What do you know about india??

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lil_2kool4u

it is a very good place i lived there for 6 years. and nice religion, and... nice clothes too. go visit it osme time!!

Racoon85

I am an Indian......that is all i care.........

Guru

Say proudly, I AM AN INDIAN
That is INDIA!!!! & I am Proud to be an INDIAN

FACTS TO MAKE EVERY Indian PROUD

Q. Who is the GM of Hewlett Packard (hp) ?
A. Rajiv Gupta

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 6 th 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 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.

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 (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.

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; the largest numbers the Greeks and the Romans used were 106 whereas Indians used numbers as big as 10 53.

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 Civilisation).

16. The place value system, the decimal system was developed in 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.
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 .
French 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 )

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 .

Say proudly, I AM AN INDIAN

Henry Lucas

Don't go.

Its backward, filthy, overcrowded. Beggars and vagrants everywhere.

Women are like second-class citizens, and its considered OK to beat your wife.

Keertana

a lot.....a country that has suffered da most 4 independence!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India

Lissie

You're find a lot of information, links and videos here:
http://hubpages.com/_w59pj7fo31hh/hub/India-Travel--Information--Tips--Advice

M B

india is pennsular country, it has many culture toooooooooooo many to go no space

v j

A lot of things....be specific in vat do u wanna ask..Ur talking about a subcontinent with more than 5000 years of heritage and richest culture in world.

yoga822

I love the place & there is lot to know about India... though I am born there I still have loads to learn from & about India...

it depends on what you wanna know from me about India!

dorothy m

India (Hindi: BhÄrat; see also other names), officially the Republic of India is a sovereign country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world.

The name India is derived from Indus, which is derived from the Old Persian word Hindu, from Sanskrit Sindhu, the historic local appellation for the Indus River.

National symbols of India:

Flag - Tricolour
Emblem - Sarnath Lion Capital
Anthem -Jana Gana Mana
Song - VandÄ“ MÄtaram
Animal - Royal Bengal Tiger
Bird - Indian Peacock
Flower - Lotus
Tree - Banyan
Fruit - Mango
Sport Field - hockey (even though cricket is the most popular)
Calendar - Saka

States:

Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Chhattisgarh
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Orissa
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal

Union Territories:

Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Chandigarh
Dadra and Nagar Haveli
Daman and Diu
Lakshadweep
National Capital Territory of Delhi
Puducherry

Language Place(s)/Community
1. Assamese/Asomiya Assam
2. Bengali/Bangla Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Tripura, West Bengal,
3. Bodo Assam
4. Dogri Jammu and Kashmir
5. Gujarati Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat
6. Hindi Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, the national capital territory of Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
7. Kannada Karnataka
8. Kashmiri Jammu and Kashmir
9. Konkani Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra
10. Maithili Bihar
11. Malayalam Kerala, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep
12. Manipuri (also Meitei or Meithei) Manipur
13. Marathi Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, Maharashtra
14. Nepali Sikkim, West Bengal
15. Oriya Orissa
16. Punjabi Chandigarh, Delhi, Haryana, Punjab
17. Sanskrit Listed as a Classical Language of India.
18. Santhali Santhal tribals of the Chota Nagpur Plateau (comprising the states of Bihar, Chattisgarh, Jharkhand, Orissa)
19. Sindhi Sindhi community
20. Tamil Tamil Nadu, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Kerala, Puducherry . Listed as a Classical Language of India.
21. Telugu Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Andhra Pradesh
22. Urdu Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh

Hindi in the Devanagari script is the official language of the union and English the 'subsidiary official language'.

India is the world's fourth largest economy in purchasing power and the twelfth largest economy at market exchange rates.

It has high levels of poverty and illiteracy, persistent malnutrition, and environmental degradation. A pluralistic, multi-lingual, and multi-ethnic society, India is also home to a diversity of wildlife in a variety of protected habitats.

India is the largest democracy in the world.The Constitution defines India as a sovereign, socialist, secular, democratic republic.

The legislature of India is the bicameral Parliament, which consists of the upper house called the Rajya Sabha (Council of States) and the lower house called the Lok Sabha (House of People).

Independence from British colonial rule
- Declared 15 August 1947
- Republic 26 January 1950
Area
- Total 3,287,590â€¡ kmÂ² (7th)
1,269,346 sq mi
- Water (%) 9.56
Population
- 2007 estimate 1.12 billion[8] (2nd)
- 2001 census 1,027,015,248
- Density 329/kmÂ² (31st)
852/sq mi
Currency Indian Rupee (INR)
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
- Summer (DST) not observed (UTC+5:30)
Calling code +91

Indian dance too has diverse folk and classical forms. Among the well-known folk dances are the bhangra of the Punjab, the bihu of Assam, the chhau of Bihar and Orissa and the ghoomar of Rajasthan. Eight dance forms, many with narrative forms and mythological elements, have been accorded classical dance status by India's National Academy of Music, Dance, and Drama. These are: bharatanatyam of the state of Tamil Nadu, kathak of Uttar Pradesh, kathakali and mohiniattam of Kerala, kuchipudi of Andhra Pradesh, manipuri of Manipur, odissi of the state of Orissa, and sattriya of Assam.

Popular styles of dress include draped garments such as sari for women and dhoti or lungi for men;[111] in addition, stitched clothes such as shalwar kameez for women and kurta-pyjama for men.

The most popular holidays are Diwali, Holi, Onam, Vijayadashami, Bihu, Durga puja, the two Eids, Christmas, Ugadi, Buddha Jayanti and Vaisakhi.

Indian cuisine is characterized by a wide variety of regional styles and sophisticated use of herbs and spices. The staple foods in the region are rice (especially in the south and the east) and wheat (predominantly in the north).

The Indian film industry, which debuted in 1913 with director Dadasaheb Phalke's Raja Harishchandra, is today the world's largest; the Mumbai-based Bollywood's commercial Hindi film is its most recognisable face.

The Taj Mahal, Agra. Shah Jahan's 1648 memorial to wife Mumtaz Mahal, would, in 1983, be cited as "the jewel of Muslim art in India and one of the universally admired masterpieces of the world's heritage.ONE OF THE WONDERS OF THE WORLD.

rohingrewal

i know lot about india as i am indian. india has a vast history and lots of places to vist and worship. there are many relegions in india and many languages are spoken. each state has diffrent language and food with diffrent living style, dress and culture.

and theres lots more u can know about india login to

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India

and get further information from the links

sachin k

India is a great country with great culture and humanity in this whole world.Many great people are born in this country like gandhi,subhash,arryabhatt the great mathmatesion and india is the only country which give the only zero to the world than this world start counting.This is the only country with six wheather change.Some great emporer's are also live hear like shah jahan,sher shah suri etc.

Vivek M

Few things that come to mind: Beautiful natural landscapes and historical architecture, colourful, multicultural, bollywood, pollution, poverty, oppression of religious minorities.

Mr.G

BOLLYWOOD

boyklitz

Over Population...

High pollution...

Smart Workers

Corrupt Politician...

Beautiful women

Growing Economy

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