jawaharlal nehru

You’ve heard the line: “At the stroke of the midnight hour…” But what else did Nehru say when India woke to freedom? What promises did he make? What did he urge the nation to remember? And are we living up to that vision today?

A highly skilled pilot with the Royal Indian Air Force, Biju Patnaik flew a series of high-risk missions and was a strong supporter of India’s freedom struggle before he became a successful entrepreneur and Odisha’s chief minister.

From Independence through Emergency and beyond, cartoonist and political satirist Shankar wasn't afraid to make fun of influential leaders.

Children from Tokyo, Berlin, Amsterdam and even a small town in Canada wrote letters to former prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru, requesting him to send them an elephant from India. Here's a unique story of how he turned these requests into small diplomatic victories.

From 1929 on till Independence, almost all distinguished leaders of the freedom struggle addressed the masses through Chicago Radio loudspeakers and public address equipment delivered by visionary entrepreneur Gianchand Motwane.

Usha Sundaram was the first woman pilot of Independent India, and while only in her twenties, facilitated several important events and missions that leaders of the freedom struggle embarked upon.

What happened on that February afternoon in 1959 in a Kerala school created an awakening that some might suspect gave further clarity to Reverend Dr Martin Luther King Jr's struggle against racial inequality and injustice.

On the occasion of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru's 60th birthday on 14 November, 1949, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel penned a heartfelt tribute to the Prime Minister of the newly independent nation.

At 22, Indrani Rahman was already married and a mother of two when she became the first South Asian to compete in the Miss Universe pageant, alongside establishing an illustrious career in the field of dance. Watch this video to know her incredible story.

Founded in 1891, the Cambridge Majlis offered students from the Indian subcontinent a forum for debates, dialogue and cultural events, even though the British Raj had hoped otherwise.