Indian nationalism can get especially weird where it intersects with Hindu fundamentalism. A common pattern I've seen is claims that a modern invention or scientific discovery (like the speed of light, or the light bulb, or a space probe) was actually "inspired by", or "predicted by", or even "stolen from" the Vedas.

(This isn't to detract from the technological discoveries which really did originate in India, of course! A few commonly cited true examplies of these are place-value numeric notation, cataract surgery, and certain advances in early metallurgy. The sorts of claims I'm referring to are much more fanciful -- for instance, one I've seen is that certain large symbolic numbers in the Vedas actually represent values of scientific interest, like the speed of light, the diameter of the Earth, or the distance to the Moon.)