Located in South Asia below China and Pakistan, India has a population of 1.21 billion people. It's capital is New Delhi, and it's largest city is Mumbai. Their government is run by president Pratibha Patil.
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India have third largest Army in the world.
ReplyDeleteIndia have more then 1500 languages .
ReplyDeleteI love my country. my country is the best country in the world.
ReplyDelete"If there is one place on the face of earth where all the dreams of living men have found a home from the very earliest days when man began the dream of existence, it is India."
The very word culture started from the country India. When the people of today’s developed nations were wandering like nomadic, Indians built Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro, the first ever planned city of the world. India is the home to four major religions of the world. The first epic of the world was written in India. Sanskrit, according to a major group of linguistics is considered as the mother of all European languages. Indians learnt the art of living while in other parts of the world living meant eating and reproducing. In this articles we will focus upon three major aspects and superiority of this ten-thousand years old culture
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Tolerance is the most important aspect of Indian culture. Perhaps it is the only country under colonial rule that has not destroyed a single monument that indicates scars of colonialism. People came here in the form of invaders, plunderers and in the disguise of traders. They drained wealth from India. But, still Indian history represents Akbar, the grandson of Babur as the most benevolent ruler of the medieval India. It might be a country of Hindu majority, but India is declared officially as a secular nation. Religious harmony in India is exemplary for other countries.
Non violence
Buddha, for the first time in the world preached Non-violence as a part of life. Under Mahatma Gandhi’s leadership, India won freedom through non-violence. In the entire history of 10,000 years, India never invaded or acquired any other country. Rather, it taught the world the essence of peaceful co-existence.
Education
The first ever university of the world was established in India. More than 10,000 students from different countries came here to study near about 60 subjects. In the field of science, mathematics, geometry and literature, India played the role of torch bearer.
All the above points signify Indian culture’s superiority over other cultures. ......
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ReplyDeleteThe Indian economy is the world's tenth largest economy by nominal GDP and fourth largest economy by purchasing power parity. Following market-based economic reforms in 1991, India has become one of the fastest growing major economies, and is considered a newly industrialized country; however, it continues to face the challenges of poverty, illiteracy, corruption and inadequate public health. A nuclear weapons state and a regional power, it has the third-largest standing army in the world and ranks tenth in military expenditure among nations.
ReplyDeleteIndia is the world's largest, oldest, continuous civilization.
ReplyDeleteIndia never invaded any country in her last 10000 years of history.
India is the world's largest democracy
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.
ReplyDeleteMark 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 instructive materials in the history of man are treasured up in India only.
French scholar Romain Rolland said: If there is one place on the face of earth where all the dreams of living men have found a home from the very earliest days when man began the dream of existence, it is India.
Hu Shih, former Ambassador of China to USA said: India conquered and dominated China culturally for 20 centuries without ever having to send a single soldier across her border
India is one of the few countries in the World, which gained independence without violence.
ReplyDeleteIndia has the second largest pool of Scientists and Engineers in the World.
India is the largest English speaking nation in the world.
India is the only country other than US and Japan, to have built a super computer indigenously
Chess (Shataranja or AshtaPada) was invented in India.
ReplyDeleteSACHIN RAMESH TENDULKAR is from INDIA............................
ReplyDeleteIndia is the 6th largest country in the world, the largest democracy and one of the oldest civilization.
ReplyDeleteThe value of "pi" used in mathematics was first calculated by the Indian mathematician Budhayana in 6th century.
ReplyDeleteIndia is one of the largest exporter of computer software products. It exports softwares to over 90 countries.
ReplyDeleteIndia has the world's largest pilgrimage destination called the Vishnu Temple the city of Tirupati. About an average of 30,000 people visit this temple donating about $6 million US dollars, everyday.
The origination of Yoga was done 5,000 years ago in India.
India has the most number of mosques. It has 300,000 mosques which is much more than the Muslim world.
ReplyDeleteChristians and Jews have been living in India since 52 A.D. and 200 B.C. respectively.
The world's highest cricket ground is in Chail, Himachal Pradesh. Built in 1893 after leveling a hilltop, this cricket pitch is 2444 meters above sea level.
ReplyDeleteIndia has the largest number of Post Offices in the world.
The largest employer in India is the Indian Railways, employing over a million people.
Algebra, Trigonometry and Calculus are studies, which originated in India.
ReplyDeleteThe 'Place Value System' and the 'Decimal System' were developed in India in 100 B.C.
The world's first university was established in Takshila in 700 BC. More than 10,500 students from all over the world studied more than 60 subjects. The University of Nalanda built in the 4th century was one of the greatest achievements of ancient India in the field of education.
ReplyDeleteAyurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to mankind. The Father of Medicine, Charaka, consolidated Ayurveda 2500 years ago.
Until 1896, India was the only source of diamonds in the world
ReplyDeleteAlgebra, 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).
ReplyDeleteThe Baily Bridge is the highest bridge in the world. It is located in the Ladakh valley between the Dras and Suru rivers in the Himalayan mountains. It was built by the Indian Army in August 1982.
ReplyDeleteSushruta is regarded as the Father of Surgery. Over2600 years ago Sushrata & his team conducted complicated surgeries like cataract, artificial limbs, cesareans, fractures, urinary stones, plastic surgery and brain surgeries.
Usage of anaesthesia was well known in ancient Indian medicine. Detailed knowledge of anatomy, embryology, digestion, metabolism,physiology, etiology, genetics and immunity is also found in many ancient Indian texts.