A. Vinod Khosla 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 Aziz 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 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 GM of Hewlett Packard? A. Rajiv
Gupta 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.
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). 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. 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 known 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
1053. 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. 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)
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