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.
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 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.
-By 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.
-By 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.
-By French scholar Romain Rolland.
India conquered and dominated China culturally for 20 centuries without ever having to send a single soldier across her border.
-By 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 evershining 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.
It is common to hear people saying, "it all happens because of bad luck!" or "why i am so unlucky?" or "why GOD is doing all this to me!". Have you ever thought about that "who or what makes your luck good or bad" or "who decides your destiny". The answer is very simple. It's you or your deeds which decides your luck that it is going to be good or bad. I can tell you one real story in this context. I forgot the real names of the persons in the story. So, let's take their names as Ram & Sham.
A long time ago, in a village there lived two friends Ram & Sham. Ram was very kind & loyal person & used to help others in need & he was poor & living a tough life. On the other side, sham was very cunning & selfish & he was rich & living life with ease. Once Sham found a vessel of gold coins in the forest. When Ram came to know this, he got upset. He started thinking that why it is so because he was very good person & living a tough life & Sham was a bad guy but he was living a very good life. He was passing through the forest at that time & he was so upset & roaming in his thoughts that he could not see a pit in his way & fell down in the pit & got some serious injuries & due to that, he laid down on the bed for two months. This incident frustrated him further. He was totally restless. One day he came to know that a saint had visited their village. So, he decided to meet him. When he met with the saint & told him the whole story. The saint observed him closely & moved through his previous lives(reborn theory) & Sham's previous lives. After that he smiled & said,"According to Sham's previous lives, he should have been the king of this place but his present life's deeds changed his luck & his reward reduced to a vessel of gold coins. & you, according to your previous lives, you should have been executed by now but your present life's deeds saved you from the capital punishment & reduced your punishment to some injuries only." Saint's words satisfied him & gave peace to his mind.
This concludes that "It's only & only you which makes your luck good or bad". So, Be good & do good. Because whatever you do, you will be paid for that. & don't blame anybody for your bad luck.
