History

The story of Syed Abdul Rahim, popularly known as the architect of modern Indian football will soon come on the silver screen, with Ajay Devgn essaying the role of the football coach

Chanakya dedicated his life to forming the Maurya Empire and guiding its pioneer—Chandragupta Maurya and his son, Bindusara. He was the royal advisor, economist and philosopher during their reign.

Kabali had named his aircraft “Feather of the Dawn” and conducted a religious ceremony at Croydon before his flight. Renowned poet, freedom fighter and the first female governor, Sarojini Naidu, had attended the ceremony.

He was so captivated by Tibet that he called his house Lhasa Villa, on the edge of Darjeeling town. It still stands today, although in a dilapidated condition.

This attack that came to be known as the Vellore Mutiny was carried out on the midnight of 10 July 1806. What is the story of this rebellion that lasted just one day but cost over 400 lives? Why was it carried out and how was it subdued in under a day?

Flt Lt PK Raveendran was amongst the crew scheduled to fly the then Prime Minister Morarji Desai from Delhi to Jorhat on November 4, 1977.

The Adventures of Padma and A Blue Dinosaur is a book by noted children’s author Vaishali Shroff, which, as the names suggests, takes one through a gripping adventure undertaken by a young girl named Padma.

Did you know, there was not a single mention of Ladakh, an area that covers nearly 40% of the state, in the first Kashmiri Budget speech?

Fondly called 'Nalini' by Rabindranath Tagore, Annapurna Turkhad is the subject of an upcoming Marathi-Bengali film being produced by Priyanka Chopra.

Mumbai's BMC has an imposing and impressive statue of this man outside the main building.