Tell about ISRO ?

Many visitors from abroad learnt the refining and cultivation of sugar from us.

It was established by Vikram Sarabhai, thought-about to be the father of India’s space program. He said: “There are some who question the relevance of space activities in a developing nation. To us, there’s no ambiguity of purpose. We don’t have the fantasy of competitive with the economically advanced nations in the exploration of the moon or the planets or manned space-flight. However we are convinced that if we are to play a meaningful role nationally and within the community of nations. We should be second to none in the application of advanced technologies to the real issues of man and society.”

Shakuntla Devi was given this title after she demonstrated the calculation of two 13 digit numbers: 7,686,369,774,870 × 2,465,099,745,779 which were picked at random.

In 2008-09, the Indian space and research Organisation successfully launched a lunar orbiter, Chandrayaan-1, that discovered proof of water on the moon. Mangalyaan developed from technology tested throughout the Chandrayaan mission.

She answered correctly within 28 seconds.

When Indian scientists asked for the methodologies and engineering help from United States for our Mars mission long back, they refused. We didn’t hand over. They tried hard and developed new methodology and engineering indigenously and created this historical achievement with less expensive cost.

Rabindranath Tagore is credited not only for writing the Indian national anthem, Jana Gana Mana, but the Bangladeshi national anthem, Amar Sonar Bangla, as well.

ISRO is working on a manned mission – a crew of 2. They’re developing an orbital vehicle additionally as setting up a training center in Bangalore to train astronauts. Do not hold your breath, though, this is likely to happen solely post 2017.

He was also offered knighthood by the British but refused the honour after the Jalianwala Bagh massacre.

After defeating Germany 8-1 in the 1936 Berlin Olympics, Major Dhyan Chand, the wizard of hockey, was summoned by Hitler.

He was promised German citizenship, a high post in the German military and the chance to play for the German national side. Dhyan Chand however declined the offer.

Freddie Mercury, the legendary singer of the rock band 'Queen' was born a Parsi with the name Farrokh Bulsara while the famous Oscar winning Hollywood star Ben Kingsley was born Krishna Pandit Bhanji.

Former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi asked the first Indian in space, Rakesh Sharma, about how India looked from space.

His response was our famous patriotic song, "Saare Jahaan Se Achcha."

Though the company was bought for just 10 lakh Rupees a long time ago and is now a multi-billion electrical goods company, it's an Indian company and is still named after its original owner, Haveli Ram Gupta.

Initially, diamonds were only found in the alluvial deposits in Guntur and Krishna District of the Krishna River Delta.

Until diamonds were found in Brazil during the 18th century, India led the world in diamond production.

Mahant Bharatdas Darshandas has been voting since 2004 and during every election since then, a special polling booth is set up exclusively for him as he is the only voter from Banej in Gir forest.

Earlier known as Moksha Patamu, the game was initially invented as a moral lesson about karma to be taught to children.

It was later commercialized and has become one of the most popular board games in the world.

Amount of money spent by ISRO in 40 years = amount of money spent by NASA in 1 year
NASA is doing great work but it’s still an amazing fact!

ISRO’s Mars Mission was successful in the maiden attempt

The Mars Mission was cheaper than films set in Space

And the Cost of the Mangalyaan (Mars Mission) was way less than that of other space agencies

And Mangalyaan is just proof-of-concept. The next goal is to study the surface of Mars. Kudos to ISRO!