some facts! INDIA

hi traders, just posting some facts!
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 third richest man on the world?
A. According to the latest report on Fortune Magazine, it is Azim Premji, who is the CEO of Wipro Industries. The Sultan of Brunei is at 6 th position now.

Q. Who is the founder and creator of ******* (******* 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, Mckensey & Stanchart?
A. Victor Menezes, Rajat Gupta, and Rana Talwar.


Q. We 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 (15% of population). YET,
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.

narayan

Thank you Narayan for making us Indians proud yet again. Any number of times is not enough I guess.

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 Pr! ofessor 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 ValleyIndia in 100 BC.

narayan

Tell me more Narayan, I'll lap it all up with growing pride. No doubt some facts have been previously posted here in this forum but that's no reason not to go chest-beating again & again.

Jai Hind & thanks Narayan, once again. Yeh Dil Maange More.

Yeh Dil Maange More Narayan.

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 )

narayan

welcome jaideep!


narayan

Achievements of the Ancients

(Courtesy: Dr.P.V. Vartak, Pune, India )
Feel proud and make proud at. wakeUPindia

Medical Sciences
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Knowledge Ancient Reference Modern Reference
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Plastic Surgery (Repair of nose Sushruta A German Surgeon
by the skin flap on forehead) (4000 - 2000 B.C.E) (1968 A.D.)

Artificial Limb RigVed (1-116-15) 20th Century

Chromosomes Cunavidhi(Mahabharat) 1860-1910 A.D.
(5500 BCE)

Number of Chromosomes (23) Mahabharat-5500 BCE 1890 A.D.

Combination of Male and Female Shrimad Bhagwat 20th Century
chromosomes in zygote (4000 B.C.E)

Analysis of Ears RigVed Labyrinth-McNally
Eitereya Upanishad 1925
(6000 BCE)

Beginning of the Foetal Heart Eitereya Up. Robinson, 1972
in the second month of pregnancy Shrimad Bhagwat

Parthenogenesis Mahabharat 20th Century

Test Tube Babies
a) from the ovum only Mahabharat Not possible yet
b) from the sperm only Mahabharat Not possible yet
c) from both ovum and sperm Mahabharat Steptoe, 1979

Elongation of Life in Shrimad Bhagwat Not yet confirmed
Space Travel

Cell Division (in 3 layers) Shrimad Bhagwat 20th Century

Embryology Eitereya Upanishad 19th Century
(6000 BCE)

Micro-organisms Mahabharat 18th Century

A material producing a disease S-Bhagwat (1-5-33) Haneman, 18th Cent.
can prevent or cure the disease
in minute quantity

Developing Embyro in Vitro. Mahabharat 20th Century

Life in trees and plants Mahabharat Bose, 19th cent.

16 Functions of the Brain Eitereya Upanishad 19-20th Cent.

Definition of Sleep Prashna-Upanishad 20th Century
Patanjali Yogsootra

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Physical Sciences
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Knowledge Ancient Reference Modern Reference
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Velocity of Light RigVed 19th Century
Sayan Bhashya (1400 A.D)

Trans-Saturnean Planets Mahabharat (5500 B.C) 17-19th Century

Space Travel to another Shrimad Bhagwat Under Trials
solar system (4000 B.C)

Gravitational Force Prashnopanishad 17th Century
(6000 B.C)
Shankaracharya
(500 B.C)

Ultravoilet Band Sudhumravarna ---
(Mundakopanishad - M.U)

Infra-red Band Sulohita (M.U) ---

Tachyons faster than light Manojava (M.U) Sudarshan, 1968

Nuclear Energy Spullingini (M.U) 20th Cent.

Black Holes Vishvaruchi (M.U) 20th Century

Monsoon at Summer Solstice RigVed (23720 B.C) ---

Entry in South America by Valmiki Ramayan ---
Aeroplanes (7300 B.C)

Phosphorescent Trident at V.Ramayan 1960 A.D.
the Bay of Pisco, Peru,
S.America

Aeroplanes RigVed ---
Ramayan
Samarangan Sutradhara
(1050 A.D.)

Robot Samarangan Sootradhara ---

Atom (Divisible) Shrimad Bhagwat Dalton (Indivisible)
(4000 B.C.) 1800 A.D.

Subatomic Particles (Electr, Shrimad Bhagwat(4000 BC) Thomas, Rutherford
Proton,Neutron and other) (Param-Mahan) Chadwick (20th Cent.)

Genesis of Universe RigVed (>10000 B.C.) Gamaow, et.al (1950)
(Nasadeeya Sootra)

Atom Bomb Mahabharat (5500 B.C) 1945 A.D.
(Brahm-Astra)

Sound Energy used to powder Mahabharat (Vajrastra) Gavreau, 1964
materials

Mercury as energy source for Samrangan Sutradhara Indian Express,
aeroplanes 20-10-1979 A.D

North Pole Valmiki Ramayan Piery, 1909 A.D

Antartica Valmiki Ramayan Piery, 1950 A.D

Premordial matter from RigVed (>10000 B.C.) 20th Century
which the universe emanated (Ambha)

Formations of premordial RigVed (>10000 B.C) Gammow, 1950
matter (Ambha-Nasadeeya)

Natural Cycle of Water RigVed (>10000 B.C) 19th Cent.
Valmiki Ramayan
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Physical Sciences
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Electricity (DC) Mitra/Varuna-Teja/Agasti 18th Cent.

Water Analysis by Agasti (Prana+Udana) 19th Cent.
electricity (H2 + O)

Electroplating Agasti 19th Cent.

Vega becoming Pole Star Mahabharat (Vanaparva) ---

Seven Colors in sunrays RigVed (8-72-16) ---

Black Spots on the Sun Valmiki Ramayan ---

Temporary Bridge on Sea Valmiki Ramayan ---

Equinox's and Solstice's RigVed (10-18-1) ---

Meteors "Ulka" AtharvaVed (19-9) ---

Pythagorus Theorm Sulbha Sootra (800 BC) Pythagorus, 500 BC

Comet (at Mula) Valmiki Ramayan ---

Mars in Aldebaren V.Ramayan not occured in last
"Breathing" of a Star RigVed (Nasadeeya) Gamov, 1950

Gravity and Heat Production RigVed (Nasadeeya) Gamov, 1950
in a Star

Order of origin of space, RigVed, Upanishads ---
gases, heat, water
and earth

Life on Earth Mahabharat, Puranas Salem, Jogesh 19 80
1.7 X 10^10 years Pati-10^10 years

Layers of Atmosphere accor- V.Ramayan (Kish.8) ---
ding to specific gravity

Microscope Mahabharat (5500 BC) 16th Century
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No idea about other claims but here goes this one from the abovementioned source:

tath¯a ca smaryate yojan¯an¯am. sahasre dve dve ´sate dve ca yojane
ekena nimis.¯ardhena kramam¯an. a

Thus it is remembered: [O Sun] you who traverse 2,202 yojanas
in half a nimesa.

The units of yojana and nimesa are well known. The usual meaning of
yojana is about 9 miles as in the Artha´saastra and for nimisha,

The measures of time are thus defined in the Puranas:

15 nimesa = 1 kastha
30kastha= 1 kala
30 kala = 1 muhurta
30 muhurta = 1 day-and-night

A nimesa is therefore equal to 16/75 seconds.

Now who have pen and pad in their hand can calculate this, it does come very close to the correct figure of 186,000 miles per second!

Best Regards,
--Ashish