Shakuntala Devi-Human Computer

Shankuntala Devi

Shakuntala Devi —Human Computer, is a calculating prodigy, Her calculating gifts first demonstrated themselves while she was doing card tricks with her father when she was three.They report she "beat" them by memorization of cards rather than by sleight of hand. By age six she demonstrated her calculation and memorization abilities at the University of Mysore.n when she was eight, she had success at Annamalai University by doing the same.

In Dallas she competed with a computer to see who give the cube root of 188138517 faster, she won. 

In 1977 At university of USA she was asked to give mentally the 23rd root of 91674867692003915809866092758538016248310668014430862240712651642793465704086709659 32792057674808067900227830163549248523803357453169351119035965775473400756818688305 620821016129132845564895780158806771 (201-digit number).

She answered in 50seconds. The answer is 546372891, She did this 12 seconds faster than the Univac-1108. 

On June 18, 1980 she demonstrated the multiplication of two 13-digit numbers 7,686,369,774,870 x 2,465,099,745,779 picked at random by the Computer Department of Imperial College, London. She answered the question in 28 seconds this time is more likely the time for dictating the answer (a 26-digit number) than the time for the mental calculation.Her correct answer was 18,947,668,177,995,426,462,773,730. This event is mentioned in Guinness Book of Records 1995.

Shakuntala Devi has authored a few books. She shares some of the methods of mental calculations in her books.

Puzzles to Puzzle You

Figuring: The Joy of Numbers

Mathability: Awaken the Math Genius in Your Child  

Mathability: Awaken the Math Genius in Your Child  

In the Wonderland of Numbers  

Super Memory: It Can Be Yours  

More Puzzles to Puzzle You  

Figuring: The Joy of Numbers

Book of Numbers

Her other books include

 Astrology for You

The World of Homosexuals  

Major DP Singh

Major DP Singh

Major D P Singh was "declared dead" in an army hospital in July 1999 after a Pakistani mortar exploded just a meter away from him during the Kargil War. He was revived by a specialist, only to be told three days later that his right leg would be amputated below his knee because gangrene had set in.

Two months later, he was still at the hospital, weighing a mere 28kg, his stomach operated upon twice, a major part of his intestine cut, suffering partial deafness, and doctors giving up on trying to extract the 40 splinters still embedded in his body!

Ten years later, Singh ran the 2009 Delhi Half Marathon — a distance of 21 km — in 3 hours and 49 minutes  with a special leg provided by the Army’s Pune-based Artificial Limb Centre.

Running is about willpower. You don’t need sponsorship. It’s just you and 21 km

"When the doctors told me about the amputation, the first thing I told myself was now I will show the world how disabled people live. I was sure I will never compromise the way I lived. It was difficult for me to even walk initially. But over years, my mind and body found alternatives to work around the restrictions I was put through. Today, I can walk normally; my gait is as good as any normal person's. Yes, it took me 14 years to be able to start running," says Singh.

First Full-Face Replant - Sandeep Kaur

In 1994, the world's first full-face replant operation was perfomed by Dr Abraham Thomas, one of India's leading microsurgeons, on nine-year old Sandeep Kaur (India),who had her face and scalp ripped off when one of her pigtails got caught in a threshing machine whilst on her family's farm in Chak Khurd, northern India. 

Sandeep's mother, Harpal, put the face into a plastic bag, and then took her to Christian Medical College hospital - a drive of over three hours. 

Dr Thomas was on duty and performed a 10-hour operation to reconnect nerves and bloodvessels. 

The operation was successful and in 2005, as a 20 year-old-woman, Sandeep was studying to be a nurse.  

 "I think God had to have sent Dr. Thomas. 

It was such a big tragedy.

" Her miraculous surgery has begged the question:

If it's possible to attach one's own torn-off face, is it possible to transplant a face?  

Water mill designed by an illiterate Farmer - Siddappa

Siddappa, an illiterate farmer from Somapur village in Gadag district of Karnataka, has designed a water mill to generate electricity. Right from conceptualizing to materialisation, the farmer has done everything on his own. He operates the water mill in the canal near his house.

Using timbers, Siddappa prepared a giant wheel that joined at a central hub. There are eight arms, five feet each, extending from the central hub. A plastic bucket is dangled at the tip of each arm. When the water from two pipes gushes into one of the buckets, it generates the pressure that turns the 10-feet wheel in an anti-clockwise motion. The bucket could also be spun in the horizontal plane using a central steering wheel, similar to a teacup ride. As one after another bucket is driven by the flowing water, the first arm declines back to the ground while the other rises in the air. This process spins the black wheel attached to this giant wheel. The spinning black wheel rotates another wheel connected to a dynamo.

(He used eight plastic containers, a wooden pole, and waste spare parts, from agriculture equipment like harvesting machine, and tractors to prepare the structure. A dynamo is used, to convert the energy from the force of the water into electrical energy. He claims that he can run at least three bulbs of 25 watts, round the clock.)

A converter converts the Direct Current from the dynamo into Alternating Current through a battery and inverter, which help operate television, radio, and fan in his house inside an agricultural field. Siddappa claims to have spent a mere Rs 5000 on building the entire apparatus. This is his second attempt to show the villagers that anybody can produce electricity for self-consumption using the resources at hand. “Many people who have canals flowing near their villages don’t know how to use that natural gift. I want to show them all practically that electricity problems can be solved by being creative. There is no need to beg to the government for everything,” he says.

He is also planning to lift water from the nearby Malaprabha River through the pump set, utilising the power generated. Siddappa stays in his 16-acre agriculture land, along with his wife, three sons and a daughter. Siddappa also supplies power to his brother’s house situated in the same farm.

His creative work has paid dividends, as the children have access to electricity round-the-clock for studies. He has already received widespread appreciation for generating wind power, through an axle fitted with iron sheets.

“We lived without power supply on our farm for more than 20 years. Now, we have our own power through wind and waste water,” he said.

He gets 150 watts of power from this water mill when water flows in the canal. Siddappa claims he can create electricity for the entire village through his machine. But the problem is that the canal in his village flows only for three months a year!

First Plastic Surgery n Cataract surgery - in India

Sushruta

Plastic Surgery – was first performed in India around 2000 BC and then popularized in the Arab world that actually launched it to Europe. The person behind this groundbreaking medical practice in India was Sushruta. He is credited for performing the first rhinoplasty (nose-job) with a unique understanding of the circulation system.

Cataract surgery - Cataract surgery was also known to the him (Indian physician Sushruta) in 6th century BCE. In India, cataract surgery was performed with a special tool called the Jabamukhi Salaka, a curved needle used to loosen the lens and push the cataract out of the field of vision. The eye would later be soaked with warm butter and then bandaged. Though this method was successful, Susruta cautioned that cataract surgery should only be performed when absolutely necessary. Greek philosophers and scientists traveled to India where these surgeries were performed by physicians. The removal of cataract by surgery was also introduced into China from India.


Stones - The earliest operation for removal of a stone is also given in the Sushruta Samhita (6th century BCE). The operation involved exposure and going up through the floor of the bladder.

 Because of his seminal and numerous contributions to the science and art of surgery he is also known by the title "Father of Surgery." Much of what is known about this inventive surgeon is contained in a series of volumes he authored, which are collectively known as the Sushruta Samhita  in which he describes over 300 surgical procedures and 120 surgical instruments and classifies human surgery in 8 categories. He lived, taught and practiced his art on the banks of the Ganges in the area that corresponds to the present day city of Varanasi in North India.

Sushruta Statue in Patanjali Yogpeeth, Haridwar

Largest School by pupils - CMS, Lucknow India

“City Montessori School, Lucknow India, The World's Largest school With Over 21 Branches and over 34,000 Students ".

All the branches are in Lucknow itself. It caters to the education of over 34,000 students from Montessori to Classes X and XII (ICSE & ISC Boards). Nearly two-thirds of its students are children in the pre-primary and primary classes from 6 to 10 years. Over 80% of CMS students in higher classes have been studying here even before the age of ten. CMS has a Girls' Degree College at the LDA Branch on Kanpur Road, Lucknow. It offers Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science courses.

CMS was founded in 1959 by a young visionary couple, Mr. Jagdish Gandhi, a socially motivated Gandhian, along with his wife Dr. (Mrs.) Bharti Gandhi, M.Ed., Child Psychologist. Rich in enthusiasm, the devoted pair launched their first campus on borrowed capital of three hundred rupees, housed it in rented premises and began with only five students on roll. The young couple had to face a myriad of initial difficulties in making their vision a reality. Over the years, however, they have successfully overcome these difficulties with unflinching devotion to their original mission.

Educational Philosophy and Mission of City Montessori School (CMS), Lucknow, INDIA

The stirring call of Mahatma Gandhi and Vinoba Bhave 'Jai Jagat' (Hail the World), became the school motto. The school has since proved true to its mission of Jai Jagat. Jai Jagat is not only the CMS greeting and slogan, it is also its guiding vision — to inspire the children and the youth to think in terms of welfare of all the people of the world.

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World's Largest Religious Pilgrimage Destination

The temple is visited by about 50,000 to 100,000 pilgrims daily 

(3 to 4 crore people annually on an average).

"Tirumala Venkateswara Temple" is a famous Hindu temple of Lord Vishnu in the form of Lord Venkateswara located in the hill town Tirumala, near Tirupathi in the Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh, India built in the 10th century, is the world's largest religious pilgrimage destination. It is located 580 kilometres (360 mi) south of state capital, Hyderabad , about 200 kilometers from Bangalore, about 120 kilometers from Vellore, Tamilnadu, and 157 kilometres (98 mi) north west of Chennai. 

The temple is situated on Venkatadri, one of the seven hills of Tirumala, and hence is also known as the Temple of Seven Hills (Saptagiri सप्तगिरी in Sanskrit). The presiding deity of the temple, Lord Venkateswara, is also known by other names - Balaji, Vishnu, Govinda and Srinivasa.

The temple is reportedly the richest and the most visited place of worship in the world. The temple is visited by about 50,000 to 100,000 pilgrims daily (3 to 4 crore people annually on an average), while on special occasions and festivals, like the annual Brahmotsavam, the number of pilgrims shoots up to 500,000, making it the most visited holy place in the world.

Brahmotsavam

According to legend, the temple has a murti (deity) of Lord Venkateswara, believed to have resided there for the entire Kali Yuga.

Brahmotsavam

Yogi who lives on nothing - Prahlad Jani

Prahlad Jani

An 83-year-old yogi named, Prahlad Jani has lived for 70 years with out drinking water and eating any food. 

Prahlad Jani is popularly known as Mataji has baffled people from all walks of life by his unique ability to stay away from food and water for the past 68 years. In fact he is better known as the Yogi who lives on nothing.

A team of Doctors from Defence Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences (DIPAS) and the Sterling Hospital have analysed the physiology of Jani for 15 consecutive days from April 22, 2010 to May 6, 2010

He was kept under strict observation during this period. He was given only limited water to wash and bathe and the water sample was measured to see whether he had drunk any. Ha did not have any access to food for the entire period and “neither did he pass urine or stool”, according to the hospital’s deputy superintendent, Dr Dinesh Desai.

Most people can live without food for several weeks, with the body drawing on its fat and protein stores. But the average human can survive for only three to four days without water.

Mataji claims that for the past 70 years he has gone without food and water after being blessed by a Goddess. If only his methods could be replicated we could help our soldiers in the borders to survive better.

All the doctors of come to one conclusion though – that Mataji is in perfect shape for a man of 80+ years. All his report may well have been that of a young man of 20 years. This is a marvel in itself.


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83-year-old Prahlad jani's stunning the world by not eating or drinking since the age of fifteen (for the last 68 years) deserves honour and kudos but the media prefers to go gaga over IPL and the sex lives of Bollywood gods. 

Shortest Girl of the World from India

She turned 18 :) now she is shortest woman CLICK HERE

Jyoti Amge (born December 16, 1993), a resident of Nagpur, India, is currently the world's smallest girl according to the Limca Book of Records. She has a growth anomaly, that has restricted her height to 23 inches (58 cm), and her weight to 11 pounds (5.25 kg).

Jyoti's family:

Sister Rupali n Archana 
Brother: Satish
Mother: Ranjana Amge
Father: Kishan

Jyoti is smallest than the average two-year-old child. Doctors say she has a form of dwarfism called achondroplasia and she will not get longer than its current height in future.

She wears dresses and jewelry especially made for her. She has a tiny bed of her own and uses special plates and cutlery to eat. Despite of her smaller size, she says that she is happy with her smaller size.

She is going to a regular school in Nagpur, Central India where she is given her own smallestdesk and chair. She is happy because her classmates deal her like other normal students. Jyoti has her own mini grey uniform and school bag. She looks just like a doll among other teenage class fellows.

She says:

“When I was three I realized that I was different to rest of kids” she said:

“I thought that everyone was bigger and I should get bigger too”.

She says there are many people in the world that are dwarf like me. She says I am same just as other people. I eat like you and dream like you. I don’t feel any difference and don’t want to be treated differently.

Smallest girl Jyoti wants to be an actress. Despite of her tinniest size, she wants to live normal life. She says, “When I first went to school everyone was so big I used to get scared but I am ok now. I like it. I have a different desk and chair that were specially designed for me. I’m a normal student. She works from her custom made chair and table but her pen and books are still too big for her.

During her first five years of life, she feel constantly sick but eventually she grew stronger.

She is same like other teenage girls as she has a large collection of dresses. She says I like to shop for me. She loves makeup and dressing up like beautiful models. She has a dream to do films. People in the region of India where the family lives flock to see the teenager Jyoti and some people treat her as a Goddess. You all are requested to pay her for happiness and long life.

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