Post date: 27-Jan-2012 11:04:56
Republic Day of India commemorates the date on which the constitution of India came into force and India became a truly sovereign state.
To mark the importance of this occasion let’s contemplate some of the remarkable facts about India which make us proud to be Indians:
India invented the Number System. The number Zero was invented by an Indian Aryabhatta. Moreover, the most important studies of Mathematics like calculus, trigonometry and algebra were originated in India.
The World's first university was established in India (Taxila) in 700BC. More than 10,500 students from all over the world studied more than 60 subjects.
Ayurveda, the Indian traditional medicine system is the earliest school of medicine known to humans. Charaka, the father of medicine consolidated Ayurveda 2500 years ago.
According to the Gemological Institute of America, up until 1896 India was the only place in the world where Diamonds could be found
The famous board game chess was invented in India.
The second largest employer in the world is Indian Railways which employs over a million people. Indian Railways is the largest railway network in the world under single management
India has the third-largest army in the world, nearly 1.5 million strong.
India is the largest democracy in the world, with nearly 400m voting in the last national elections
India has the second largest pool of Scientists and Engineers in the World. 38% of US doctors and 36% of NASA scientists are Indians
40% Silicon Valley start ups are run by Indians
Of the Fortune 500 companies, 220 outsource their software-related work to India.
With over 20 million shareholders India has the third-largest investor base in the world.
There are 3.22 million Indians in the US. Indians are the richest immigrant class in the US, with nearly 200,000 millionaires.
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 grandmother of tradition - Mark Twain.