British Raj

“That the British were instrumental in creating a slavery system should be known to all. And when that story is told, Totaram Sanadhya’s story is bound to come up.”

From pot-bellied malnourished kids to sad faces of mothers hiding their babies in their skeletal embrace, his pen captured the true tragedy of the Bengal famine. #history #ForgottenHeroes

Historians argue that the Nupi Lan movements not only sowed the seeds of economic and political reform, but also inspired generations of Manipuri women to assert their rights as equal citizens.

"Treat me as an Indian woman and I shall be quite content," said the first European woman to be jailed as a Satyagrahi. #WomenInHistory

The British once banned Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay for being 'seditious.' He brushed it off, stating that if his book disgruntled the reader against imperialism, then it had served its purpose! #DeathAnniversary #Legend #ForgottenHeroes

The man who built the world’s first programmable digital computer, Alan Turing is now celebrated for his code-cracking work that proved vital to the Allies in World War Two. But did you know what links him to Madras and Tungabhadra Bridge? #History

Did you know that, 4,000 years ago, the Harappans were probably eating almost exactly what you ate last night? Find out how this was revealed and more as we trace the origins of the ubiquitous curry.

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

"At the appointed time, Bhagat Singh and BK Dutta threw the bombs over the empty seats in the Central Assembly, threw the historic pamphlets 'To Make the Deaf Hear' and shouted slogans: 'Inquilab Zindabad' and 'Samrajyavaad ka naash ho'."

"What I should like to ask is why the Indian cavalry did not get sufficient credit for what they had done. They fought the Turk, and they beat the Turk."