RING THE BELL

As we are told, Santa Clause starts with RINGING THE BELL when distributing the presents.

Santa Clause is a mythical character; hence we can theorize some genius composed this phrase, to pass on the massage of

“Keep on developing and contributing to the community (world)”

With my limited knowledge, some of the most salient instances of Ringing the Bell in India are as under.

Case before advent of Santa Clause

VED VYAS (about 1,200 BC) In his epic SRIMAD BHAGWAT from the mouth of Lord Krishna he preached: The first and best book on motivation SRIMAD BHAGWAT GEETA. This way he did Ring The Bell very loud. Still after about 3200 years, it is echoing in ears of every follower of Sanatan Dharma.

NARENDRA MODI (Prime Minister) found a copy of

SRIMAD BHAGWAT GEETA a suitable present for

BARAK OBAMA (President of America).

Cases after advent Santa Clause but before his reaching to India

ARYABHATTA (478 AD) did Ring The Bell loudest, worked on Astronomy and mathematics.

He introduced number ZERO to the Arab world. Rest of the world understood it from them (the Arabs), as they were the link between East and West.

Latin numbering system existing at that time in Western and Arab word did not have ZERO. Hence mathematics was limited to simple addition and subtraction only. No multiplication or division could be performed, forget other complicated functions of Mathematics.

Development of modern civilization started with introduction of ZERO in mathematics. Most of development of this world, in last 600 years happened in West only. Take any subject, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Astronomy, Computer, Space technology, or any other facility. In the absence of ZERO, no modern system would have existed in this world.

It will not be out of place to tell, the most of world including, even some Indian historians, think ARYABHATT invented the ZERO. The fact is ZERO is existing in Indian culture and Mathematics since the time of Vedas. The first one, Wrig Veda starts with prayer of GOD calling COMPLETE or ZERO.

-       Please refer blog ZERO for additional information.

Aadi Shankaracharya (788 AD) did Ring The Bell and revived the oldest culture Sanatan Dharma, trapped in hands of fanatic Buddhists. ( Not Buddha).

Let us analyse process of freedom of India. How and who did Ring The Bell and how it worked and effected.

GOPAL KRISHNA GOKHALE, one of the first and most important freedom fighters of modern India (after Tipu Sultan); did lots of works. He did Ring The Bell by bringing the idol of LORD GANESH the deity to Pune and Mumbai from Indore. In turn united the people of Saorashtra, which was required most, for achieving freedom. This way he prepared the citizens of India for the purpose.

MOHAN DAS KARAM CHAND GANDHI did Ring The Bell of uniting the whole India; carrying forward the plan of GOKHALE. He took up the project named DANDI MARCH. He planned this for a long time. Expediently he executed several smaller projects at different places of different shades.

The DANDI MARCH project was just a token of breaking

of a Small but basic SALT LAW of the British Empire.

Actual purpose was to unite the people of India.

Note:

Under the SALT LAW, salt could not be harvested and traded in India of (Indian origin). The requirement of this law was for a funny reason.

              British were carrying items (loot) from India but had nothing

to bring back from England. Transporting empty ship was uneconomical

as well as empty ship used to get imbalanced in the sea. To take care of this, the British restricted harvesting of SALT in India and started importing from England. To create requirement of British salt in India, they banned harvesting and trading salt in India permitting trading of British salt only. The cost of salt included production cost in England + Shipment + Profits.

The salt was so costly; an idiom was phrased in India; if one spills the salt then he has to pick it up by eye lids in other world.

SARDAR VALLABH BHAI PATAL did Ring The Bell by uniting the small Rajas and Navabs (Kings), and making an exemplary INDIA. British did not leave the Indian subcontinent in present shape, they made all the Rajas and Navabs of India free (about 682 big and small estates). GANDHI got independence for all the estates, but SARDAR PATEL built the INDIA of today, bringing all the estates together under one flag. This Herculean task he did in a very small period of one and a half year only, making INDIA biggest and largest democracy of the world.

DR. RAJENDRA PRASAD did Ring The Bell silently performing very important jobs. The most important of it was composing THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA, without which India would have never been, as it is today. Everyone acknowledges constitution of India is the best in world and takes care of every citizen. One very salient feature of this constitution is “Equal rights to male and female in every face of life.” Indian constitution was the first to adopt this feature in this world.