Who is the True ‘Father of Gravity’: Kanada or Newton?

Published by MyAim – April 2025
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Unveiling the True Father of Gravity: A Revolutionary Revelation by MyAim

For centuries, the world has accepted a single narrative: Isaac Newton, inspired by a falling apple, discovered gravity and became its rightful “father.” But what if this widely accepted story is only half the truth?

At MyAim, we believe in challenging dominant narratives—especially when they overshadow the contributions of ancient thinkers. Our latest research paper, titled “Who is the True ‘Father of Gravity’: Kanada or Newton?” presents a bold, evidence-based re-examination of the true origins of gravitational thought.

🚩 The Questions That Challenge Everything

• What if gravity wasn’t discovered in the 17th century but recognized over 2,000 years earlier?
• What if invisible forces between objects were already understood by ancient Indian philosophers?
• What if the first theory of motion and gravity came not from Europe but from the scriptures of Vedic India?
• What if the real “Father of Gravity” wasn’t Newton under an apple tree but Rishi Kanada in deep meditation?
• What if Newton got the credit… but Kanada had the idea first?
• What if history didn’t forget Kanada—it erased him?

🌌 Meet Rishi Kanada – The Forgotten Genius

Over 2200 years before Newton, a Vedic philosopher named Rishi Kanada—founder of the Vaisheshika school of Hindu philosophy—articulated concepts that mirror Newton’s laws of motion and gravity:

• Objects fall due to gurutva (gravity).
• Motion requires force—no movement occurs without a cause.
• Action is opposed by reaction.
• All matter is made of indivisible units called anu (atoms).

These principles, written in the Vaisheshika Sutra around 600 BCE, were systematic, logical, and far ahead of their time. They were not mystical poetry but early physics.

📚 What This Research Paper Reveals

Authored by Vikash Chaudhary, this 24-page research paper is not just a historical reflection—it’s a deep scientific, philosophical, and evidential investigation into one of the biggest questions in science history.

Here’s what it uncovers:

• Direct translations of original Sanskrit Sutras from the Vaisheshika Sutra clearly describe concepts of gravity, motion, inertia, and action-reaction — centuries before Newton.
• A side-by-side comparative analysis of Rishi Kanada’s sutras and Newton’s three laws of motion shows surprising conceptual similarities.
• Use of Nandalal Sinha’s 1911 English translation, officially hosted by the Government of India — proving the authenticity of Kanada’s work.
• Carbon-dated manuscripts and scholarly commentaries confirm that Kanada’s ideas existed long before modern science.
• Clear evidence that Newton’s formulas, though brilliant, fail under quantum and relativistic conditions — while Kanada’s qualitative logic holds universally.
• Real-life analogies and philosophical reasoning that explain why the “seed” of an idea matters just as much as its scientific “proof.”
• A powerful historical argument is that science is often filtered through Eurocentric lenses, ignoring pioneering minds from ancient civilizations like India.

🌱 Seed vs. Proof: A New Perspective

In science, we often celebrate the one who proves an idea — but what about the one who imagined it first?

This is the core debate raised in the research paper.
Rishi Kanada, more than 2,600 years ago, spoke about gravity, motion, and action-reaction through his Vaisheshika Sutras. He had no telescope, no equations, no lab—only deep observation, logic, and a mind trained in natural philosophy.

He didn’t “prove” gravity the way Newton did.
But he planted the seed — the original idea — that objects fall due to a natural force, that motion requires an external push, and that every action faces an opposing force. These thoughts are not vague guesses — they’re structured, logical, and systematic.

Centuries later, Newton built on similar principles and gave the world mathematical formulas like F = ma and F = G × m₁m₂ / r². That’s the proof, the “roots” that grew from Kanada’s seed.

But here’s the deeper question:

Should the title “Father of Gravity” only go to the one who proved it, or also to the one who first saw it—without needing a formula to feel the truth?

The paper uses real-life analogies — like a milkman noticing how milk spills downward or a tailor watching thread fall from a table — to show how Kanada’s insights are still present in our everyday experiences. His truths don’t need a lab to be understood — they need recognition.

In this new perspective, proof is important, but the seed is foundational. And it’s time we give Rishi Kanada his due place in history for planting that seed of gravitational thought.

🧠 Precedents: Why “Father” Titles Go to Big Thinkers, Not Just Provers

Throughout history, the title “Father of…” hasn’t always gone to the person who proved something — often, it’s given to the one who thought of it first.

This research paper highlights several examples:

• Charles Darwin is called the Father of Evolution, even though he didn’t know about DNA. That came much later.
• Copernicus is the Father of Modern Astronomy, though Galileo gave the proofs with his telescope.
• John Dalton is known as the Father of Atomic Theory, even though atoms weren’t observed until much later.
• Gregor Mendel became the Father of Genetics, but only after others rediscovered his pea plant experiments decades later.
• Alfred Wegener, laughed at in his time, is now called the Father of Continental Drift.
• Aristotle is called the Father of Biology — without doing a single microscope-based experiment.

These thinkers weren’t always the ones with the tools, data, or fame. But they planted the first idea—the seed.
History later caught up with their vision.

So the paper asks:

If these pioneers were honored for thinking first, not proving first… then why not Rishi Kanada?

He described core concepts of gravity, motion, inertia, and reaction centuries before Newton, in a structured way — using Sutras, not equations. Just like Darwin, Copernicus, and Mendel, Kanada, too, was ahead of his time.

This precedent matters.
Because the “Father of Gravity” shouldn’t just be the one who formalized it. It should also be the one who first saw the invisible — and dared to speak it.

🏆 A Proposal for Dual Recognition

This paper doesn’t seek to discredit Newton. It acknowledges his monumental contribution. But it raises an important point:

💡 The one who proved the idea is not always the one who first conceived it.

That’s why the paper proposes a fair and logical resolution:

• Rishi Kanada — Father of Gravity (for being the first to conceptualize it)
• Sir Isaac Newton — Father of Modern Scientific Gravity (for mathematically proving and formalizing it)

🧠 Why This Matters to MyAim

At MyAim, our mission is clear: To Humanize the Dehumanized.
That includes restoring recognition to voices that history has erased—whether individuals, cultures, or civilizations.

Colonial-era scholarship often overlooked or dismissed non-Western contributions. This paper corrects that imbalance, honoring Rishi Kanada as a pioneer of gravitational theory.

We may still be in the foundational phase as an NGO, but this is how we begin: by reclaiming truth, knowledge, and identity.

🙌 Who Should Read This Paper?

• Students – Learn how global history is far richer and more diverse than what most textbooks tell you. This paper will open your mind to hidden knowledge systems that have shaped our world.
• Teachers, Professors & Scholars – Bring inclusive, decolonized perspectives into your curriculum, lectures, and research. Teach beyond the Western narrative.
• History and Science Enthusiasts – Explore India’s deep-rooted contributions to physics, philosophy, and early scientific thought. This paper is your gateway to a forgotten intellectual revolution.
• Truth Seekers – If you believe that truth matters more than tradition and that recognition should be earned—not inherited—this paper is for you.
• Policymakers, Rule-Makers & Education Boards – Rethink what we teach in our classrooms. Use this research as a foundation to revise and enrich academic content both in India and globally.
• Cultural Leaders & Decision Makers – Ensure ancient wisdom is preserved, honored, and integrated into modern discourse, policies, and national identity.
• Scientists & Thinkers – Reflect on how qualitative ancient frameworks, like Kanada’s, continue to hold philosophical value even when modern formulas reach their limits.
• Global Citizens – If you care about cultural equity, historical justice, and intellectual recognition across civilizations, this paper is your call to awareness.

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• Title: Who is the True ‘Father of Gravity’: Kanada or Newton?
• Author: Vikash Chaudhary
• Format: PDF (24 pages)
• File size: 4.5 MB
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