Is it true Catholics took the rosary from hindu mala?

No. Not at all.

The Rosary was historically called the "poor man's Psalter." The Psalter is a name for the Book of Psalms. We Catholics pray the hours. Just as Jesus did in the bible. Psalm 119:164

Seven times a day I have given praise to thee, for the judgments of thy justice.

Ages ago, books were all hand made and very expensive. See a photograph of an ancient psalter at the first link I posted below. Also, the average man could not read.

There are 150 Psalms in a Catholic Bible. If memory serves, Martin Luther broke one into two so Protestant bibles have 151 psalms. But hundreds of years ago, peasants would gather up 150 pebbles and put them in a pocket. Say and Our Father or a Hail Mary and toss a pebble aside.

The poor man's Psalter.

Even today, lay Catholics and Religious alike pray the hours. Sometimes they are sung. We have several ways of doing so. Liturgy of the Hours (4 seasonal books), Christian Prayer (1 book without the Daily Readings) and smaller Morning and or Evening prayer versions.

Laudes 6am, Terce 9am, Sext 12pm, None 3pm, Vespers 6pm, Compline. 9pm and Vigils at midnight

Many Catholics only pray Laudes and Vespers. The full hours are done by religious.

Acts 16:25

And at midnight, Paul and Silas, praying, praised God. And they that were in prison heard them.

The Rosary is a devotional about the life and works of Christ. Since Hindus generally care very little for Christ one way or another, it's completely illogical to assume that the Rosary came from Hindu anything.

The fact that both use beads means nothing. There was a beaded curtain in the movie "Raiders of the Lost Ark." What about Mardi Gras beads in New Orleans? Did those beads come from the Rosary? From the mala? I mean, beads is beads, right?

No. The Rosary originated from around the 9'Th or 10'Th Century, from when Christian monks used knotted cords to meditate upon the Psalms.

Then gradually, it became used to pray the Hail Marys, & meditate upon the Life Of Christ & His Church, as seen through the eyes of His Blessed Mother.

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Actually, if you really WERE the Holy Spirit, you would already know all this!!!

Possibly. The bible has never mentioned the use of a rosary. EVER.