INDIA that many INDIANS do not know

INDIA FACTS : The official Sanskrit name for India is Bharat.INDIA has been called Bharat even in Satya yuga ( Golden Age ).

The name `India' is derived from the River Indus, the valleys around which were the home of the early settlers. The Aryan worshippers referred to the river Indus as the Sindhu.The Persian invaders converted it into Hindu. The name `Hindustan' combines Sindhu and Hindu and thus refers to the land of the Hindus.

The number system was invented by India. Aryabhatta was the scientist who invented the digit zero.Sanskrit is considered as the mother of all higher languages. This is because it is the most precise, and therefore suitable language for computer software. ( a report in Forbes magazine, July 1987 ).

Chess was invented in India. Algebra, Trigonometry and Calculus are studies which originated in India.The' place value system' and the 'decimal system' were developed in 100 BC in India.The first six Mogul Emperor's of India ruled in an unbroken succession from father to son for two hundred years, from 1526 to 1707.

The World's First Granite Temple is the Brihadeswara temple at Tanjavur in Tamil Nadu. The shikhara is made from a single ' 80-tonne ' piece of granite. Also, this magnificient temple was built in just five years, (between 1004 AD and 1009 AD) during the reign of Rajaraja Chola.

India is.......the Largest democracy in the world, the 6th largest country in the world AND one of the most ancient and living civilizations (at least 10, 000 years old).

The game of snakes & ladders was created by the 13th century poet saint Gyandev. It was originally called 'Mokshapat.' The ladders in the game represented virtues and the snakes indicated vices. The game was played with cowrie shells and dices. Later through time, the game underwent several modifications but the meaning is the same i.e good deeds take us to heaven and evil to a cycle of re-births.

The world's highest cricket ground is in Chail, Himachal Pradesh. Built in 1893 after levelling a hilltop, this cricket pitch is 2444 meters above sea level.India has the most post offices in the world !The largest employer in the world is the Indian railway system, employing over a million people !.

The World's first university was established in Takshila in 700 BC. More than 10,500 students from all over the world studied more than 60 subjects. The University of Nalanda built in the 4th century was one of the greatest achievements of ancient India in the field of education.

Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to mankind. The father of medicine, Charaka, consolidated Ayurveda 2500 years ago. Although modern images & descriptions of India often show poverty, India was one of the richest countries till the time of British in the early 17th Century.

The art of Navigation & Navigating was born in the river Sindh 6000 over years ago. The very word 'Navigation' is derived from the Sanskrit word NAVGATIH. The word navy is also derived from the Sanskrit word 'Nou'. Aryabattha rightly calculated the time taken by the earth to orbit the sun hundreds of years before the astronomer Smart. His calculations was - Time taken by earth to orbit the sun: ( 5th century ) 365.258756484 days. The value of "pi" was first calculated by the Indian Mathematician.

Budhayana, and he explained the concept of what is known as the Pythagorean Theorem. He discovered this in the 6th century, which was long before the European mathematicians. Algebra, trigonometry and calculus also orignated from India. Quadratic equations were used by Sridharacharya in the 11th century. The largest numbers the Greeks and the Romans used were 106 whereas Hindus used numbers as big as 10*53 ( i.e 10 to the power of 53 ) with specific names as early as 5000 B.C. during the Vedic period.

Even today, the largest used number is Tera: 10*12( 10 to the power of 12 ). Until 1896, India was the only source for diamonds to the world. ( Source . Gemological Institute of America ).

Sushruta is regarded as the father of surgery. Over 2600 years ago Sushrata & his team conducted complicated surgeries like cataract, artificial limbs, cesareans, fractures, urinary stones and also plastic surgery and brain surgeries. Usage of anesthesia was well known in ancient India medicine. Detailed knowledge of anatomy, embryology, digestion, metabolism, physiology, etiology, genetics and immunity is also found in many ancient Indian texts. Did you know ?

India also celebrates the birthday of Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, former President and Vice-President and great statesman, as "Teachers' Day". Born on September 5, 1888, at Tiruttani, 40 miles to the north-east of Madras, Radhakrishnan grew to become the most famous Indian teacher and philosopher of all times. In his honour, this day is celebrated as Teacher's Day. He was also the Vice-President of India from 1952-1962. He held the office of the Chancellor, University of Delhi, before taking over as the President of India in May 1962.

"What makes a nation, is the past, what justifies one nation against others is the past", says the noted historian Eric Hobsbawm.Hence, when talking of a nation, it becomes very imperative that the past should also be talked about. And the past of India is as fascinating and interesting as it is momentous.

The Jews

There are 15 million Jews in the world at present of whom 7 million in United States, 5 million in Asia, two million in Europe and 1 million in rest of he world.

They had country of their own for centuries. Many countries they migrated denied them the ownership of land. They did not indulge them selves with agriculture. As they are migratory people the one thing they can carry with them was knowledge. With this policy they eradicated illiteracy centuries ago.

This community have a practice by which when a child is born and attain an age of three, parents will write in Hebrew on material meaning "studying is sweet" and let the child lick that material. They believe, by doing so interest is created for the child to read and learn.

Of the 765 nobel prizes given away todate 176 (23 %)went to Jews community an achievement cannot be contested by any other communities.

Below are some of the famous contributors from this community.

Albert Einstein - Physics
Sigmon fruied - Psychology
Karl Marx - Economic Philosophy
Milton Fruiedman - Economy
Benjamin Rubin - Innoculation
Jonas Chalk - Polio
Kecrude Allion - Medicine
Faruk Pilamberk - Medicine
Paul Arilick - Medicine
Ally mednikoi - Medicine
Bernard Charles - Medicine
Arane Back - Medicine
Gericgeric Bincase - Medicine(Birth Control)
George Watts - Medicine (Eye)
Stanley Cohen - Medicine (Birth Control)
William Cope - Medicine (Kidney)

George Soros - Economy (currency trading)
Walter Annanbege - Philantropist

Stanley Mesor - Micro processor
Leo Sillent - Nuclear science
Peter Scheltz - Fibre Optics
Charles Aller - Road Lights
Ishaddore Kishy - Sound Film
Emlie Berliner - Micro phone
Charles Inspeck - Vedio Recorder

Ralph Lawrence - Polo brand attire
Levis Sirus - Levis jeans

Avert Charles - Starbuck

Serky Berrin - Google
Micheal Dell - Dell Computer

Larry Ellison - Oracle
Berkin Robin - Ice cream

Henry Kissinger - Politics
Joseph Liberman - Politics
Medellin Albright - Politics
Geiber Weinberger - Politics.

Other communities too can be successful as success is the common property of all people who work hard with right attitude.