Proud To Be An Indian

>PROUD INDIAN, PROUD TO BE AN INDIAN
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>Q. Who is the GM of Hewlett Packard (hp) ?
>A. Rajiv Gupta
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>Q. Who is the creator of Pentium chip (needs no introduction as 90% of the
>today's computers run on it)?
>A. Vinod Dahm
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>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.
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>Q. Who is the founder and creator of Hotmail (Hotmail is world's No.1 web
>based email program)?
>A. Sabeer Bhatia
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>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
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>Q. Who is the new MTD (Microsoft Testing Director) of Windows 2000,
>responsible to iron out all initial problems?
>A. Sanjay Tejwrika
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>Q. Who are the Chief Executives of CitiBank, Mckensey & Stanchart?
>A. Victor Menezes, Rajat Gupta, and Rana Talwar.
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>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.
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>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.
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>4. Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to humans.
>5. Although western media portray modern images of India as poverty striken
>and underdeveloped through political corruption, India was once the richest
>empire on earth.
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>6. The art of navigation was born in the river Sindh 5000 years ago.. The
>very word "Navigation" is derived from the Sanskrit word NAVGATIH.
>7. 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.
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>8. 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
>9. According to the Gemmological Institute of America , up until 1896,
>India was the only source of diamonds to the world.
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>10. 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.
>11. The earliest reservoir and dam for irrigation was built in Saurashtra
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>12. Chess was invented in India
>13. 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 .
>14. 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.
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>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.
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>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.
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>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.
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>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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>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 .
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>Say proudly, I AM AN INDIAN.
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>Please forward this email to all known INDIANS................
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>"To love is nothing,
>To be loved is everything
>To love and be loved is everything."
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