Values defining India and Indians
Independence Day Age of civilization- 5000 years-----------------------------28 years population-1250000000-------------------------------------70 lakh indians Freedom fighters-1, 30,000-----------------------------------725 freedom fighters Inventions and discoveries- more than 200-----------------1.2 inventions and discoverie If all these features of India are to be incorporated in a speech of 3 minutes or 180 secs, every second would correspond to 28 years of civilization, 70l Indians, 725 freedom fighters, and 1.2 inventions and discoveries. Our history books bear evidence of the fact t hat India, even though blessed with enormous wealth and military might, never invaded any country. In fact, many plunderers looted us , and numerous countries colonized us, literally rubbing gold off the 'Golden Bird' as India was then known . There could have been many reasons for this, one of which which was rightly stated by sant kalidas , ‘ISS desh ki yeh halat durjan...