Indian forces gain ground in Mumbai standoff - 27 Nov 08

More than 100 people have been killed in Mumbai after a night of killings by gunfire and grenades.

Hostages are still being held at a landmark hotel in India's financial capital.

A little known group called the Deccan Mujahideen is claiming responsbibility.

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If Bangladesh and Pakistan is not enough then you can leave,but just don't talk about dividing Bharat Mata up again. Hindus,Sikhs,Buddhists,Jains,C­hristians are not here to appease the muslims and do & say whatever you want us to do. India is a secular nation & it will remain that way it will be home to Hindus,Muslims,Sikhs,Buddhists­,etc and if you don't like it then leave.If other religions can peacefully co-exist together why can't Islam?

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@mohsinamin I don't care for paki muslims,but I know many Indian muslims they are great people and that just shows that Hindus,Muslims and all other religions can get along,but you have to make an effort. And if a muslim does not like to live in India they are free to go to Pakistan or where ever the hell they want to go no one is stopping anybody. I doubt Pakistan would accept you muslims with open arms because eventhough you're muslims,you're Indians first.

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14. 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 anaesthesia was well known in

ancient India.

15. 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).

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

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11. 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.

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

13. Chess was invented in India.

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9. 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 1053.

10. According to the Gemological Institute of America, up until 1896, India

was the only source of diamonds to the world.

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The value of pi was first calculated by Budhayana, and he explained the

concept of what is now known 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.

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4. According to the Forbes magazine, Sanskrit is the most suitable

language for computer software.

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

6. Although western media portray modern images of India as poverty

striken and underdeveloped through political corruption, India was

once the richest empire on earth.

7. The art of navigation was born in the river Sindh 5000 years ago. The

very word "Navigation" is derived from the Sanskrit word NAVGATIH.

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

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

3. 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.

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*We Indians are the wealthiest among all ethnic groups in

America, even faring better than the whites and the natives.

There are 3.22 millions of Indians in USA (1.5% of population). YET,

38% of doctors in USA are Indians.

12% scientists in USA are Indians.

36% of NASA scientists are Indians.

34% of Microsoft employees are Indians.

28% of IBM employees are Indians.

17% of INTEL scientists are Indians.

13% of XEROX employees are Indians.

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Q. Who is the president of AT & T-Bell Labs (AT & T-Bell Labs is the creator of program languages such as C, C++, Unix to name a few)? Ans. Arun Netravalli Q. Who is the GM of Hewlett Packard? Ans. Rajiv Gupta Q. Who is the new MTD (Microsoft Testing Director) of Windows 2000,responsible to iron out all initial problems? Ans. Sanjay Tejwrika Q. Who are the Chief Executives of CitiBank, Mckensey & Stanchart? Ans. Victor Menezes, Rajat Gupta, and Rana Talwar.