History

In many households across India, grandmothers still follow this practice of drying certain leaves and flowers and making a paste from it. If my nonagenarian grandmother had her way, she would still be making her own shampoo powder.

In 1923, the same year his son, Boman Kohinoor, was born, Rashid decided to dabble in the food business, and that is how the iconic Iranian-Parsi café came about.

It may be their old-age charm or the fact that they serve food driven by taste and taste alone, but Kolkata's 'ka-beens' can make true-blue Calcuttans turn into poets even after 150 years! #FoodSecrets #IconicEateriesOfIndia

Present at #JallianwalaBagh on the fateful day, Sashti Charan Mukherji escaped death by hiding under the dais. What he did next ensured that the British were unable to obliterate the signs of the 1919 massacre.

"Benjamin Guy Horniman was British by birth, but for about 40 years, he was the Bayard of Indian journalism. . . He was our greatest tradition, or banner of freedom and our school of journalism. His epitaph should be 'England's greatest and perhaps the only real gift to India'."

"Nonviolence is love and it stirs courage in people . . . No peace or tranquility can descend upon the people of the world until nonviolence is practised," once said the 'Pride of Pashtuns.' #ForgottenHeroes #History

The founder of the Bank of Baroda, Sayajirao Gaekwad III, was one of India’s most iconic social reformers – he supported widow remarriage, fought for temple entry of Dalits and also funded Dr BR Ambedkar’ education abroad!

Coupled with Lata Mangeshkar’s mellifluous voice were the powerful, hard-hitting lyrics of Kavi Pradeep that famously moved India's First Prime Minister.

Apart from being sturdy and cost-effective, the manufacturers had to ensure that the boxes were tamper-proof.

Tilak's right hand man and a dedicated freedom fighter, Joseph 'Kaka' Baptista was the "man who sang that slogan almost a generation before it became really popular." #ForgottenHeroes #History