Positive India: Cont . . . *Bhaskaracharya rightly calculated the time taken by the earth to orbit the Sun hundreds of years before the astronomer Smart. According to his calculation, the time taken by the Earth to orbit the Sun was 365.258756484 days. * The value of pi was first calculated by the Indian Mathematician Budhayana, and he explained the concept of what is known as the Pythagorean Theorem. He discovered this in the 6th century, long before the European mathematicians. *Algebra, Trigonometry and Calculus also originated in India.Quadratic Equations were used by Sridharacharya in the 11th century. The largest numbers the Greeks and the Romans used were 106 whereas Hindus used numbers as big as 10*53 (i.e. 10 to the power of 53) with specific names as early as 5000 B.C.during the Vedic period.Even today, the largest used number is Terra: 10*12(10 to the power of 12). * The Vishnu Temple in the city of Tirupathi built in the 10th century, is the worlds largest religious pilgrimage destination. Larger than either Rome or Mecca, an average of 30,000 visitors donate $6 million (US) to the temple everyday. *Sikhism originated in the Holy city of Amritsar in Punjab. Famous for housing the Golden Temple, the city was founded in 1577. *India provides safety for more than 300,000 refugees originally from Sri Lanka, Tibet, Bhutan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh, who escaped to flee religious and political persecution. *His Holiness, the Dalai Lama, the exiled spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhists, runs his government in exile from Dharmashala in northern India. *Martial Arts were first created in India, and later spread to Asia by Buddhist missionaries. *Yoga has its origins in India and has existed for over 5,000 years. * India is a bigger movie market than America and Canada combined, India sold 3.2 billion tickets last year * Over 200 million people have been brought out of illiteracy. Indias literacy rate rises to 73 per cent as population growth dips and student enrollment for ages 6-14 goes up to 98%. * Pradhan Mantri Gramin Sadak Yojna (Prime Ministers Rural Roadways Plan) has worked wonders. This plan was integrated with MG-NAREGA and has greatly benefited village economy. Not merely that but also, the roads thus created in Maoist belts have greatly restricted Maoist insurgency. *From Aryabhatta to Mars mission, everything that ISRO does brings laurels to the country. Each of its missions make us proud... Proud to be a Indian.. Happy Republic day
Posted on: Sun, 25 Jan 2015 18:31:00 +0000
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