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Not many in the country today would have heard of Dr KB Menon or of his journey from a scholar teaching at the Harvard to a stalwart revolutionary in the Malabar, who found his greater calling in the independence struggle for his motherland.

Yash Pal was fascinated by the logic required to solve geometrical problems. He says in his biography that he would have missed this joy if he had not discovered it on his own.

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

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?

Setting up a governance system was the priority after Independence, and eminent names from the Indian political system got down to work, laying down the foundations of our ‘sovereign, secular, democratic, republic’.

If India successfully overthrew the British Raj on 15th August 1947, why did it wait for over two and a half years to become a Republic?

Did you know that the credit for kick-starting India’s computer revolution goes to a epic clash between two scientific titans? Here’s the interesting story!

An Indian diplomat and politician of the first order, Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit was a trailblazer for women in ways more than one. For example, she became the first woman President of the United Nations General Assembly.

From famous personalities and historical landmarks to everyday life, here are 30 rare photographs that show a different perspective of Indian history.

Arguably the largest library of music recordings in the country, All India Radio's sound archives also contain a rare and invaluable collection of historic speeches given by eminent Indians.