diamonds could be found.
• The world's first University was established in India . The University was established in 700 B.C. at the place of Taxila.
• The biggest and the largest employer in the world is Indian railways employing over a million people.
• India has the highest cricket ground in the world. It is located in the northern state of India called Himachal Pradesh. The cricket ground is 2444 above the sea level and was built in 1893.
• Most important studies of Mathematics like calculus, trigonometry and algebra were originated in India.
• Taj Mahal which is among the seven wonders of the world is in India. Taj Mahal was built over a long period of 11 years.
• India has the most number of post offices in the world.

Facts about HIV and AIDS in India

Estimated number of HIV/AIDS cases in India were 5.7 million in 2006. However, these are just the ones that have been reported.

Facts about HIV and AIDS in India

1.1 billion: This is the approximate population of India.

20-25 million: This is the Projected number of HIV/AIDS cases in India by the year 2010.

( Source: UNAIDS / WHO, HIV / AIDS Crisis in India )

With the burden of current disease, HIV/AIDS will come out as the largest cause of mortality in this decade.

(Source: UNAIDS )

Over 100,000 pregnant women with HIV give birth every year in India. Almost one woman in three passes the infection to her baby. The numbers of HIV +ve women are increasing.

Mother -to- child transmission can be prevented with early intervention. It can be done with a combination of low-cost and short-term preventive drug treatment. Also, safe delivery practices, counseling and support and safe infant-feeding methods can be done.

(Source: Solidarity and Action Against the HIV Infection in India)

Facts about HIV and AIDS in India

India has 10% of the world's HIV/AIDS population.

Transmission:

Sexual transmission 85.72%

Perinatal transmission 3.14%

Blood and blood products 2.17%

Injectable drug users 2.95%

Other ( unspecified ) 6.02%

Men contribute towards the majority of the HIV/AIDS population in India, outranking women by a ratio of 2:1.

( Source: National AIDS Control Organization )

The majority of the people who are infected are between the ages of 15 and 50. They are those members of the society who are most economically productive.

( Source: National AIDS Control Organization )

Religion facts about India

India is the birthplace of many religions that are present in the world today. The most of India's population is Hindu contributing towards the 80% of the population. Hinduism is one of the oldest religions in the world. It was developed about 5000 years ago. Hinduism is a colourful religion with a lot of rituals. People who follow this religion believe in a lot of Gods and Godesses.

It was around 500 B.C. when other religions like Buddhism and Jainism started to develop. Today, about 0.5% of Indians are Jains and about 0.7% of Indians are Buddhists. During ancient period these two religions were very popular in India. The people who accepted these religions always spread it not just inside the country but also across in the sub continent and east and south of India.

Religion facts about India

• There have been people in India who followed religions that were non-Indian. About 12% of India's popualtion is Islam. This is the religion which was not formed in India but still it contributes towards the largest non-Indian religion in India.

Religion facts about India

• Hinduism: 82%
• Islam: 12%
• Christianity: 2.5%
• Sikhism: 2%
• Buddhism: 0.7%
• Jainism: 0.5%
• Zoroastrianism: 0.01%
• Judaism: 0.0005%

Fun Facts about India:

• India has one of the most beautiful women in the world. India has won five Miss World and two Miss Universe titles. Although still you would notice that in India girls put very less concern about the make up and fitness as compared to western countries.
  
• The National game of India is Hockey. Although, Cricket is the most popular game in India. Indians believe cricket as their religion.
• India's film industry is called Bollywood and it makes the most amount of movies in the world. Although, most of the Bollywood movies are copied from Hollywood! Indian movies are believed to be romantic with it's main emphasis on the LOVE part. Bollywood movies generally have the three main characters, "Actor", "Actress" and "The Bad Guy".
• India has a large number of doctors and engineers. Although, most of the Indian guys like wasting their time going after girls and hanging out with their friends.

UNIQUE DIMENSION

Well, history is written based on the records which people have about these so called great people. It is important that everybody should know the reality..... .....may be after their death.
It's inevitable that the truth about them comes out after teir death because while alive they are so powerful that they would have killed the concern people.
Let me elaborate my point: Do you know that still in India more than 50% people (I am talking about uneducated and some of educated) think that Indira Gandhi was daughter of M K Gandhi. Everybody knows contribuition of M K Gandhi in India's freedom movement. So they always thought her as a great person. Not only in India even western people think that Indira Gandhi was daughter of M K Gandhi. Well, Nehru really did not do anything about Indian freedom movement except he demanded to be the first PM of India. So people think her as a Godess. It's true that she was married to Firoz Khan Ghandi (who was a Punjabi-Parsi) . After she had Sanjayand Rajeev they could not get along with each other. Sanjay was with her in India but Rajiv was out of India for education. She kept him away purposefully. Sanjay and she was also not getting along with because he started taking interest in politics and was knowing many of her secrates including her affairs. So she murdered him.
It's important to take out all these things as people who blame BJP, RSS or even MODI they don't know the one side of their so called leaders which is always ignored or did not come into light. Do you know that how India's partition happened? It was tug of war between two ambitious people: One of them was Nehru (of Indian Congress) and anoter was Br. Jina(of Muslim Leag). Both were Cambridge graduated. Both did not contribute much in freedom fighting movement. Due to Lady Baton's close contact to Nehru (Nehru had an afair with her which was accepted by Mt. Baton) it was most likely that British were going to make Nehru as PM. But Jina did not accepted it and asked for a separate Muslim state. This discussion was held back at Cambridge. M K Gandhi was not interested in power because by that time he had become a spiritual person. If he would have accepted to be India's PM then partition would not have occured as Br. Jina also was acepting Gandhi's leadership. It was clear that if Gandhi will not become PM then Mt. Baton will make Nehru as PM. So Muslim leag gave air to Hindu-Muslim conflict in the area and asked for separate Muslim nation. To avoid more bloodshed M K Gandhi did not have any alternative than to accept ML demands. On 15th August 1947 two nations were created. Look, you are talking about the development which has benefited to only 30-40% of India's population. Just go to tribal areas, villages and slums in India. Why so much poverty is there? Why we are not able to make primary schools available to all villages in all parts of India? Have you been to Bihar and West Bengal? What is the condition of people there? They are living in 60-80 years back era. Only few parts of India are developed ...........not all. You talk about all corruption.. .....who has sown the seeds of this corruption initially? Who was in the power right from day 1? Who has rotten our burocratic system? What do you think that it will be possible for one government to remove all this shit in just 4 years? BJP got into power, but it has also allied governemnt. You cannot blaim BJP for this. Not at all. This chaos is created by congress only. And communist media has been supporting them all these years to tarnish BJP and RSS image. Moreover, nobody has bothered about character building of our politicians as well as government officials.
Today's news is: Some group in JDU has provided proofs to PM regarding corruption did by Laloo for giving jobs in railways to Bihari people. He has taken lands from them against a railway job. JDU people have proofs more than 400 pages. What action was taken? PM has asked railway people to enquire about the thing. Isn't it ironical that how the transperancy will be maintained by people in the department where Laloo is minister? This is the way things get handelled. Nobody wants to take responsibility. PM cannot afford Laloos panga. Otherwise UPA government will collapse in a night. This game is going on since 60 years. I hope there is enough reason why the issues are important to be taken

( Well coming to this issue their is a lot of contraversies is that is it true r not )