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Q. Who is the co-founder of Sun Microsystems? 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 Azim Premji, who is
the CEO of Wipro Industries. The Sultan of Brunei is at 6th 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. The nationality of all of these people is the same - INDIAN 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. You may know some
of the following facts. 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. Aryabhatta invented ‘zero.’ 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 4th 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 6th Century, which is long before the
European mathematicians. 9.
Algebra, trigonometry and calculus came from Inida. Quadratic equations
were by Sridharacharya in the 11th Century; the largest numbers the
Greeks and the Romans used were 106 whereas Indians used numbers as
big as 1053. 10.
According to the Gemological 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. 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 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. Frech 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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