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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!

Pritilata Waddedar | A Key Name in the Chittagong Uprising

3 mins; May 04, 2023

Tipu Sultan | The Lion's Last Roar

4 mins; May 03, 2023

Raja Harishchandra | Story of Bollywood's First Film

5 mins; May 02, 2023

Absolute Perfection | Celebrating Satyajit Ray and His Cinema

4 mins; May 01, 2023

Slave to Sultan | The Story of Iltutmish

60 hours 0 mins; April 30, 2023

Chandro Tomar | Granny with a Gun

4 mins; April 29, 2023

Red Fort | Story of Qila i Mubarak

5 mins; April 28, 2023

Bhanu Athaiya | India's Oscar Moment

5 mins; April 27, 2023

Zohra Sehgal | The Everlasting Grace of a Bollywood Veteran

5 mins; April 26, 2023

Srinivasa Ramanujan | The Man Who Knew Infinity

5 mins; April 25, 2023

Operation Ashwamegh | Rescuing a Hijacked Flight

4 mins; April 24, 2023

Half Century | Sachin Tendulkar's 50th Birthday Special

10 mins; April 23, 2023

Janaki Amma | 48,000 Songs in 17 Languages

5 mins; April 22, 2023

Pramod Mahajan | Story of a Political Assassination

3 mins; April 21, 2023

Shakuntala Devi | Story of India's 'Human Calculator'

4 mins; April 20, 2023

Shakeel Badayuni | Jab Pyaar Kiya to Darna Kya

4 mins; April 19, 2023

Aryabhatta | India in the Space Race

3 mins; April 18, 2023

Sir Sobha Singh | The Man Who Built New Delhi

3 mins; April 17, 2023

A Vote of No Confidence | PM Vajpayee's 13 Month Government

2 mins; April 16, 2023

Rail Gaadi | The Story of India's First Passenger Train

3 mins; April 15, 2023

Sudarshan Pattnaik | Iconic Indian Sand Artist

2 mins; April 14, 2023

BR Ambedkar | Architect of the Indian Constitution

3 mins; April 13, 2023

Hathi Mere Sathi | The First Elephant to Arrive in America

2 mins; April 12, 2023

Maharaja Ranjit Singh | The Lion of Punjab

3 mins; April 11, 2023

KL Saigal | The OG Singing Superstar of Bollywood

5 mins; April 10, 2023

Mastering Financial Assistance | Gadgil's Equations

3 mins; April 09, 2023

Sharan Rani | India's Sarod Queen

3 mins; April 08, 2023

Mangal Mangal Ho | The Event that Triggered the Revolt of 1857

3 mins; April 07, 2023

Pt Ravi Shankar | Life and Times of the Music Maestro

3 mins; April 06, 2023

Mumbai vs Delhi | Iconic Ranji Trophy 1985 Finale

3 mins; April 05, 2023

Rustomji Jamshedji | Cricket Debut at the Age of 41

3 mins; April 04, 2023

The Battle of Kohima | When Japan Fought on Indian Soil

4 mins; April 03, 2023

Prabhu Deva | 50 Years of the Dancing Superstar

5 mins; April 02, 2023

2011 World Cup Victory | Finishing it off in Style

5 mins; April 01, 2023

Asaf Ali | A Lawyer Fighting Colonial Law

3 mins; March 31, 2023

Bombay's Trams | End of an Era

2 mins; March 30, 2023

The Dalai Lama | A Leader in Exile

2 mins; March 29, 2023

Duleep Singh | The Last Maharaja of Punjab

2 mins; March 28, 2023

K Ramakrishna Pillai | Speaking Truth to Power

3 mins; March 27, 2023

The Bombay Story | Every Big City Starts Small

3 mins; March 26, 2023

Mahadevi Verma | The Champion of Chhayavad Poetry

3 mins; March 25, 2023

Usha Mehta | Story of the Underground Congress Radio Station

3 mins; March 24, 2023

900 Miles | When Telegraph Lines Connected Agra and Calcutta

2 mins; March 23, 2023

The Ultimate Sacrifice | Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev, Rajguru

3 mins; March 22, 2023

Nader Shah | A Massacre in Mughal Delhi

2 mins; March 21, 2023

Ustad Bismillah Khan | The Maestro of Shehnai Music

3 mins; March 20, 2023

Muhammad Bin Tughlaq | Story of the 'Wise Fool'

2 mins; March 19, 2023

EMS Namboodiripad | Iconic Leader of Kerala

3 mins; March 18, 2023

New Delhi Book Fair | How it All Started

2 mins; March 17, 2023

Saina Nehwal | Badminton's Golden Ace

2 mins; March 16, 2023

Sachin's 100th Ton | The Century of Centuries

3 mins; March 15, 2023

Unconventional | The Abhay Deol Story

4 mins; March 14, 2023

Irom Sharmila | 16 Years of Struggle

3 mins; March 13, 2023

Jatindra 'Gobar' Guha | Story of an Incredible Wrestler

2 mins; March 12, 2023

Sahitya Akademi | India's Academy of Letters

3 mins; March 11, 2023

Dwijendranath Tagore | Another Gem from the Tagore Family

3 mins; March 10, 2023

Sedition | Mahatma Gandhi's First Arrest

3 mins; March 09, 2023

Bahadur Shah Zafar | Exile of the Last Mughal

2 mins; March 08, 2023

The Assassination of Chamkila | A Tragic Day in Indian Music

5 mins; March 07, 2023

Anupam Kher | Life of an Actor

3 mins; March 06, 2023

Tagore Meets Gandhi | The Poet and the Mahatma

3 mins; March 05, 2023

Biju Patnaik | Pilot, Freedom Fighter, and Chief Minister

3 mins; March 04, 2023

Bethune College | The First Women's College in Asia

2 mins; March 03, 2023

Jamsetji Tata | Cotton, Mills, and Opium

3 mins; March 02, 2023

The N-Deal | India Goes Nuclear

2 mins; March 01, 2023

For Precious Calico | The Story of Fort St. George

3 mins; February 28, 2023

National Science Day | CV Raman and the Raman Effect

3 mins; February 27, 2023

The Great Fire of Bombay | A Tragic Tale

3 mins; February 26, 2023

19th Native Infantry | The Spark that Turned into a Rebellion

4 mins; February 25, 2023

Virus vs Us | India's Fight Against Polio

3 mins; February 24, 2023

The Story of Anant Pai | Founder of Amar Chitra Katha

3 mins; February 23, 2023

Band, Baaja, Bride | Sabyasachi Mukherjee's Fashion Empire

4 mins; February 22, 2023

Humayun Kabir | A Man of Many Hats

4 mins; February 21, 2023

India's OG Romantic | 'Chhayawadi' Poet Nirala

3 mins; February 20, 2023

Dil Se Re | The Story of India's First Heart Transplant

3 mins; February 19, 2023

Architect of India's Panchayati Raj | Balwantrai Mehta

3 mins; February 18, 2023

Wah Taj | Celebrating the Taj Mahotsav

4 mins; February 17, 2023

The Other Empire | Portuguese Conquest of Goa

4 mins; February 16, 2023

The Indian Scientists who Measured the Stars | Meghnad Saha

4 mins; February 15, 2023

Mirza Ghalib | Life and Times of Poet Extraordinaire

4 mins; February 14, 2023

Babur | Know the First Mughal

3 mins; February 13, 2023

Delhi | Birth of India's Power Capital

3 mins; February 12, 2023

Cricket's OG Universal Boss | GR Vishwanath

3 mins; February 11, 2023

Bollywood's Shah Jahan | Kamal Amrohi

4 mins; February 10, 2023

Dance of Democracy | The First Elections of Independent India

3 mins; February 09, 2023

Baba Amte | Gandhian to the Core

3 mins; February 08, 2023

The Heart and Soul of Jamia | President Zakir Husain

4 mins; February 07, 2023

Poet or Puppet? Awadh's Last Nawab | Wajid Ali Shah

3 mins; February 06, 2023

Poet Pradeep | National Poet of India

3 mins; February 05, 2023

KS Nissar Ahmed | A Celebration of Daily Life in Poetry

2 mins; February 04, 2023

Madan Mohan Malviya | Founder of Banaras Hindu University

3 mins; February 03, 2023

The Battle for Diu | Portuguese Rule in India

3 mins; February 02, 2023

Khushwant Singh | The Sardar Inside the Light Bulb

4 mins; February 01, 2023

Starcrossed | Kalpana Chawla and the Columbia Space Shuttle

2 mins; January 31, 2023

The Peacock | India's National Bird

3 mins; January 30, 2023

Martyr's Day | Mahatma Gandhi's Final Hours

6 mins; January 29, 2023

Anjali Mendes | Ruling the Ramp in the 70s

3 mins; January 28, 2023

Battle of Aliwal | A Landmark Moment in the Anglo-Sikh War

3 mins; January 27, 2023

Imperial Bank of India | Banking in Colonial India

2 mins; January 26, 2023

26 January 1950 | Birth of a Republic

3 mins; January 25, 2023

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