Interesting Facts about India and Indians
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38% of Doctors in America are Indians.
12% of Scientists in America are Indians.
36% of NASA employees are Indians.
34% of MICROSOFT employees are Indians
28% of IBM employees are Indians
17% of INTEL employees are Indians
13% of XEROX employees are Indians
These facts were recently published in a German Magazine which deals
with WORLD HISTORY
More interesting Facts
India is the world's largest, oldest, continuous civilization
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?
India never invaded any country in her last 10000 years of history.
India is the world's largest democracy.
Grammar constitutes one of India's greatest contributions to Western
philology. Panini, the Sanskrit grammarian, who lived between 750 and
500 BC, was the first to compose formal grammar through his Astadhyai.
India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The art of Navigation was bornin the river Sindh 6000 years ago. The
very word Navigation is derived from the Sanskrit word NAVGATIH. The
word navy is also derived from Sanskrit 'Nou'.
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.
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.
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).
India exports software to 90 countries?
According to the Gemological Institute of America, up until 1896, India
was the only source for diamonds to the world.
USA based 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.
The earliest reservoir and dam for irrigation was built in Saurashtra.
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.
Chess (Shataranja or AshtaPada) was invented in India..
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.
When many cultures were only nomadic forest dwellers over 5000 years
ago, Indians established Harappan culture in Sindhu Valley (Indus
Valley Civilization)
The four religions born in India, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and
Sikhism, are followed by 25% of the world's population?
Islam is India's and the world's second largest religion?
Jews and Christians have lived continuously in India since 200 B.C.E
and 52 A.D respectively.
The Vishnu Temple in the city of Tirupathi built in the 10th century,
is the world's largest religious pilgrimage destination, larger than
either Rome or Mecca, with an average of 30,000 visitors every day
giving donations to the temple of $6 million (U.S.) daily?
The place value system, the decimal system was developed in India in
100 BC.
The Co-founder of Sun Microsystems, Vinod Khosla, is Indian.
The head of the team that developed the Pentium co-processor, Vinod
Dham, is Indian.
The founder and creator of Hotmail, the world's best-known web-based
email program, Sabeer Bhatia, is Indian.
The testing Director of Windows 2000, Sanjay Tejwrika, is Indian.