Orissa Review * August - 2005
I AM AN INDIAN
Abhilash Mohanty
We Indians have a tendency to under rate
ourselves. We love to interact with foreigners by
telling them how wretched we are. A patriotic
Indian should not behave in the manner that will
under rate our country and country men. If we
think we are inferior we will always be treated as
inferior. The culture of being proud of needs to
be codified strengthened and transmitted within
and across the Indian borders. There are
established Facts Sheet to make every Indian
proud of. One should know and read.
BOLD HISTORICAL FACTS ABOUT
INDIA
1.
India invented the number system. Arya
Bhatta invented zero .
2.
India never invaded any country in her long
years of history.
3.
The world s first University was established
in Taksashila in 700 BC.
4.
Students from all over the world purused
their study in more than 60 subjects at
Taksashila.
5.
The University of Nalanda built in 4th
century BC was one of the greatest
achievements of ancient India in the field
of education.
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7.
India was once the richest empire on earth.
Western media potrarys moder images of
India as poverty-stricken and underdeveloped. The journey is from rich to
poverty.
Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine
known to human community, which
developed in India.
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8.
Sanskrit is the most suitable language for
computer software. Its origin is in India.
9.
The decimal system was developed in India
in 100 BC.
10.
Chess (Chaturanga) was invented in India.
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11.
Susruta is the father of Surgery. 2600 years
ago he and his team conducted surgery like
catract, fractures and urinary stone.
12.
Algebra, Trigonometric and Calculators
were visible in 11th century. The pioneer
being an Indian, Sridhara Acharya.
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14.
India is the cradle of human race the birth place
of human speech, the mother of history, the grand
mother of legend and the great grand mother of
tradition .
- MARK TWAIN
India conquered and dominated China culturally
for 20 century without ever having to send a single
soldier across his border.
The largest number Greek and Romans
used were 106 where as Indians use
numbers as many as 1053.
- HU-SHIH
(Former Chinees Ambassador, USA)
Until 1896 India was the only source of
diamonds in the world.
15.
The earliest reservoir and the dam for
irrigation was built in Saurashtra around
2000 B.C.
16.
The Indians have the credit to establish
Mahenjodaro and Harappan culture when
many cultures in the world were nomadic
and forest dwellers over 4500 years ago.
17.
The art of navigation was born in river
Sindhu 4500 years ago. The word
Navigation is derived from the Sanskrit
ward Navagathi.
The facts quoted about the great India is
just the tip of the iceberg. The list could endless
volumes. Let every one get the glimpses of our
great India. In India that we see today establishes
the fact that we have failed to exploit our potency.
We can once again revive our ever shining,
inspiring flames setting a new horizon and a path
for the rest of the world to follow. Let us think
original and work concrete towards the upliftment
of India. Young Indian have a right to make a
beginning right now and say in pride that, I am
an Indian.
QUOTES ABOUT INDIA
(A collection from different sources)
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.
- ROMAIN ROLAND
(French Scholar)
We owe a lot to the Indian, who taught us how
to count, without which no worthwhile scientific
discovery could have been made .
Shri Abhilash Mohanty is now studying in Class-XI,
DAV Public School, Unit-VIII, Bhubaneswar
- ALBERT EINSTHEIN
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