- Dewanshu Pande
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India is a land of diversities. From a highly distinct topography and terrain to varied cultures, cuisines, languages and lifestyles, vividity reflects in every aspect of this nation. We are no less to any other world superpower in terms of Research and Development in the fields of Science, Technology and Medical Studies and have from time to time proved our mettle in both the "Battle-Field" and the Field of Sports. Though the list of what India as a nation has achieved over the years is endless, here is a list of 10 things that makes every Indian proud.
Moreover, "Cataract surgery" was known to the Indian physician Sushruta. Philosophers and scientists from as far as Greece and Mesopotamia, traveled to India where these surgeries were performed by physicians. In addition, the removal of cataract by surgery was also introduced into China from India.
India can also boost of its knowledge in the domains of Plastic surgery, which was being carried out in India by 2000 BC. Once again the surgeon Sushruta contributed mainly to the field of plastic and cataract surgery.Also the Indian (Bengali) medical practitioner Upendranath Brahmachari was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
MEDICINE
India has a long and rich tradition of Medicinal Research and development. Some of the noted developments in Indian Medical history includes the evolution of Ayurveda during the Iron Age and Siddha medicine. Ayurveda is still practiced today as a form of complementary and alternative medicine. It means "knowledge for longevity". |
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Moreover, "Cataract surgery" was known to the Indian physician Sushruta. Philosophers and scientists from as far as Greece and Mesopotamia, traveled to India where these surgeries were performed by physicians. In addition, the removal of cataract by surgery was also introduced into China from India.
India can also boost of its knowledge in the domains of Plastic surgery, which was being carried out in India by 2000 BC. Once again the surgeon Sushruta contributed mainly to the field of plastic and cataract surgery.Also the Indian (Bengali) medical practitioner Upendranath Brahmachari was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
[reference - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Indian_inventions_and_discoveries#Medicine]
ARMY AND DEFENCE
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India boasts proudly to be one of the largest army in the world, close behind the ranks of USA, Russia and China. India’s ranking is largely due to its large labor force and large number of service members. It also has a large fleet of aircraft and tanks as wells as a highly respectable navy. It's elite force of Paramilitary Commandos is one the most lethal elite forces in the world. Interestingly, India’s Border Force is the only modern military force that maintains a camel-mounted regiment.
MANAGEMENT GURUS
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From Satya Nadella [Microsoft] to Sundar Pichai [Google] India has given the world some of the most eminent corporate leaders and global CEO's. To name a few are - Indra Nooyi [PepsiCo], Ajay Banga [Mastercard], Shantanu Narayan [Adobe], Sanjay Mehrotra [SanDisk], Rakesh Kapoor [Reckitt Benckiser] and Ivan Menezes [Diageo].
India has an array of achievements in the field of sports. Be it the national game Hockey, Cricket, Air Rifle Shooting, Badminton or Tennis, India has produced some of the finest players of all times. To name a few are Sir Sachin Ramesh Tendulakr, Major Dhyanchand, Dhanraj Pillai, Sunil Chetri, Baichung Bhutia, Abhinav Bindra, Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, Rahul Dravid, Saurav Ganguly, Saina Nehwal, Sania Mirza, Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupati.
India's List of a few notable Achievements in Sports include -
Cricket
Current ranking 2 as on (11 June 2015)
SPORTS
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India's List of a few notable Achievements in Sports include -
Cricket
- World Cup Winners 1983
- World Cup Winners 2011
- T20 World Cup Winners 2007
- Gold - National team - Netherlands 1928 Amsterdam
- Gold - National team - United States 1932 Los Angeles
- Gold - National team - Nazi Germany 1936
- Gold - National team - United Kingdom 1948
- Gold - National team - Finland 1952 Helsinki
- Gold - National team - Australia 1956 Melbourne
- Gold - National team - Japan 1964 Tokyo
- Gold - National team - Soviet Union 1980 Moscow
- World Cup Winners 1975 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Leander Paes 16 Grand Slam trophies
- Mahesh Bhupati 12 [Doubles and Mixed Doubles] Titles
- Sania Mirza - currently ranked world No. 1 in women's doubles
- Sania Nehwal - Career title(s) 16 (Super Series and Grand Prix)
Current ranking 2 as on (11 June 2015)
LARGEST DEMOCRACY
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India is the world's largest democracy with a voter count of nearly 1.2 billion people. Did You Know that India’s first general election was carried out in 1951. The voter turnout was 45.7%. 2014 elections in India had a total of 814.5 million eligible voters and a turnout of 66.38% totaling over 540 million voters.
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Something for the movie lovers to be proud about. Fatima Begum was the first female director in 1926 when she directed the film, Bulbul-e-Paristan. Moreover, India is also home to the most number of movies made, with almost 1100 each year, far ahead of its western counterpart Hollywood and a little ahead of the Nigerian Film Industry - Nollywood.
A LAND OF RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY
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It is the birthplace of the 3rd (Hinduism), 4th (Buddhism), 7th (Jaininsm) and 10th (Sikhism) largest religions of the world. Besides that it is the largest Zorastrian and Bahaii country, 2nd largest Muslim country in the world, 4th largest Christian country in Asia. It is also probably the only place in the world where Jews never faced a historical persecution.
OLDEST HUMAN CIVILIZATION
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India is land to one of the oldest and largest civilizations that flourished approximately 5000 BC to 1500 BC. The Indus Valley Civilization was an ancient civilization located in what is Pakistan and northwest India today, on the fertile flood plain of the Indus River and its vicinity. It has been the home to religious practices approximately 5500 BCE as well as to farming settlements began around 4000 BCE and around 3000 BCE there appeared the first signs of urbanization. By 2600 BCE, dozens of towns and cities had been established, and between 2500 and 2000 BCE the Indus Valley Civilization was at its peak.
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THE ACADEMY NOBEL
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India has set its mark on some of the grandest stages in the world. We have produced, over the years Nobel and Academy Award winners, excelling in their field of work. As of 2013, fourteen Indians have been nominated for a total of twenty Oscars, five Indians of whom have won a total of six Oscars. Three Indian films have been nominated in the Best Foreign Language Film category. Satyajit Ray is the only Indian who has received an Honorary Academy Award, and A.R.Rahman is the only Indian who has won more than one Academy Award.
If we look at the Nobel Prize recepients over the years India has a tally of nine winners, in varied fields of Literature, Physiology or Medicine, Physics, Chemistry and Economic Sciences. India has also won the Nobel Prize for peace twice in the years 1979 and year 2014.
- Kailash Satyarthi, Peace, 2014
- Venkatraman Ramakrishnan*, Chemistry, 2009
- Amartya Sen, Economic Sciences, 1998
- Tenzin Gyatso, born in China, Peace, 1989
- Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar*, Physics, 1983
- Mother Teresa, Peace, 1979
- Hargobind Khorana*, Physiology or Medicine, 1968
- C.V. Raman, Physics, 1930
- Rabindranath Tagore, Literature, 1913
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LINGUISTIC DIVERSITY
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According to Census of India of 2001, India has 122 major languages and 1599 other languages. The 2001 Census recorded 30 languages which were spoken by more than a million native speakers and 122 which were spoken by more than 10,000 people. The official languages of the Union Government of the Republic of India are Hindi in the Devanagari script and English.
The Eighth Schedule of the Indian Constitution lists 22 languages, which have been referred to as scheduled languages and given recognition, status and official encouragement. In addition, the Government of India has awarded the distinction of classical language to Tamil, Sanskrit, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Odia.
These are not our words. These are the words of the great Mark Twain. And the above mentioned 10 Indians facts support this statement completely.
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"India is, the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend, and the great grandmother of tradition. Our most valuable and most instructive materials in the history of man are treasured up in India only."
These are not our words. These are the words of the great Mark Twain. And the above mentioned 10 Indians facts support this statement completely.
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