AN AMERICAN VISITED INDIA AND WENT BACK TO AMERICA WHERE HE MET HIS INDIAN FRIEND WHO ASKED HIM-HOW DID U FIND MY COUNTRY,,THE AMERICAN SAID IT IS A GREAT COUNTRY WITH SOLID ANCIENT HISTORY AND IMMENSELY RICH WITH NATURAL RESOURCES.
THE INDIAN FRIEND THEN ASKED_HOW DID U FIND INDIANS..??
_INDIANS_?? WHO _INDIANS..?? I DiNT FIND OR MET A SINGLE INDIAN THERE IN INDIA,,WHAT NONSENSE,,?? WHO ELSE COULD U MET IN INDIA THEN,?? THE AMERICAN SAID IN KASHMIR I MET A KASHMIRI,IN PUNJAB A PANJABI,IN BIHAR,MAHARASTRA, RAJASTHAN,BENGAL,TAMILNADU,KERALA BIHARI-MARATHI, MARWADI,BENGALI,TAMILIAN,MALAYALI,THEN I MET A MUSLIM,A HINDU_A CHRISTIAN A JAIN,A BUDDHIST
AND MANY MANY MANY MORE BUT NOT A SINGLE__INDIAN__DID I MEET...THINK HOW SERIOUS THIS JOKE IS THE DAY WOULD NOT B FAR OFF WHEN INDEED WE WOULD BECOME A COLLECTION OF NATION STATES AS SOME REGIONAL ANTI-NATIONAL POLITICIANS WANT...
FIGHT BACK-ALWAYS SAY I AM_INDIAN_-JAY HIND Wen Ever u Meet anyBody U MUST SAY IM PROUD 2B INDIAN....

We shud be proud to be an indian

i am proud to be an indian.

i m an indian n i proud to be an indian..

i proud to be an indian girl

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India never invaded any
country in her last 100000
years of history.
When many cultures were
only nomadic forest
dwellers over 5000 years
ago, Indians established
Harappan culture in Sindhu
Valley (Indus Valley
Civilization)
The name 'India ' is derived
from the River Indus, the
valleys around which were
the home of the early
settlers. The Aryan
worshippers referred to
the river Indus as the
Sindhu.
The Persian invaders
converted it into Hindu.
The name 'Hindustan'
combines Sindhu and
Hindu and thus refers to
the land of the Hindus.
Chess was invented in
India.
Algebra, Trigonometry and
Calculus are studies, which
originated in India.
The 'Place Value System'
and the 'Decimal System'
were developed in India in
100 B.C .
The World's First Granite
Temple is the
Brihadeswara Temple at
Tanjavur, Tamil Nadu. The
shikhara of the temple is
made from a single 80-
tonne piece of granite. This
magnificent temple was
built in just five years,
(between 1004 AD and
1009 AD) during the reign
of Rajaraja Chola.
India is the largest
democracy in the world,
the 7th largest Country in
the world, and one of the
most ancient civilizations.
The game of Snakes &
Ladders was created by
the 13th century poet saint
Gyandev. It was originally
called 'Mokshapat'. The
ladders in the game
represented virtues and
the snakes indicated vices.
The game was played with
cowrie shells and dices. In
time, the game underwent
several modifications, but
its meaning remained the
same, i.e. good deeds take
people to heaven and evil
to a cycle of re-births.
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.
India has the largest
number of Post Offices in
the world.
The largest employer in
India is the Indian
Railways, employing over a
million people .
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.
Ayurveda is the earliest
school of medicine known
to mankind. The Father of
Medicine, Charaka,
consolidated Ayurveda
2500 years ago.
India was one of the
richest countries till the
time of British rule in the
early 17th Century.
Christopher Columbus,
attracted by India 's
wealth, had come looking
for a sea route to India
when he discovered
America by mistake.
The Art of Navigation &
Navigating was born in the
river Sindh over 6000 years
ago. The very word
Navigation is derived from
the Sanskrit word
'NAVGATIH'. The word
navy is also derived from
the Sanskrit word 'Nou'.
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).
Until 1896, India was the
only source of diamonds
in the world
(Source: Gemological
Institute of America).
The 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.
Sushruta 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.
India exports software to
90 countries.
The four religions born in
India - Hinduism,
Buddhism, Jainism, and
Sikhism, are followed by
25% of the world's
population.
Jainism and Buddhism
were founded in India in
600 B.C . and 500 B.C .
respectively.
Islam is India's and the
world's second largest
religion.
There are 300, 000 active
mosques in India, more
than in any other country,
including the Muslim
world.
The oldest European
church and synagogue in
India are in the city of
Cochin. They were built in
1503 and 1568
respectively.
Jews and Christians have
lived continuously in India
since 200 B.C . and 52 A.D .
respectively
The largest religious
building in the world is
Angkor Wat, a Hindu
Temple in Cambodia built
at the end of the 11th
century.
The Vishnu Temple in the
city of Tirupathi built in the
10th century, is the world's
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.
Varanasi, also known as
Benaras, was called the
Ancient City when Lord
Buddha visited it in 500
B.C. , and is the oldest,
continuously inhabited city
in the world today.
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.

VANDEMATARAM......JAY SHRI KRISHNA.....JAY HIND.....