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Day of the Date

To Find Day of the Week:

January has 31 days. It means that every date in February will be 3 days later than the same date in

January(28 is 4 weeks exactly). The below table is calculated in such a way. Remember this table whichwill help you to calculate.

January 0

February 3

March 3

April 6

May 1

June 4

July 6

August 2

September 5October 0

November 3

December 5

Step1: Ask for the Date. Ex: 23rd June 1986

Step2: Number of the month on the list, June is 4.

Step3: Take the date of the month, that is 23

Step4: Take the last 2 digits of the year, that is 86.

Step5: Find out the number of leap years. Divide the last 2 digits of the year by 4, 86 divide by 4 is 21.

Step6: Now add all the 4 numbers: 4 + 23 + 86 + 21 = 134.Step7: Divide 134 by 7 = 19 remainder 1.

The reminder tells you the day.

Sunday 0

Monday 1

Tuesday 2

Wednesday 3

Thursday 4

Friday 5

Saturday 6

Answer: Monday

1. No country on the planet other than India and China can boast of such a glorious past

- Chess was invented in India.

- Yoga has its origins in India and has existed for over 5,000 years

- Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to mankind was invented in India. The Father ofMedicine, Charaka, consolidated Ayurveda 2500 years ago

- The game of Snakes & Ladders was created in India by the 13th century poet saint Gyandev. It was

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originally called 'Mokshapat'. The ladders in the game represented virtues and the snakes indicatedvices. The game underwent several modifications, but its meaning remained the same, i.e. gooddeeds take people to heaven and evil to a cycle of re-births.

- The Art of Navigation & Navigating was born in India in the river Sindh over 6000 years ago. Thevery word Navigation is derived from the Sanskrit word 'NAVGATIH'. The word navy is also derivedfrom the Sanskrit word 'Nou'.

- The Zero 0, 'Place Value System' and the 'Decimal System' were developed in India in 100 B.C.

- The four religions born in India - Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism, are followed by 25% ofthe world's population. Jainism and Buddhism were founded in India in 600 B.C. and 500 B.C.respectively.

- Jews and Christians have lived continuously in India since 200 B.C. and 52 A.D. respectively

- Varanasi, also known as Benaras, also called "the Ancient City" (when Lord Buddha visited it in 500B.C.), is the oldest, continuously inhabited city in the world today.

- Islam is India's and the world's second largest religion. There are 300,000 active mosques in India,more than in any other country, including the Muslim world.

- The world's first university was established in Takshila in 700 BC. More than 10,500 students fromall over the world studied more than 60 subjects. The University of Nalanda built in the 4th centurywas one of the greatest achievements of ancient India in the field of education.

- Algebra, Trigonometry and Calculus are studies, which originated in India.

- Sushruta is regarded as the Father of Surgery. Over2600 years ago Sushrata & his team conductedcomplicated surgeries like cataract, artificial limbs, cesareans, fractures, urinary stones, plastic

surgery and brain surgeries. Usage of anesthesia was well known in ancient Indian medicine.

- Martial Arts were first created in India, and later spread to Asia by Buddhist missionaries.

- The largest employer in the world is the Indian Railways, employing over a million people.

- India exports software to 90 countries.

- India has the largest number of Post Offices in the world.

- India is the largest democracy in the world, the 6th largest Country in the world, and one of the mostancient civilizations.

- The world's highest cricket ground is in Chail, Himachal Pradesh. Built in 1893 after leveling a hilltop,this cricket pitch is 2444 meters above sea level.

- Detailed knowledge of anatomy, embryology, digestion, metabolism, physiology, etiology, geneticsand immunity is also found in many ancient Indian texts.

- The Vishnu Temple in the city of Tirupathi built in the 10th century, is the world's largest religiouspilgrimage destination. Larger than either Rome or Mecca, an average of 30,000 visitors donate $6million (US) to the temple everyday.

- The Maha Kumbh mela in Allahabad which happens every 12 years is the largest religious gatheringin the world (70 million)

- The largest religious building in the world is Angkor Wat, a Hindu Temple in Cambodia built at the

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end of the 11th century.

- The Baily Bridge is the highest bridge in the world. It is located in the Ladakh valley between theDras and Suru rivers in the Himalayan mountains. It was built by the Indian Army in August 1982.

- Bhaskaracharya rightly calculated the time taken by the earth to orbit the Sun hundreds of yearsbefore the astronomer Smart. According to his calculation, the time taken by the Earth to orbit the Sunwas 365.258756484 days.

- The value of "pi" was first calculated by the Indian Mathematician Budhayana, and he explained theconcept of what is known as the Pythagorean Theorem. He discovered this in the 6th century, longbefore the European mathematicians.

- Equations were used by Sridharacharya in the 11th century. The largest numbers the Greeks andthe Romans used were 106 whereas Hindus used numbers as big as 10*53 (i.e. 10 to the power of53) with specific names as early as 5000 B.C. in Vedic mathematics. Even today, the largest usednumber is Terra: 10*12(10 to the power of 12).