Things you didn’t know were Invented in India! (Part 1)
You’ll be shocked to know these things were invented in India & not abroad (Part 1)
+ USB
The device-connecting wires & pen drives we use today had an Indian named Ajay V. Bhatt who was part of the team at Intel that made the Universal Serial Bus. Then giants like Microsoft & Apple adapted it for their tech.
Even the fibre optics you see in your WiFi & the ones that connect the entire world’s internet beneath the oceans were created by Narinder Singh Kapany, who was born in Punjab & went to the US.
+ Surgery
You might think surgeries are a Western concept … but they also have roots in India.
A doctor named Sushruta has compiled this medical knowledge he knew in the Sushruta Samhita, which is part of our Vedas.
He was the one who performed the first cataract & caesarian surgeries on pregnant moms - during those times, without a modern hospital setup.
He also performed complex surgeries like nose reconstruction, skin grafting, bladder stone removal, etc.
+ Flush Toilets
The concept of sanitation & drainage systems also has its roots in India.
It was the people of the Indus Valley who were experts in hydraulic engineering. They laid the foundations of sewage systems, which have been modernized & adapted for use to this day!
+ Shampoo
This derives from the word Champo or Champayati which means “head massage” - it was invented during the time of the Mughal Emporers & was then used by kings & empowers.