world war II

J J Singh, an Indian businessman in New York, was not only a strong advocate for India’s freedom struggle, but also played a key role in shaping American politics and helping millions of Indians get citizenship in the US.

M Madhavan, a 28-year-old Malayali student from Mahe, was probably the only native-born Indian to be executed by Adolf Hitler's Nazi regime in a concentration camp during World War 2. Here's the fascinating story of this forgotten Indian hero.

Ursula Graham Bower joined a troop of 150 Nagas in 1942, and became a scout and combat commander for the British, during the Japanese invasion of India. Catriona Child narrates what it was like for her mother to lead these exploits as a woman and as an 'outsider'.

From pot-bellied malnourished kids to sad faces of mothers hiding their babies in their skeletal embrace, his pen captured the true tragedy of the Bengal famine. #history #ForgottenHeroes

On the anniversary of the Royal Indian Navy Mutiny of 1946, it’s time we remembered the brave young men who dared to defy an Empire and “energised the hearts and minds of our sailors, infantry soldiers, airmen ordinary mill hands, students, workers, citizens."

Delivered for 10 hours non-stop, Bhulabhai Desai's stirring defense of three #INA soldiers under trial had a profound impact on India's struggle for independence. #ForgottenHeroes

In the early 1950s, Dr Purnima Sinha was digging through surplus army equipment from World War 2 being sold as scrap on the footpaths of Kolkata to build the X-Ray equipment she needed for her doctoral research! #WomenInScience #LostTales

"When we were deported from Poland to Russia, I was four. It was such a hell that it wiped out almost everything from my mind. It is in India that I have my first childhood memories. Happy memories that I can recall," says a Polish refugee who visited Valivade village earlier this year. #LostTales #History

The man who built the world’s first programmable digital computer, Alan Turing is now celebrated for his code-cracking work that proved vital to the Allies in World War Two. But did you know what links him to Madras and Tungabhadra Bridge? #History

On his 102nd birth anniversary, we remember Naik Jadunath Singh of the Indian Army, for without whose selflessness and gallantry, the Battle of Naushera would have probably charted a very different course in history.