"Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny, and now the time comes when we will redeem

our pledge, not

wholly or in full measure, but very substantially. At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps,
India will awake to life and freedom. A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out
from the old to the new, when an age ends and when the soul of a nation, long suppressed, finds utterance....
We end today a period of ill fortune, and India discovers herself again."

- Jawaharlal Nehru
(Speech on Indian Independence Day, 1947)

On 15 August 1947, India attained freedom from the British Rule. Every year, August 15 is celebrated as the
Independence Day in India. This national festival is celebrated with great enthusiasm all over the countr countries
    * "If I were asked under what sky the human mind has most fully developed some of its choicest gifts, has
most deeply pondered on the greatest problems of life, and has found solutions, I should point to India."
      - Max Mueller

    * “In religion, India is the only millionaire - the one land that all men desire to see, and having seen once,
by even a glimpse, would not give that glimpse for all the shows of all the rest of the globe combined.” - Mark
Twain quotes

    * “India - the land of Vedas, the remarkable works contain not only religious ideas for a perfect life, but also
facts which science has proved true. Electricity, radium, electronics, airship, all was known to the seers who
founded the Vedas.”
      -Wheeler Wilcox (American poet)

   * “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.”
      - Mark Twain.

    * "India has two million gods, and worships them all. In religion all other countries are paupers; India is the
only millionaire." - Mark Twain

    * “If there is one place on the face of earth where all dreams of living men have found a home from the
very earliest days when man began the dream of existence, it is India.” - French scholar Romain Rolland.

    * India conquered and dominated China culturally for 20 centuries without ever having to send a single
soldier across her border.
      - Hu Shih (Former Chinese ambassador to USA)
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Next India is full of talent, intelligence and creativity. There have been many stars in the galaxy of India,
contributing a lot to this universe. Here is the glimpse of ancient India, which surely make every Indian proud for
his motherland. These set of facts inspires every Indian to work hard with honesty and sincerity towards the goal
and help the country to regain its shinning position

    * India never invaded any country in her last 1000 years of history.

    * India invented the Number system. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.

    * The world's first University was established in Takshila in 700BC.More than 10,500 students from all over the
world studied more than 60 subjects. The University of Nalanda built in the 4th century BC was one of the greatest
achievements of ancient India in the field of education.
    * According to the Forbes magazine, Sanskrit is the most suitable language for computer software.

    * Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to humans.

    * Although western media portray modern images of India as poverty striken and underdeveloped through
political corruption, India was once the richest empire on earth.

   * The art of navigation was born in the river Sindh 5000 years ago. The very word 'Navigation' is derived from the
Sanskrit word NAVGATIH.

    * The value of pi was first calculated by Budhayana, and he explained the concept of what is now k! nown as the
Pythagorean Theorem. British scholars have last year (1999) officially published that Budhayan's works dates to the
6th Century which is long before the European mathematicians.

    * Algebra, trigonometry and calculus came from India. Quadratic equations were by Sridharacharya in the 11th
Century; the largest numbers the Greeks and the Romans used were 106 whereas Indians used numbers as big as 10
53.

    * According to the Gemological Institute of America, up until 1896, India was the only source of diamonds to
the world.

    * USA based IEEE has proved what has been a century-old suspicion amongst academics that the pioneer of
wireless communication was Professor Jagdeesh Bose and not Marconi.

    * The earliest reservoir and dam for irrigation was built in Saurashtra.

    * Chess was invented in India.

    * Sushruta is the father of surgery. 2600 years ago he and health scientists of his time conducted surgeries like
cesareans, cataract, fractures and urinary stones. Usage of anesthesia was well known in ancient India.

    * When many cultures in the world were only nomadic forest dwellers over 5000 years ago, Indians established
Harappan culture in Sindhu Valley (Indus Valley Civilisation).

    * The place value system, the decimal system was developed in India in 100 BC.