Facts

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. India 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 k! nown as the Pythagorean Theorem. British scholars have last year (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.

Saturday, February 20, 2010

Proud to be an Indian

AN AMERICAN VISITED INDIA AND WENT BACK TO AMERICA


WHERE HE MET HIS INDIAN FRIEND WHO ASKED HIM
HOW DID U FIND MY COUNTRY
THE AMERICAN SAID IT IS A GREAT COUNTRY
WITH SOLID ANCIENT HISTORY
AND IMMENSELY RICH WITH NATURAL RESOURCES.
THE INDIAN FRIEND THEN ASKED ….
HOW DID U FIND INDIANS …….??
INDIANS??
WHO INDIANS??
I DIDN'T FIND OR MET A SINGLE INDIAN
THERE IN INDIA…….
WHAT NONSENSE??
WHO ELSE COULD U MET IN INDIA THEN……??
THE AMERICAN SAID ……..
IN KASHMIR I MET A KASHMIRI–
IN PUNJAB A PUNJABI—–
IN BIHAR,MAHARASTRA, RAJASTHAN, BENGAL, TAMILNADU, KERALA
BIHARI, MARATHI, MARWADI, BENGALI, TAMILIAN, MALAYALI………
THEN I MET
A MUSLIM,
A HINDU,
A CHRISTIAN,
A JAIN,
A BUDDHIST
AND MANY MANY MANY MORE
BUT NOT A SINGLE INDIAN DID I MEET
…………………………………………………………...
THINK HOW SERIOUS THIS JOKE IS……………..
THE DAY WOULD NOT BE FAR OFF WHEN INDEED WE WOULD
BECOME A COLLECTION OF NATION STATES AS SOME
REGIONAL ANTI-NATIONAL POLITICIANS WANT ...
FIGHT BACK

ALWAYS SAY I AM INDIAN

JAI HIND

Regards,
A
True Indian

Request you all to contribute in awareness !!!

With warm regards,
No Name, Just An Indian....!!

Thursday, February 18, 2010

Holi


Holi festival is celebrates arrival of spring with it’s vibrant colors and lively weather.

While Holi is quite popular and celebrated all over India, it has some regional names too. Some of the regional names are:

Rang-panchami in Maharastra
Lathi-maar Holi in Barsaana (Mathura, UP)
Dulandi Holi in Haryana
Hola Mohalla in Punjab
Phagawa in Bihar
Shingo in Goa
Kaman Pandigai in TamilNadu
Basant Utsav/ Dol Purnima in West Bengal
Traditionally, mothers used to make new clothes for their married daughters on the occassion of Holi, while mother-in-law gave travel money to their daughter-in-law.

Sons-in-laws are invited by the bride’s family for a luxurious meal, after which it is customary to gift them crisp notes of any denomination.

Gujjia, papri and kanji vade are special food items that are exclusively made for this festival.