India & Indians

INDIA AND INDIANS: AMAZING FACTS AND FIGURES TO RELISH & CHERISH

QUOTES ABOUT INDIA: -

a) We owe a lot to INDIANS, who taught us how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made.
Albert Einstein

b) INDIA is the cradle of human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grand mother of legend and the great grand mother of tradition.
Mark Twain

c) 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

c) INDIA conquered and dominated China, culturally for twenty centuries without ever having to send a single soldier across her border.

Hu Shih (Former Chinese Ambassador to USA)

2. FACTS ABOUT INDIANS

There are approximately 3.25 millions of INDIANS in USA (1.5% of US population)- YET
a) 38% of Doctors in USA are INDIANS
b) 12% of Scientists in USA are INDIANS.
c) 36% of NASA Scientists are INDIANS.
d) 34% of Microsoft Employees are INDIANS.
e) 28% IBM employees are INDIANS
f) 17% of INTEL Scientists are INDIANS.
g) 13% of Xerox employees are INDIANS

3. GREAT INDIAN TALENTS

a) Vinod Dham -Creator of Pentium Chip (Needs no introduction as
90% percent of the computers run on it.)

b) Vinod Khosla - Co-Founder of Sun Microsystems.

c) Arun Netravalli -President of AT&T Bell Labs creator of program
Language (to name a few) C, C++, Unix etc).

d) Sabeer Bhatia -Founder &creator of Hotmail (world’s leading web based Email program.




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4 FACTS ABOUT INDIA

INDIA never invaded any country in her last over 1000 years of history.

INDIA invented the number system. Aryabhatta invented “Zero” concept what is now known as Pythagorean theorem. British scholars in the year 1999 officially published the Budhayan’s works dates to 6th century, which is long before the European mathematicians.

Algebra, trigonometry & calculus came from INDIA. Quadratic equations were by Sridharacharya in the 11 th century.

US based IEEE has proved what has been a century old suspicion amongst academicians that the pioneer of wireless communication was Prof.Jagdeesh Bose (INDIA) & not Marconi.

Chess was invented in INDIA.

Sushruta is the father of Surgery. 2600 years ago he and the health scientists of his time conducted surgeries like, cesareans, cataract, fractures and urinary stones in INDIA.

The place value system and decimal system was developed in INDIA in
100BC.

All the above is just the tip of the iceberg. The facts, figures and talents could be endless if only we see at least a glimpse of the GREAT INDIA in the INDIA that we see today, It clearly means that we are not working upto our optimum potential, and if we do, we could once again be an ever shining and inspiring country setting a bright path for ROW to follow.

I earnestly and proudly hope you enjoyed it and work towards the welfare of INDIA and well being of INDIANS, which ultimately shall result in Global welfare and well-being.

I salute and sincerely thank all the readers of these facts.

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