[*Video- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpC7roP1mYY&feature=player_embedded के सौजन्य से साभार ]By: Rupesh Pandey,Guest Author,Bharat Nav Nirman (Evolving New India)
These facts came to me through a mail chain. So I don't know  the exact  source from where it originated. I realized the  Bharat Nav  Nirman is the best place to share it with all of you.Q. Who is the GM of Hewlett Packard (hp) ?
A. Rajiv Gupta
  
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 4'th richest man of the world? 
A. According to the latest report on Forbes Magazine, it is Mukesh  Ambani
  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 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? 
A. Vikram Pandit
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).
38% of doctors in USA are Indians. 
12% 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.
  
Some of the following facts may be known to you. These facts were  recently published in a German magazine, which deals with WORLD HISTORY FACTS  ABOUT INDIA:
1.India never  invaded any country in her last 1000 years of history. 
2. invented  the Number system. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta. 
3. The world's first University was established in Takshila in 700BC.  More than 10,500 students from all over the world studied more than 60 subjects..  The University of Nalanda built in the 4 th century BC was one of the greatest achievements of  ancient India in  the field of education. 
4. According to the Forbes magazine, Sanskrit is the most suitable  language for computer software.
  5. Ayurveda is the earliest  school of medicine known to humans. 
6. Although western media portray modern images of  India as poverty striken and underdeveloped through political corruption, India  was once the richest empire on earth.
  7. The art of navigation was  born in the river Sindh 5000 years ago. The very word 'Navigation' is derived from the  Sanskrit word NAVGATIH. 
8. The value of pi was first calculated by Budhayana, and he explained  the concept of what is now known as the Pythagorean Theorem. British  scholars have (1999) officially published that Budhayan's works dates to the 6 th Century which is long before the European mathematicians.
  9. Algebra, trigonometry and  calculus came from India  . Quadratic equations were by Sridharacharya in the 11 th Century; the largest numbers the Greeks and  the Romans used were 106 whereas Indians used numbers as big as 10 53.
10. According to the Gemmological Institute of America, up until 1896, India was the  only source of diamonds to the world.
  11. USA based IEEE has proved  what has been a century-old suspicion amongst academics that the pioneer of  wireless communication was Professor Jagdeesh Bose and not Marconi. 
12. The earliest reservoir and dam for irrigation was built in  Saurashtra.
  13. Chess was invented in India. 
14. Sushruta is the father of surgery. 2600 years ago he and health  scientists of his time conducted surgeries like cesareans, cataract, fractures and  urinary stones. Usage of anaesthesia was well known in ancient India. 
15. 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). 
16. The place value system, the decimal system was developed in India   in 100 BC.
  
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  ." 
French scholar Romain Rolland.
  "India conquered and dominated China culturally for 20  centuries without ever having to send a single soldier across her border." 
Hu Shih 
 (former Chinese ambassador to USA )
  All of the above is just the tip of the iceberg, the list could be endless. But, if we don't see even a glimpse of that great India  in the India that we see today, it clearly means that we are not working up to our potential; and that if we do, we could once  again be an ever-shining and inspiring country setting a bright path for rest of  the world to follow. 
I hope you enjoyed it and work towards the welfare of India  .
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