History

Awarded the Padma Shri for her incredible work, Fathema Ismail laid the groundwork for a polio-free India more than seven decades ago.

While most Indians know about Visvesvaraya's immense contributions as the Diwan of Mysore, few are aware that the legendary engineer also played a key role in making Hyderabad flood-free way back in the 1900s.

Among the handful of Indians pilots who fought in the World War I was a young boy who would go on to become India's first fighter ace. Here's the incredible story of Indra Lal Roy.

The only woman in history to confront, fight and repeatedly defeat the Portuguese, Rani Abbakka's unflagging courage and indomitable spirit are at par with the legendary Rani Laxmi Bai of Jhansi and Rani Chennamma of Kittur. 

Gujarat’s Kheda district has a special place in Indian history for many reasons. However, few know that it was also instrumental in decentralizing television broadcasting in India

Here's the riveting story of the feisty fighter who went on to become Indian Air Force's greatest war hero.

The garden was part of a plot by a local king to keep the Mughal lords out of his lair! The Pinjore Gardens are spectacular. The story behind them is just as interesting!

Scholar, teacher, philosopher and statesman, Sarvepalli Radhakrishanan was one of 20th century's greatest thinkers. On Teacher's Day, here are some little-known facts from his inspiring life.

This is the story of Kadambini Ganguly, one of the first women graduates from India and the entire British Empire, who moved on to become one of the first female physicians trained in western medicine in the whole of South Asia.

Delhi Police tweeted the evidence of the crime that happened in the nineteenth century as #ThrowbackThurday.