Biography and facts about Ajay Bhatt: Creator of USB

Biography and facts about Ajay Bhatt: Creator of USB

Ajay Bhatt is a computer architect. He is famous for different inventions specially for inventing USB (Universal Serial Bus).

Ajay Bhatt

• Ajay Bhatt was born in India on 1957.

• He completed his graduation from Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda. He completed his master’s degree from The City University of New York, United States.

• Bhatt works at Intel Corporation. He joined Intel as a senior staff architect on the chipset architecture team in 1990.

• He has developed many technologies under Intel-USB (Universal Serial Bus), AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port), PCI Express etc.

• He has around 31 U.S. patents and many patents are under completion.

• Ajay Bhatt came to spotlight after a TV commercial in 2009 that featured actor Sunil Narkar as Ajay Bhatt and described him as a inventor of USB. This advertisement made Ajay Bhatt a globally known person.

• In 2002, he won Achievement in Excellence Award for his distribution for PCI express. He was invited to different universities for giving Lectures. He was in the list of ‘The 50 Most Influential Global Indians!’ of GQ India magazine’s July 2010’s issue.

Quick Facts about Ajay Bhatt

Name:	Ajay Bhatt
D.O.B:	1957
Education:	Graduation from the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda Masters from The City University of New York
Profession:	Chief Client Platform Architect at Intel
Inventions:	USB (Universal Serial Bus), AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port), PCI Express

Interesting facts about Indian Constitution

Interesting facts about Indian Constitution

Indian Constitution is the framework of duties and rules of different Indian governing bodies and its people. It describes the duties of different government bodies, procedures to carry out the governmental works; it also describes the duties of the citizen of India.

• After the independence of India in 1947, it took 2 years 11 months and 18 days to build the Indian constitution. On 26 November 1949 India adopted its constitution and it came into effect on 26 January 1950. The day (26 January) is celebrated as the republic day in India. Because on that day Indian constitution came into effect and India became a sovereign, democratic republic country. To commemorate the Purna Swaraj declaration of independence of 1930, the date 26 January was chosen.

• Indian constitution was drafted by the Constituent Assembly and Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar is called the father of Indian constitution. Constituent Assembly had 13 different committees.

• Indian constitution is the longest written constitution. It contains 448 articles in 22 parts, 12 schedules and 118 amendments. Indian constitution was hand written and was both in Hindi and English. The original copies of the constitution are preserved in a secure way.

• Many principles of Indian constition were influenced from different countries constitution. Such as separation of powers among the major branches of government was adopted from the constitution of United States, directive principle of state policy was adapted from Ireland.

Some Important Articles of Indian Constitution

Article 14	Equality before law
Article 24	Prohibition of employment of children in factories
Article 19	Right to freedom of speech and expression. Right to assemble peacefully and without arms. Right to form associations or unions. Right to move freely throughout the territory of India.
Article 26	Freedom to manage religious affairs.
Article 21	Protection of life and personal liberty
Article 31A	Equal justice and free legal aid
Article 45	Provision for free and compulsory education for children.

Intersting facts about ashok stambh- national emblem of india

Intersting facts about ashok stambh- national emblem of india

Ashok stambh (pillar) is the national emblem of India. On 26 January 1950, Ashok stambh was adopted as a national emblem of India. It is used in different government letters and is also part of Indian currency

• King Asoka builds these pillars during his reign. There are about 19 pillars still standing in the northern India. Among these pillars, pillar at Sarnath, Uttar Pradesh is most famous. Ashok stambh (pillar) of Sarnath has been adopted as the national emblem of India.

Ashok Stambh

• The Ashok stambh was made from the sandstone. It is now preserved in a secure way.

• The Ashok stambh of sarnath has a historical significance. It represents the place where Buddha taught his lessons of dharma to the five monks. Then these monks spread the Buddhism to all over the world.

• This stambh has four lions seated back to back. These lions represent power, courage, confidence and pride.

• Beside lions some other animals are also illustrated on the pillar- a horse, a bull, an elephant and a lion. The elephant signifies the Buddha’s conception (at the time of Buddha’s conception his mother dreamt that a white elephant has entered into his womb). The bull represents Buddha’s zodiac sign Taurus. The horse represents Buddha’s horse which he rode at the time of leaving the palace to discover the meaning of life. The lion signifies the achievement of enlightenment.

• Ashok chakra is also carved on the pillar. Ashok chakra is also part of the Indian national flag.

Interesting facts about indian currency rupee

Interesting facts about indian currency rupee

The currency of India is rupee (). Reserve Bank of India controls the issuance of Indian currency (money) rupee.

• The word ‘rupee’ comes from the Sanskrit word ‘raupya’. The meaning of which is silver.

• Sher Shah Suri introduced the first rupee. The first paper note was issued by Bank of Hindustan.  

• The value (amount) of a banknote is written on the banknote in Hindi and English in the front side and in 15 different Indian languages in the backside of the note.

Indian currency symbol

• In 2010 Indian rupee symbol “” was adopted. D.Udaya Kumar is the creator of the rupee symbol. The symbol was derived from Devanagari letter "र" (ra). The symbol is a combination of the Latin letter “R” and Devanagari letter “र”. The parallel line in the symbol is given to make it look like tricolor of Indian national flag.

• After the independence of India the first coins were introduced in 1950. It was made of Cupro-nickel. In 1964 aluminum coins were first introduced for up to 20 paisa. Stainless steel coins (10, 25, and 50) were first introduced in 1988.

• 75, 100, 1000 rupees coin were first made in 2010. It was only for the commemorative purposes. They were made to celebrate 75 years of Reserve Bank of India, 100 years of Rabindranath Tagore and 1000 years of Brihadeeswarar temple. 

• The current series of bank notes are called Mahatma Gandhi Series. The Mahatma Gandhi series of notes were introduced in 1996.

• 500 rupees note was introduced in 1987 and 1000 rupee note was introduced in 2000.

• Indian currency notes are printed at Currency Note Press in Nashik, the Bharatiya Note Mudra Nigam (P) presses at Salboni and Mysore, Watermark Paper Manufacturing Mill in Hoshangabad.

Interesting facts and information about Bharat Ratna award

Interesting facts and information about Bharat Ratna award

Bharat Ratna is the most prestigious award given by Indian government. Anyone with a great performance in any field is eligible for this honor.

• The medal looks like a peepul leaf with “Bharat Ratna” written on it in Devanagari script. An image of sun is also printed on it. The back side of the award carries the state emblem and motto.

Bharat Ratna Medal

• The award was started by formal President of India Rajendra Prasad on 2^nd January, 1954. At that time only the alive people were eligible for their national service. Later these criteria were changed.

• The first person to receive Bharat Ratna was scientist C.V. Raman and the first person to receive Bharat Ratna after death is Lal Bahadur Shashtri.

• Rajiv Gandhi is the youngest receiver (after death, at age 47) of the award and Indira Gandhi is the youngest alive receiver (at age 54) of the award.

• Vallabhbhai Patel is the eldest to receive (after death, at age 116) the award and Gulzarilal Nanda is the eldest alive person to receive (at age 99) the award.

• Among 41 awards given so far only 2 awards were given to foreign citizen-Nelson Mandela (1990), Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (1987).

• Subhas Chandra Bose was awarded with Bharat Ratna posthumously in 1992. But due to controversy (as there is no evidence of Subhas Chandra Bose’s death) the award was withdrawn. It is the only incident in the history of Bharat Ratna that an award was withdrawn.

Facts you should know about India Gate

Facts you should know about India Gate

India gate is a famous national monument of India also known as ‘All India War Memorial’. It is located in the capital of India, Delhi.

India Gate

• India gate was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens. It was established in 1927 and unveiled in 1933.

• It was made to recall the soldiers of British Indian Army who died for the country in World War I and the Third Anglo-Afghan War.

• It is made of sandstone and granite. The height of India gate is 42 meter approximately. The names of the soldiers who died in war are written on the wall.

• The inspiration of its design came from Arc de Triomphe of Paris.

• Before the independence there were some British statues in front of the India gate. After the independence they were moved to Coronation Park.

• Amar Jawan Jyoti is located besides the India gate. Awar jawan jyoti was lighted in 1971 by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi to recall the soldiers who died in indo-pak war. From then it is still lightning.

Interesting facts and information about Qutub Minar,Delhi

Interesting facts and information about Qutub Minar,Delhi

Qutub Minar is one of the famous Indian heritage sites located in Delhi. It is the tallest minaret of world with a height of 72.5 meter.

• Qutub Minar is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and an attraction for many tourists.

  

  Qutub Minar of Delhi

• The building process of Qutub Minar took a long time (about 75 years). It was started by Qutub-ud-din Aibak in 1192 and finished by Iltutmish. The minar was damaged and repaired many times in past.

• This ancient Islamic Monument has about 379 stairs and is 237 ft tall. It has a diameter of 14.3 meters at bottom which decreases to 2.4 meters at the top. It is made of Red sandstone and has Arabic inscriptions on it.

• There are many stories about the naming of this tower. Some says that it was named after the first Turkic sultan Qutub-ud-din Aibak and some believes that it was named to honor Qutubuddin Bakhtiar Kaki, a saint.

• Many other ancient structures are there surrounding the Qutub Minar- Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque, Iron Pillar. These monuments are collectively called Qutub complex.

• After an accident in 1981 (in which about 45 people were killed) government of India restricted climbing in tower.