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Time Capsule: The day Asha Bhosle was born

Time Capsule: The Blitz, 1940

This Day, That Year: Dr S Radhakrishnan (1888-1975)

This Day, That Year: Dadabhai Naoroji (1825-1917)

This Day, That Year: 64 years ago, the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile took oath

This Day, That Year: The Interim Government of India was formed 78 years ago

This Day, That Year: Indian Standard Time (1947)

This Day, That Year: Beant Singh (1922-1995)

This Day That Year: Amrita Pritam (1919-2005)

ON THIS DAY: Bhai Kahn Singh Nabha (1861-1938)

ON THIS DAY: Verrier Elwin (1902-1964)

This Day That Year: Le Corbusier (1887-1965)

On August 26, 1928, Om Prakash Munjal, the doyen of the Indian bicycle Industry and founder & chairman of Hero Cycles, was born in Kamalia, now in Pakistan. Munjal, who started his entrepreneurship journey with his brothers at only 16...

On August 26, 1955, ‘Pather Panchali’, which would go on to become one of the most iconic films in the history of Indian cinema, was first released in Kolkata’s “Basusree” theatre. The initial response to the movie was poor, but...

August 26 marks the birth anniversary of Bansi Lal, whose legacy continues to inspire awe to this day, 18 years after his death. A part of the legendary Lal trio of Haryana politics — along with Devi Lal and Bhajan...

ON THIS DAY: Birth of Shivaram Hari Rajguru (1908)

ON THIS DAY: Mission Chandrayaan-3, August 23, 2023

ON THIS DAY: Death of Sophia Duleep Singh (1876-1948)

ON THIS DAY: Death of Sobha Singh (1901-1986)

ON THIS DAY: Birth of Rajiv Gandhi (1944-1991)

The town paid a heavy price for revolting against the British

On his birthday today, a conversation with the poet-lyricist — in chaste Pothohari Punjabi, at times — about life and writings