10 Tech Triumphs ; From Small Cars to Space Rockets; From Farms to Phones, Technology Made Things Easier for India. And a Whole Lot Better.Some of It Was New Developments; Others the Application of Existing Knowledge in Fields Where India Hadn't Gone Boldly Before.

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The technology of the times was reflected in India Today as the best brains of the nation turned their knowledge into real applications. The Rs 45,000-car was a tad more expensive than planned, but went on to rule the roads. India got a grip on nuclear power, for both energy and diplomacy.

Hi-tech gadgets reached the masses as the communications revolution kicked off.Aspace programme took India to where it had never been before with an impactor carrying the tricolour landing on the moon. In medicine,new frontiers were breached with every passing year. India Today was there every time,as science showed the way to a better future as Indian hospitals attracted global patients, as ordinary citizens connected with each other and the world, and as the Internet reached handheld devices and back pockets.

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10 Tech Triumphs ; From Small Cars to Space Rockets; From Farms to Phones, Technology Made Things Easier for India. And a Whole Lot Better.Some of It Was New Developments; Others the Application of Existing Knowledge in Fields Where India Hadn't Gone Boldly Before.

1. SMALL IS BIG Maruti to Tata Nano

In 1983, the Maruti 800 revolutionised the way India travelled. Two years later, it was the largestselling car in India, recalled India Today in 2003.

Almost 25 years later,when Tata drove th...

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