Ancient India and its great people: India is famous for its rich heritage and culture. India produced so many great personalities in those days in Medicine, Space and Physics. 1. India is the 7th largest country in the world and it is the second in population after China. 2. The Portuguese introduced tobacco in India in the early period of 16th century. 3. Aryabhattu: This famous astronomer discovered in 499 AD about the structure and moving speed, etc. of the earth. But he did not make any propaganda of his discoveries. But the credit had gone to Copernicus, after 1000 years. 4. Takshasila: This is the first university in the world which was established in 700 BC. 60 subjects were studies in those days in that university. 5. Sri Bhaskaracharya: He wrote two books, viz “Siddhantasiromani” and” Bhuvanakosam”, 400 years before Sir Issac Newton proposed gravitation theories. 6. Charaka: The first surgeon of the world who conducted number of operations, including surgeries on the human skull, eyes and also did plastic surgery. 7. Vatsayana : He wrote the famous book namely , “Vatsyana kama sutralu” (rules on sex practices), on married life and sexual techniques. 8. Sanskrit: The oldest language in the world which was originated in India. 9. Yerrapragada Subbarao: The world famous doctor from Andhra Pradesh went to America and later on became the director of “Lederle drug manufacturing company”. He discovered the drugs like Subbamycin, DEC, Folic acid, Tetracycline etc. … [Read more...]
10 Interesting facts on countries, Hitler, Churchill
1. Brazil was discovered by-Pedro Alwarez Kabral while “Sandwich Islands were discovered by Captain Cook. Vasco-Da-Gama founded the sea route to India. He landed at a village called “Kappakadavu”, near Calicut, (Kerala state), situated on the western seacoast in South India, on, April 16, 1498. 2. Christopher Columbus founded the American continent (Caribbean Islands). But, USA was discovered by Amerigo Vestacchi,a navigator of Italy. 3. Religious sentiment: It is a crime either sneezing or coughing in a church in Nebraska State in America. 4. Nails of fingers of hands grow four times more speedily than the nails of toes. 5. Honey: It never gets spoiled so easily and remains tasteful for a pretty long time. The honey preserved in the vessels and which were kept along the Mummies (dead bodies of the ancient Egypt kings), remained afresh even today, as discovered by the archeologists. 6. Smeling salt: The actual chemical substance is-“Ammonium carbonate”. When a person becomes unconscious (without any serious head injuries), if this salt is kept near his nose, the patient become conscious (recovers). 7. Potatoes were first found in the dry lands of Peru country. 8. Favorite movie of Adolph Hitler–The King Kong (1933). 9. Umpire state building (in New York): 1million bricks were used for its construction. 10. Winston Churchill, the famous ex-Prime minister of Britain, was born as a premature baby, (in seventh month). … [Read more...]
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