Partition

After crossing border during Partition at age five, Dr Dhawan braved financial constraints to secure multiple degrees. His life is truly a testament to the spirit of learning! #Respect #Inspiration

“He took the medal to his teacher in India, who was a very old by then. His teacher was lying flat on his back and couldn't get out of bed. And there is a picture of my father putting the medal (Nobel Prize) into his hands...”

Much in the news of late, this herbal concoction has borne witness to more than 100 years of subcontinental history, including Partition.

"Nonviolence is love and it stirs courage in people . . . No peace or tranquility can descend upon the people of the world until nonviolence is practised," once said the 'Pride of Pashtuns.' #ForgottenHeroes #History

“My parents were very forward-looking even in that era. In the ’30s my eldest sister completed her graduation staying in a hostel away from all of us. My father was a firm believer of educating his girls,” she adds.

“We are not a nation of shopkeepers. Whatever the economic consequences maybe we want to stand on certain principles.”

There is a reason why R.G. Casey, the Australian who served as Governor of Bengal, called him "the wisest man in India". #ForgottenHeroes #History

Four months before India attained Independence, India's first Home Minister spoke to its first batch of IAS officers. Find out how he wanted them to move from ‘Swarajya’ to ‘Surajya’! #SardarPatel

Hamid Begum, who was six years old then, remembers vividly, her family living in Tanda, Punjab, when hooligans started a witch hunt on the Muslim community.

Indian society may not like the uncomfortable questions placed before it. But this band will ask those questions anyway!