Co-founder of SUN microsystems is Vinod Bhopla an indian
Creator of Pentium was Vinoddam an indian
Creator of Hotmail was Sabeer Bhatia an indian
President of AT&T is Arun Netravalli an indian
General Manager of Hewlett Packard is Rajiv Gupta an indian
CEO of Citibank is Victor Menezes an indian
CEO of Mckensey is Rajat Gupta an indian
CEO of Stanchart is Rana Talwar an indian
The Microsoft Testing Director of Windows 2000, responsible to iron out all intial problems was Sanjay Tejwrika
Majority of Foreigners in IBM, Nasa, Microsoft, Intel are indians
Sachin Tendulkar did more number of centuries in One day Cricket
Sachin Tendulkar did more runs in One day Cricket
Sunil Gavaskar did more number of centuries in Test Cricket
India never invaded any country in its last 1000 years of history
India invented the number system. aryabhatta invented Zero.
The value of pi was first calculated by Budhayana, and he explained the concept of what is now known as Pythagorean Theorem. British scholars officially published that Budhayan's works dates to the 6th century which is long before the European mathematicians
The place value system, the decimal system was developed in India in 100 BC.
According to the Geological Institute of America, up until 1896, India was the only source of diamonds to the world
USA based IEEE has proved what has been a century-old suspicion amongst academics that the pioneer of wireless communication was Professor Jagadeesh Chandra bose and not Marconi
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)
The world's first University was established at Takshila (now in Pakistan) in 700 B.C. over 10,500 students there more than 60 subjects.
Sanskrit is the most suitable language of computer software (a report in 'Forbes' magazine ,July 1987).
Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to the humans. Charaka, the great physician consolidated Ayurveda 2500 years ago. Today Ayurveda is fast regaining its rightful place in the Indian Society.
The art of navigation was born in the river Sindhu (Indus) 5000 years ago. The word 'navigation' is derived from the Sanskrit word 'navgath'. The word 'navy' is also derived from Sanskrit 'nou'.
Bhaskaracharya(5th Century) calculated the time taken by the earth to orbit the Sun hundreds of years before the astromer Smart. Time taken by the Eatrh to orbit the Sun 365.258756484 days.
Algebra,Trigonometry and Calculus came from India. Quadratic equations were introduced by Sridaracharya in the 11th Century.
The earliest reservoir and dam built for irrigation was in Saurashtra (Gujarat - Western India).
Chess (Shatranj or Ashtapada) was invented in India.
Sushruta is the father of surgery. 2600 years ago he and the health scientists of his time conducted complicated surgeries, even Plastic and Brain surgery. Use of anaesthetic was well known in ancient Indian Medicine.
Although western media protray modern images of india as poverty striken and underdeveloped through political corruption, India was once the richest empire on earth
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.
India is the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the
mother of tradition. Out most valuable and most constructive materials in the
history of man are treasured up in India only.
French scholar Romain Rolland
India conquered and dominated China culturally for 20 centuries without
ever having to send a single soldier across her border.
" ALL OF THE ABOVE IS JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG, THE LIST COULD BE
ENDLESS. "