Samuel (Satyananda) Stokes was an American who joined Indian National Congress in India's freedom struggle. He even introduced apples to Himachal Pradesh
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.
Few Indians know about the legend who so meticulously crafted India's national song, Vande Mataram. Here's the little-known story of Bengal's Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay.
A freedom fighter and the princess of Kapurthala, Amrit Kaur was India’s first health minister, the first Asian president of WHO's governing body and the founder of AIIMS.
India's National Science Day celebrates an amazing saga of scientific achievement — the discovery of the Raman Effect by CV Raman. Here's the story behind Asia's first Nobel Prize in science.