India's Contributions to the Knowledge Systems of the World are Immense!

1. Father of Astronomy: Aryabhatta

Works - Aryabhattiyam

2. Father of Astrology: Varahamihira

Works - Panchasiddhantika

3. Father of Surgery: Sushruta

Works: Samhitas

4. Father of Anatomy: Patanjali

Work: Yogasutra

5. Father of Yoga: Patanjali

Work: Yogasutra

6. Father of Economics: Acharya Chanakya

Work: Arthashshtra

7. Father of Atomic theory: Rishi Kanada

Work: Kanada Sutras

8. Father of Architecture: Vishwakarma

9. Father of Aero Dynamics: Mayasura

Work: Vastu Darpana

10. Father of Medicine: Dhanvantari first propounded Ayurveda

11. Father of Grammar: Panini

Work: Vyakarana Deepika

12. Father of Natyashastra: Bharatamuni

Work: Natyashastra

13. Father of Kavya (literature): Krishna Dwaipayana (VedaVyasa)

Works - Mahabharata Ashtaadasha Puranas

14. Father of Playwriting: Kalidasa

Works: Meghadhootam Raghuvamsham, Kumara Sambhava etc etc

15. Father of Ganita: Bhaskara ll

Works: Lilavati

16. Father of Guerrilla Warfare: Bhagwan Shri Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj ji

Works: ShriShivBharat by Kavindra Parmanand Translation to Hindi: Sanjay Dixit & Tufail Chaturvedi

17. Father of Story Writing: Vishnu Sharma

Works: Panchatantra

18. Father of Politics: Acharya Chanakya

Works: Arthashashtra, Nitishashtra

19. Father of Kama Shastra: Vatsyana

Work: Kamasutra

20. Father of Philosophy: Bhagwan Sri Krishna

Work: Shri Bhagavad Geeta

21. Father of Advaitha: Shankara

Works: Commentaries (Bhashyas), Panchadasi, Vivekachudamani, etc.

22. Father of Alchemy: Nagarjuna

Work: Pragnaparamita Sutras.

23. Father of Electricity: Maharshi Agastya

Work: Agastya Samhita

24. Baudhayan: The original mathematician behind "Pythagorean theorem". Baudhayan (c. 800 BCE) was a Bharatiya mathematician, the first one ever to arrive at several concepts in Mathematics, which were later rediscovered by the Western world. What is known as "Pythagorean theorem today is already found in Baudhayan sutras, which was written several years before the age of Pythagoras.

25. Father/Founder of Hindavi Swarajya/Hindu Empire/Maratha Empire: Shri Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj (Also Father of Modern Bhartiya Navy and Ghar Wapasi)

The above list is just the tip of the iceberg. Let us take pride in sharing and educating the world what our ancestors did.

Yet our ancestors bowed down to the world with their Humble "Namaskar"