History

The first Asian wrestler to win the World Professional Wrestling Championships Jatindra Charan Goho aka Goho Gobar from Calcutta took his family's legacy to great heights. Yet his achievement remains unknown in India.

An unsung freedom fighter who helped Netaji Bose escape and fought alongside Mahatma Gandhi in the Non-Cooperation movement, Helen Lepcha (also known as Savitri Devi) remains lost in the pages of India's history.

Independent French researchers Carlo Oetheimer and Yohann Oetheimer recently published a paper discussing their findings in Thar, Rajasthan, and the discovery of possibly the world's biggest geoglyphs, that surpass the famous Peruvian Nazca lines.

Dr Jainti Dass Saggar from Ludhiana, Punjab was elected as the first south Asian and non-white town councillor of Dundee, Scotland, and became a permanent part of the region's history.

Ayana Deva Angadi, a man from Mysore State [now in Karnataka] started the Asian Music Circle with little resources in 1946. This organisation was responsible for introducing several stalwarts, including late Pandit Ravi Shankar to Western audiences, as well as the reason behind the sitar maestro’s deep friendship with former Beatle George Harrison.

Jawaharlal Nehru, India's first Prime Minister, made his first visit to Leh on 4 July 1949 at the invitation of the 19th Kushok Bakula Rinpoche, the 'Architect of Modern Ladakh'.

The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bengaluru was established on 27 May 1909 by Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata. In 112 years the institute has conducted cutting-edge research in various scientific fields and provided innovative solutions.

In his book 'The Skull of Alum Bheg', Dr Kim Wagner, a British-Danish historian, details how a young soldier was falsely accused of th grisly murders of a British doctor and reverend.

Overseen by Sheikh Mohammad Munir Ansari today, this quaint and beautiful structure in Jerusalem with an Indian flag waving on its rooftop, continues to accommodate visitors from their homeland despite several moments over the course of 800 years when its mere existence was in jeopardy.

Dhanvanthi Rama Rau was the founder of the Family Planning Association of India, co-founder and president of the International Planned Parenthood Federation, and a pioneer of women's autonomy through birth control. However, many remain unaware of her contribution to India becoming a global leader in family planning.