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We bring new stories from Indian history, heritage, art, and culture every day! From stories of iconic Indian freedom fighters to Maharajas who rebelled against the British, and from how certain Indian delicacies originated all the way to Indian art that made ripples on a global scale - HistoryShots gives you a daily dose of just about everything!

Madam Cama | Hoisting the Indian Flag High

6 mins; August 12, 2023

Vikram Sarabhai | Father of the Indian Space Program

6 mins; August 11, 2023

Anna Ka Birthday | The Suniel Shetty Special

5 mins; August 10, 2023

Fateh Singh Rathore | Story of India's Tiger Man

5 mins; August 09, 2023

E Krishna Iyer | The Lawyer Who Revived Bharatanatyam

4 mins; August 08, 2023

Remembering Bhisham Sahni - Writer, Playright, Actor

3 mins; August 07, 2023

MS Swaminathan | Sculptor of India's Green Revolution

3 mins; August 06, 2023

Surendranath Banerjee | Story of India's Rashtraguru

5 mins; August 05, 2023

Leila Seth | Story of the first Female Chief Justice of Indian High Courts

6 mins; August 04, 2023

Kishore Kumar Birthday Special | Evergreen Kishore Da

6 mins; August 03, 2023

Sunil Chhetri | India's Fantastic Footballer

4 mins; August 02, 2023

Prafulla Chandra Ray | The Father of Indian Chemistry

5 mins; August 01, 2023

Dwarkanath Tagore | A Pioneer of Indian Commerce

6 mins; July 31, 2023

Abhi Na Jao Chhod Kar | Remembering Mohd. Rafi

6 mins; July 30, 2023

Muthulakshmi Reddy | A Champion of Equality

3 mins; July 29, 2023

Mohun Bagan Day | Celebrating the Triumph of 1911

4 mins; July 28, 2023

Non Cooperation Movement | Boycotting the Prince of Wales

3 mins; July 27, 2023

The People's President | Remembering APJ Abdul Kalam

6 mins; July 26, 2023

85 Days of Night | End of the Kargil War

3 mins; July 25, 2023

Indian Tech | When IIT Bombay Opened It's Doors

3 mins; July 24, 2023

The Patriot Act | From Manoj Kumar to Bharat Kumar

3 mins; July 23, 2023

Indian Broadcasting Company | How India Entered the Radio Age

3 mins; July 22, 2023

Chandrayaan II - India Shoots For the Moon

3 mins; July 21, 2023

Anand Bakshi | The People's Poet

6 mins; July 20, 2023

Naseeruddin Shah | An Actor Among Stars

5 mins; July 19, 2023

Dr Jayant Narlikar | Story of the Marathi Einstein

4 mins; July 18, 2023

Kaka Forever | A Tribute to Superstar Rajesh Khanna

6 mins; July 17, 2023

Naming and Renaming | From Madras to Chennai

3 mins; July 16, 2023

Aruna Asaf Ali | The First Mayor of Delhi

4 mins; July 15, 2023

Freedom Fighter, Lawyer, Politician | The Life and Times of Durgabai Deshmukh

5 mins; July 14, 2023

The Wardha Resolution | Origin of the Quit India Movement

3 mins; July 13, 2023

Jatindranath Das | The 63 Day Hunger Strike

3 mins; July 12, 2023

Tribal Chief | How Bahlul Lodi Founded a Dynasty

3 mins; July 11, 2023

Amrita Pritam | A Voice Echoing Across Borders

3 mins; July 10, 2023

The Vellore Mutiny | The First Large Scale Sepoy Mutiny

4 mins; July 09, 2023

Guru Dutt | How One Man Redefined Indian Cinema

4 mins; July 08, 2023

Dadagiri | The Incredible Cricketing Career of Saurav Ganguly

5 mins; July 07, 2023

Journey of the Captain | MS Dhoni's Birthday Special Podcast

6 mins; July 06, 2023

Babu Jagjivan Ram - Career of a Legendary Politician

3 mins; July 05, 2023

PV Sindhu | The Badminton Genius

3 mins; July 04, 2023

Pt Nivruttibua Sarnaik | The Musical Wizard from Kolhapur

3 mins; July 03, 2023

Harbhajan Singh | A Closer Look at the Turbanator

4 mins; July 02, 2023

Artist Extraordinaire | The Tyeb Mehta Story

5 mins; July 01, 2023

Doctor's Day Special | Remembering Dr BC Roy

6 mins; June 30, 2023

Saeed Akhtar Mirza | Cinema Beyond Conventions

5 mins; June 29, 2023

Badminton Legend | The Story of Saina Nehwal

4 mins; June 28, 2023

PC Mahalanobis | Father of India's Modern Statistics

4 mins; June 27, 2023

PT Usha | Running Like the Wind

4 mins; June 26, 2023

The Royal Rajas | Trains on Dining Tables

3 mins; June 25, 2023

Kissa Kursi Ka | Horrors of the Emergency Era

5 mins; June 24, 2023

VV Giri | President of the Masses

5 mins; June 23, 2023

The Crash Heard Around Delhi | Sanjay Gandhi's Final Moments

4 mins; June 22, 2023

AIFB - When Netaji Founded All India Forward Block

4 mins; June 21, 2023

Rajaji | The Life and Times of C Rajagopalachari

3 mins; June 20, 2023

Kirloskar | The Name that Redefined Indian Industrial Growth

4 mins; June 19, 2023

Midnight's Child | The Salman Rushdie Story

3 mins; June 18, 2023

Rani Laxmi Bai | The Warrior Queen of Jhansi

4 mins; June 17, 2023

Leander Paes | Story of the Tennis Ace

4 mins; June 16, 2023

Mithun Chakraborty | From Naxalbari to Bollywood

5 mins; June 15, 2023

Teen Guna Lagaan | Making of an Iconic Film

5 mins; June 14, 2023

Asad Ali | The Rudra Veena Maestro

3 mins; June 13, 2023

Trial By Fire | The Uphaar Cinema Tragedy

4 mins; June 12, 2023

She is Beauty, She is Grace | The Story of Padmini Ramachandran

4 mins; June 11, 2023

Lalu Prasad Yadav | The Superstar of Bihar Politics

3 mins; June 10, 2023

Blue Star, Red Blood | Aftermath of Operation Blue Star

4 mins; June 09, 2023

Lal Bahadur Shastri | A Worthy Successor

3 mins; June 08, 2023

Malabar Princess | Air India Flies to London

6 mins; June 07, 2023

Making of the Mahatma | When Mahatma Gandhi was Pushed Out of a Train

3 mins; June 06, 2023

Grand Slam | Bhupathi and Paes at Roland-Garros

2 mins; June 05, 2023

The Ban on Maggi | When the Unthinkable Happened

3 mins; June 04, 2023

Nutan | An Acting Career Spanning 5 Decades

7 mins; June 03, 2023

Mountbatten's Plan | The Partition of India is Planned

3 mins; June 02, 2023

Showman Supreme | Life and Times of Raj Kapoor

6 mins; June 01, 2023

Aiming for the Stars | Journey from INCOSPAR to ISRO

3 mins; May 31, 2023

Ahilyabai Holkar | An Iconic Queen of the Maratha Empire

4 mins; May 30, 2023

Gunturu Seshendra Sharma | Moon of the Nation

3 mins; May 29, 2023

Top of the World | Scaling Mt. Everest

3 mins; May 28, 2023

Raids from the West | Story of the Sayyid Dynasty

4 mins; May 27, 2023

Tracer Bullet | The Incredible Career of Ravi Shastri

8 mins; May 26, 2023

Nader Shah | The Invasion that Started the Mughal Decline

3 mins; May 25, 2023

Sunil Dutt | Actor, Politician and Family Man

5 mins; May 24, 2023

Majrooh Sultanpuri | A Poet in Prison

7 mins; May 23, 2023

Maharani Gayatri Devi | Jaipur's Last Maharani

5 mins; May 22, 2023

Sher Shah Suri | The Lion Who Almost Ended the Mughal Empire

4 mins; May 21, 2023

Rajiv Gandhi's Assassination | An Explosion that Shook the Nation

4 mins; May 20, 2023

The Discovery of India | Vasco Da Gama in Calicut

4 mins; May 19, 2023

Landour's Living Legend | Happy Birthday Ruskin Bond

3 mins; May 18, 2023

RB Sapre | India's Forgotten Chess Champion

2 mins; May 17, 2023

Pankaj Udhas | Story of the Ghazal Maestro

4 mins; May 16, 2023

The Sikkim Story | Statehood in the 70s

4 mins; May 15, 2023

Nazir Hussain | The Godfather of Bhojpuri Cinema

3 mins; May 14, 2023

Rafiq Husain | A Gem of Urdu Literature

2 mins; May 13, 2023

Malgudi Days | The Universe of RK Narayan

4 mins; May 12, 2023

Rash Behari Bose | A Hero of India and Japan

4 mins; May 11, 2023

India's Baby Boom | The Birth of the Billionth Child

4 mins; May 10, 2023

Nayantara Sahgal | In a League of Her Own

3 mins; May 09, 2023

Bombay Flashback | When Horses Powered Mumbai's Public Transport

2 mins; May 08, 2023

Girija Devi | The World of Thumri and Chaiti Music

5 mins; May 07, 2023

Scam 1992 | Harshad Mehta Shocks the Stock Market

2 mins; May 06, 2023

Vanishing Act | Disappearance of the Sariska Tigers

3 mins; May 05, 2023

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