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0.)India is the largest English speaking nation in the world
1.)India has the second largest pool of Scientists and Engineers in the World
2.)The decimal system was developed in India in 100 BC
3.)Sushruta who lived in 600 BC is the father of surgery
4.)Chess (Shataranja or AshtaPada) was invented in India
5.)The earliest reservoir and dam for irrigation was built in Saurashtra
6.)Algebra, trigonometry and calculus came from India
7.)The value of pi was first calculated by Budhayana in the 6th century
8.)The word navy is also derived from Sanskrit 'Nou'
9.)The art of Navigation was born in the river Sindhu 6000 years ago
10.)India was the richest country on earth until the time of British
11.)Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to humans
12.)Sanskrit is the mother of all the European languages
13.)The World's first university was established in Takshashila in 700 BC
14.)Zero was invented by Aryabhatta
15.)India invented the Number System
16.)Varanasi is the oldest, continuously inhabited city in the world today
17.)India is the world's largest democracy
18.)India never invaded any country in her last 10000 years of history
19.)India is the world's largest, oldest, continuous civilization
0.) Hardly passing the Philippines, its a second language meaning it can still eb as shitty as yours. not even 10% use it as a first language.
1.)Provide a source for this as i can't find one.
2.) Almost all nations made one around the same time either before or after. When speaking of the past it is hard to tell who or when it exactly happens so we make guesses.
3.) Father as in the person who expanded it. he did not invent. He wrote about and spread word while teaching on the banks. Surgery dates back since man started using tools to treat minor wounds.
4.) True
5.)Nope this is false the romans made the first reservoir and beavers built the first dams if you want ot be technical.
6.)"The roots of algebra can be traced to the ancient Babylonians,[5] who developed an advanced arithmetical system with which they were able to do calculations in an algorithmic fashion. The Babylonians developed formulas to calculate solutions for problems typically solved today by using linear equations, quadratic equations, and indeterminate linear equations."
7.)False the first person to calculate pi was Archimedes. around 250 B.C, using the formula A = pi r^2.
8.)I don't even know if this is worth researching its a fucking word.
9.)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_navigation
10.)Yes, but now its the poorest.
11.)Yup, so true.
12.) Yup ill just trust you on this one.
13.) Yes.
14.)Only if the mayans lived in india. but they still arn't technically indians.
15.)The modern number system, but there were ones before it. They improved it.
16.)no one could give to shits.
17.)They also are not a free democracy they are censored ect.
18.) Who cares there are other peaceful nations.
19.) They have stayed the same. They have not had any revolutions ect so its what ever.

Thats all i care about.