2. Some Facts On India’s Success
• There are 3.22 Million Indians in
America. 38% of Doctors in America are
Indians. 12% of Scientists in America are
Indians. 36% of NASA employees are
Indians. 34% of MICROSOFT employees
are Indians. 28% of IBM employees are
Indians. 17% of INTEL employees are
Indians. 13% of XEROX employees are
Indians. You may know some of these facts.
These facts were recently published in a
German Magazine, which deals with
WORLD HISTORY FACTS ABOUT
INDIA.
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4. SOME TECNOLOGICAL FACTS
ABOUT INDIA
India is the 2nd largest tractor
manufacturer (TAFE) in the world.
India is the fourth largest car market in
Asia.
India has the second largest pool of
scientists and engineers in the world.
India has the largest movie industry in the
world, terms of ticket sales and number of
films produced.
5. FAMOUS SCIENTIST OF INDIA
DR.APJ ABDUL KALAM C.V RAMAN
Apart from being a notable scientist C.V RAMAN WAS A SCIENTIST IN
and engineer, Dr APJ Abdul Kalam PHIYSICS, WHO WON NOBLE PRIZE
served as the 11th President of IN 1930.
India from the period 2002 to 2007.
6. Famous Mathematicians
Of Ancient Times
Aryabhatta invented zero. Bhaskaracharya calculated
The place value system, the the time taken by the earth
decimal system was to orbit the sun hundreds
developed in India in 100 BC. of years before the
astronomers
7. THE PENINSULA REGION
OF THE SOUTH
South India or the southern
peninsular region is surrounded
by mountains. In the north lie the
Vindhya and the other mountain
ranges that separate the Deccan
from the northern plains.
8. Taj Mahal
• The majestic Taj Mahal is one of the
seven wonders of the world.
9. DELHI
• Delhi is the capital of India. Delhi
emerged as a major political, cultural
and commercial city along the trade
routes between northwest India and
the Genetic plain. Delhi’s official name
is National Capital Territory of Delhi
(NCT), is the largest metropolis by area
and the second-largest metropolis by
population in India.
11. Universities
• 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.
12. Ayurveda
• Ayurveda is the earliest school of
medicine
known to humans.
Charaka, the father of medicine
consolidated Ayurveda
2500 years ago. Today
Ayurveda is fast
regaining its rightful place
in our civilization.
13. Dams
• The earliest reservoir and dam for
irrigation was built in Saurashtra.
14. C HE S S
• Chess (Shataranja or
AshtaPada) was invented in
India.
15. Doctors
• Sushruta is the father of surgery. 2600 years ago
he and health scientists of his time conducted
complicated surgeries like cesareans, cataract,
artificial limbs, fractures, urinary stones and even
plastic surgery and brain surgery. Usage of
anesthesia was well known in ancient India. Over
125 surgical equipment were used. Deep
knowledge of anatomy, etiology, embryology,
digestion, metabolism, genetics and immunity is
also found in many texts.
17. INDIA’S CLIMATE
The climate of India defies easy
generalization, comprising a wide
range of weather conditions
across a large geographic scale
and varied topography.
18. MOUNTAINS
• India has some of the highest and lofty
mountain ranges in the world. These
mountain ranges offer some of the most
spectacular landscapes and habitats in the
world. The varied altitudes and ranges
presents varied floras from tropical and sub
tropical forests of the Himalayan foothills,
the temperate types of the higher lands, to
the high altitude deserts of Kashmir and
Himachal Pradesh.
19. HIMALAYS
• The Great Himalayan Mountain
Ranges : This is one of the most
desirable place for trekkers and
mountaineers. The regions
encompasses the various Himalayan
ranges whcih extends along the India's
northern and north eastern border in a
2410 km curve. Himalayas are the
tallest mountain system in the world.
20. RIVERS
The Indian River system is classified as
Himalayan, peninsular, coastal, and
inland-drainage basin rivers.
The largest river basin of India is the
Ganga basin, which receives water from
Himalayas in the north and the Vindhyas
in the South. The Ganga, the Yamuna, the
Ghagra, Gandak and Kosi are the main
constituents of this basin.
21. THAR DESERT
The Thar Desert, is a large, arid region in the
northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent.
With an area of more than
200,000 km2 (77,000 sq mi), it is the world's 9th
largest subtropical desert.
It lies mostly in the India state of Rajasthan, and
extends into the southern portion
of Haryana and Punjab states and into
northern Gujarat state. In Pakistan, the desert
covers eastern Sindh province and the
southeastern portion of
Pakistan's Punjab province.
22. Quotes About India
• Albert Einstein said: We owe a lot to the
Indians, who taught us how to count, without
which no worthwhile scientific discovery could
have been made.
• Mark Twain said: 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. Our most valuable and
most structure materials in the history of
man are treasured up in India only.
23. • 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 ever shining
and Inspiring country setting a bright path
for rest of the world to follow.
24. THANK YOU FOR WATCHING
THE PRESENTATION By veer
singh
