What World Thinks About Us
But Who Really We Are
"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. Our most valuable and most instructive materials in the history of man are treasured up in India only." - Mark Twain.
1. India is the 7th largest country in the world, with a population of 1.252 billion people.
2. India is one of six countries that launches satellites and also launches satellites for other countries too.
"India's mission to Mars cost less than the movie Gravity."
3. Indian Army ranks number 4 in Worlds Most Powerful Militaries.
"After leaving school, Man vs. Wild fame Bear Grylls considered joining the Indian Army"
4. India is one of the largest exporter of computer software products. India has the second largest community of software developers, after US.
5. India has world's largest youth population according to UN reports and it also sends more students to US than any other country. It has the second largest pool of Scientists and Engineers in the world.
"Vinod Dham (The Father of Pentium Chip) invented the Pentium Chip. Ajay V Bhatt is the man behind USB. Shiva Ayyadurai invented Email."
6. 30% of the R&D researchers in American pharmaceutical companies are Indian Americans.
7. Indian CEOs leading major world companies: Sundar Pichai - (CEO, Google), Satya Nadella - (CEO, Microsoft), Indra Nooyi - (CEO, Pepsico), Shantanu Narayen - (CEO, Adobe Systems).
8. 70% of world's all spices comes from India.
9. India used sugar before any other country.
10. There were no plastic bags in India before 1985.
11. India happened to be the only source of diamonds in the world till 1896.
12. India is one of the richest countries on earth until the British invasion in the early 17th century. India never invaded any country in her last 10,000 years of history.
"India conquered and dominated china culturally for 20 centuries without ever having to send a single soldier across her border." - Hu Shih, former Ambassador of China.
13. Buttons were invented in India.
14. Yoga was originated in India about 5,000 years ago.
15. India managed to set up world's first university in 700 BC.
16. Chess (Chaturanga - "four members of an army") was invented in India.
17. The value of "Pi" was first calculated by Budhayana. Algerbra, Trigonometry and Calculus also came from India.
18. India invented the number system and Aryabhatta was the scientist who invented the digit zero.
"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.
19. The first recorded amount of plastic surgery is found in ancient Indian Sanskrit texts and most historians agreed it.
20. Tamil is the oldest language in the world, and it is the official language of India's Tamil Nadu state.
21. Sanskrit is the mother of all European language. Sanskrit is the most suitable language for computer software - Forbes Magazine.