India's 65th Independence Day!

31 States,
1618 Languages,
6400 Castes,
6 Religion,
6 Ethnic Groups,
29 Major festivals
1 Country!
Be Proud to be an Indian!..
Happy Independence Day……… 

 Albert Einstein said:We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, withoutwhich no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made.

 India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.

 The World's first university was established in Takshila,India in 700BC

 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.

The art of Navigation was born in the river Sindh 6000 years ago.
The very word Navigation is derived from the Sanskrit word NAVGATIH.

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.

 Bhaskaracharya calculated the time taken by the earth to orbit the
sun hundreds of years before the astronomer Smart.

 The value of "pi" was first calculated by Budhayana

 Algebra, trigonometry and calculus came from India.

 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. Jagdeesh Bose and not Marconi.

 The earliest reservoir and dam for irrigation was built in
Saurashtra.

 Chess (Shataranja or AshtaPada) was invented in India.

 The place value system, the decimal system was developed in
India in 100 BC.

 India is.......the Largest democracy in the world

 The game of snakes & ladders was created by the 13th century poet saint Gyandev. 

 The Baily Bridge is the highest bridge in the world.It was built by the Indian Army in August 1982.

 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


 

 13% of XEROX employees are Indians

 28% of IBM employees are Indians 17% of INTEL employees are Indians

 The technique of manufacturing crystal (sugar)cane sugar by India

Technique of  the making of camphor 

 First democracy to elect a woman Prime Minister.

 Kung Fu is a derivation of Yoga---taught to the Chinese by an Indian Bhuddist Monk known as Bodidharma

 India is the 7th nuclear power in the world

 India is the 5th largest economy in the world 

 India is the 4th nation in the world to have developed/or developing a nuclear submarine

 India is the 5th nation in the world to be in the multi billion dollar space commerce business.

 India is the 3rd nation in the world, to be able to develop land based and sea based cruise missiles.

All the above is just the TIP of the iceberg
HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY
15 August 2012
Regards
Raghav