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Lachit Barphukan

Lachit Barphukan was a great general. Like Shivaji, his contemporary in the Deccan, Lachit also fought relentlessly to curb the expansion of the Mughal Empire in Assam. It is ...

Krishnadeva Raya

The kingdom of Vijayanagara (founded in 1336 A.D.) was a stronghold of Hinduism at a time when India was politically dominated by Muslim rulers. The glory of Vijayanagara reached ...

Shalivahana

Shalivahana was a commoner who became king, a rare event in ancient India. He grew up as a poor widows son, in a poor potters family. A holy man is said to have foretold that he ...

Kalpana Chawla

Kalpana Chawla grew up in Karnal in Haryana, with dreams of being among the stars. With razor-sharp intellect, determination and hard work, she turned her dreams to reality and ...

Jallianwala Bagh

The incident which occurred at Jallianwalla Bagh on 13th April, 1919 will ever remain in the memory of all Indians as an eloquent symbol of British tyranny in India. The massacre ...

Jahangir

It is tough to be a famous junior, and more so when the senior happens to be Akbar, the Mughal-e-Azam. This was the tragedy of Jahangir.It was a personal tragedy in which neither ...

Harsha

If Harsha is remembered till this day as a great ruler, it is not only because he was a brave military leader, but also because he was a man of noble impulse, a great patron of ...

The Historic City Of Delhi

Delhi is located on the bank of river Yamuna, at the rocky tip of a branch of the Aravali ranges on the eastern edge of the plains of Punjab and Haryana. Popular tradition holds ...

Durgadas

The life of Durgadas was one of the most extraordinary in the history of Rajasthan. Women of Marwar were often blessed with the words, ""May you have a son like Durgadas"". In the ...

Chandragupta Maurya

The story of Chandragupta Maurya, founder of the Maurya dynasty, is told in this title. Author: Subba Rao

Chand Bibi

The story of Chand Bibi is imprinted on the Indian mind as an example of all that is noble and brave in the human spirit. Around the year 1595, the Deccan was divided into many ...

Bimbisara

The sixth century BC was a watershed period in the history of India. The north of India then was politically fragmented, with a number of kingdoms and perhaps a few republics. It ...

Bhagat Singh

Bhagat Singh was a fighter for freedom from British rule in India. Born in a Sikh family of patriots, he was an activist even as a student. He was member of a group of ...

Bappa Rawal

By the seventh century, the Rajput kings had lost their kingdoms extending up to Ghazni in Afghanistan to their enemies. In the eighth century, the foreign adversaries had not only ...

Banda Bahadur

Few characters in the history of India have had as spectacular and meteoric a life as Banda Bahadur. He paved the way for the foundation of the Sikh Kingdom. Born a Rajput in ...