netaji subhash chandra Bose

A statue of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose will soon be installed at Delhi's India Gate and the man who will make it is Adwaita Gadanayak, the Director-General of National Gallery of Modern Art.

Tucked away in a quiet corner of Kolkata's College Street, what started as a hideout for freedom fighters is now a popular place of adda where the delicious 'dam sherbet' is served.

Bela Mitra, also known as Bela Bose, was born in Kodalia in British-ruled India and grew up with a singular goal of freeing her country.

An unsung freedom fighter who helped Netaji Bose escape and fought alongside Mahatma Gandhi in the Non-Cooperation movement, Helen Lepcha (also known as Savitri Devi) remains lost in the pages of India's history.

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

At 14, she shot a tyrannical British magistrate, underwent a historic trial, and spent seven years in imprisonment. Later, in independent India, she became a doctor.

Their work pays tribute to Cherpulassery through a work of mural art stretched across a 7,000-sq-m wall around the town's government school.

The library started with just 21 members.

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

If you take pride in your ability to solve even the toughest of riddles, here is a list of the greatest unsolved mysteries in Indian history.