india's importance historically?
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Originally was the conduit of trade between Eastern Europe (Ottoman Empire of Turkey) and China and what is now SE Asian countries.
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Its your homework..and if you love India, you must be having some reasons
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why  u guys  always bring india on this? is only india in east? wat about south east countries and fareast countries, they are not fallowing western trend ha?
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Yes, permanent membership is preferred. Without that\nno vote. India is a Major power in the world now .\n\n\nCheck out the US stand on this at the link.\n\nPermanent seat for India, yes.
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try these they can help\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India\n\nhttp://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/in.html\n\nhttp://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?fr=ytff1-msgff&p=india&ei=UTF-8&fr2=tab-web
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India is one of the most exotic places in the world that offers such a rich and ancient history, culture, music, art, religion and traditions.\n\nIndia gained its independence from the British rule in 1947 and is a fairly "young" republic. But with a population of over a billion people today, the country is plagued with poverty that seems insurmountable due to the corruption in government that remains unchecked, a lackluster economy, and perhaps an aftermath of their customary caste system.\n\nThere has been on-going border tension between India [majority Hindus] and its neighbor, Pakistan [majority Muslims] in that sub-continent part in Asia.\n\nOne thing I admire among its people is their manner of greeting each other--with both palms together in prayer form as they nod to greet--which symbolizes their 'RESPECT TO THE DEITY WITHIN' the other person. Ain't that so great?\n\nMore people should practice that tradition openly... And perhaps we will have a much better world to live in!
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right now all the countries care about showing off their powers and not really thinking about what they definitely need to improve on. I'm originally from india and as u have probably heard that india's economy is improving dramatically. Well, if you ask me, it difinitely is improving army bases business but a majority of the poor is still in india.
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SRK( Shah Rukh Khan ) is more important for the Indian youth. \n\nThose who wish to see India as a developed country feel being involved (knowing what is hapening) in politics more important.
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they made food for the guys who fought for freedom!\n--x--\nj/k\n\nWomen played a pretty role in India's freedom. I would not say that they played a major role. Peoplel like Sarojini Naidu, Rani Jhansi, etc fought bravely at places where even guys would chicken out for the freedom of their country and their people. Now, the thing is:- DO YOUR OWN FRICKIN RESEARCH
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GREAT TO BE AN INDIAN\nYou may be aware of that after IT now India moving towards Biotechnology.\nAccording to one research India will emerge as a super power in IT & Medical\nresearch by 2025.\nHISTORY FACTS ABOUT INDIA.\nA. India never invaded any country in her last 10000 years of history.\nB. India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.\nC. The World's first university was established in Takshila in 700BC. More\nthan\n10,500 students from all over the world studied more than 60 subjects. The\nUniversity of Nalanda built in the 4th century BC was one of the greatest\nachievements of ancient India in the field of education.\nD. Sanskrit is the mother of all the European languages. Sanskrit is the\nmost\nsuitable language for computer software reported in Forbes magazine, July\n1987.\nE. Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to humans. Charaka, the\nfather\nof medicine consolidated Ayurveda 2500 years ago. Today Ayurveda is fast\nregaining its rightful place in our civilization.\nF. Although modern images of India often show poverty and lack of\ndevelopment,\nIndia was the richest country on earth until the time of British invasion in\nthe\nearly 17th Century.\nG. The art of Navigation was born in the river Sindh 6000 years ago. The\nVery word\nNavigation is derived from the Sanskrit word NAVGATIH. The word navy is also\nderived from Sanskrit 'Nou'.\nH. Bhaskaracharya calculated the time taken by the earth to orbit the sun\nhundreds\nof years before the astronomer Smart.; Time taken by earth to orbit the sun:\n(5th century) 365.258756484 days.\nI. The value of pi was first calculated by Budhayana, and he explained the\nconcept of\nwhat is known as the Pythagorean Theorem. He discovered this in the 6th\ncentury\nlong before the European mathematicians.\nJ. Algebra, trigonometry and calculus came from India; Quadratic equations\nwere by\nSridharacharya in the 11th Century; The largest numbers the Greeks and the\nRomans used were 106 (10 to the power of 6) whereas Hindus used numbers as\nbig\nas 1053(10 to the power of 53) with specific names as early as 5000 BCE\nduring\nthe Vedic period. Even today, the largest used number isTera 1012(10 to the\npower of 12).\nK. According to the Gemological Institute of America, up until 1896, India\nwas the\nonly source for diamonds to the world.\nL. USA based IEEE has proved what has been a century-old suspicion in the\nworld\nscientific community that the pioneer of Wireless communication was Prof.\nJagdeesh Bose and not Marconi.\nM. The earliest reservoir and dam for irrigation was built in Saurashtra.\nN. According to Saka King Rudradaman I of 150 CE a beautiful lake called\n'Sudarshana' was constructed on the hills of Raivataka during Chandragupta\nMaurya's time.\nO. Chess (Shataranja or AshtaPada) was invented in India.\nP. Sushruta is the father of surgery. 2600 years ago he and health\nscientists of his\ntime conducted complicated surgeries like cesareans, cataract, artificial\nlimbs,\nfractures, urinary stones and even plastic surgery and brain surgery. Usage\nof\nanesthesia was well known in ancient India. Over 125 surgical equipment were\nused. Deep knowledge of anatomy, physiology, etiology, embryology,\ndigestion,\nmetabolism, genetics and immunity is also found in many texts.\nQ. When many cultures were only nomadic forest dwellers over 5000 years ago,\nIndians established Harappan culture in Sindhu Valley(Indus Valley\nCivilization)\nR. The place value system, the decimal system was developed in India in 100\nBC.\n\nQUOTES ABOUT INDIA\nA. Albert Einstein said: We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to\ncount,\nwithout which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made.\nB. Mark Twain said: India is the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of\nhuman\nspeech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend, and the great\ngrand\nmother of tradition. Our most valuable and most constructive materials
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I think India is a far better place. Human values and other humans do matter.\n\nDivorce is rare, old people are taken care of by their offspring rather than be thrown in a home as is the case in the US or the west\n\nEmotional ties are stronger, the health care is improving, wealth is increasing, infrastructure is improving and the rich culture-over 10,000 years of history, multiplicity of languages, each music to your ears... I could go on and on...\n.\nInspite of a 10000 year history India is a world of mystery,a s opposed to the Us, it's like an old past who has only her past to show, and live off the younger stronger lot as long as they let.\n\nst
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I think it was India, or somewhere like that
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In an article written by David Sims, he notes he'd lay his money on India, not China, to be the Next Great Thing. He write, "The three main reasons, of course, are that India is \na) a widely Anglophone democracy operating under the rule of law, \nb) serious about protecting property and intellectual rights, and \nc) highly entrepreneurial. \n\nChina is none of those nor ever will be, and you can’t name a significant long-term world economic power in the last hundred years who’s not at least two out of those three."\n\n Does anyone remember that China is still a communist country with a dismal human rights record? Remember? Communism? Chairman Mao and all?\n\nIndia is a democratic nation. It operates under English Common Law. Its court system makes sense to Westerners. It likes us. \n\nIn terms of call centers...you think your customers can't understand Indian agents? Do you really believe that Chinese agents are going to be an improvement? How, exactly?\n\nWhat if the political situation between the U.S. and China (always touchy) deteriorates in the next 10 years? What's going to happen to U.S. investments there? You think you'll get them back?\n\nThings to think about.
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India is not only progressing fast in economy...it is far above China in spiritual knowledge, the most important factor for a country/society
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What old culture are you referring to?\n\nIn India you will see the traditions that have been passed down for hundreds of years.  India is an oxymoron of sorts.  It still operates as it has for thousands of years...yet they live in a modern world.\n\nWhat is the old culture? Past dynasties?
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The entire Elephant population of India.\n\nPhew, what a responsibility!
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India's population actually accounts for 1/6th of the world population. That figure isn't actually an encouraaging one, is it?