History

Baburao Painter accomplished multiple things at a time when there was no internet, guidance or film schools. He gave our film industry those aspects without which one cannot imagine to make a film today.

Connecting with people of the subcontinent via their social media handles, these libraries are preserving these rare pictures and precious stories of common people in various mediums.

When other freedom fighters were freed after the Gandhi-Irwin pact, this unsung hero was not let out -- such was the fear he inspired in the British.

From India’s first locomotive engine, ambulance car on Bengal Nagpur railway, to women weaving at Madra station in 1946, here are some rare but amazing pictures of Indian Railways.

“A chance visit to Tirumeyyam made me explore its history. It pulled me to the world of inscriptions carved in many monuments of India,” says Pradeep.

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

"With each passing day, painted Havelis in Shekhawati are falling apart and beautiful frescoes are crumbling to dust, erasing some very significant history of a rich cultural region in Rajasthan."

Heard about the famous 'Red Fort Trials'? Shah Nawaz Khan was one of the three INA heroes who stood in the dock for the first of these trials

Deriving its name from the Sanskrit word for ‘dialogue,’ Samvaad, organised by Tata Steel, is one of the largest tribal conclaves or ecosystems in India. It has reached out to more than 10,000 people and 17 countries worldwide.

"Local doctors started suggesting that this fermented stale bread be given as a convalescent food to patients as it was easy to digest and kept their stomachs feeling full for long." #FoodSecrets