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Transported on a Bicycle, Launched from a Church: The Amazing Story of...
When Prime Minister Indira Gandhi asked Rakesh Sharma (India’s first astronaut) how their country looked from space, he famously replied, “Saare jahan se achcha.” It was 53 years ago, on November 21...
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A Tribute to M G K Menon, the Brilliant Physicist who Laid India’s Scientific...
Scientist, policy-maker, scholar, parliamentarian, Cabinet Minister and a humanist of rare elegance, Mambillikalathil Govind Kumar Menon has often been described as one of India’s most eminent...
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A Forgotten Village and Its Role In Nurturing India’s Television Revolution
Gujarat’s Kheda district has a special place in Indian history for many reasons. It was the home of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, the place where Mahatma Gandhi started his second Satyagraha on Indian soil...
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IISc: Pioneering Scientific Knowledge and Innovations in India Over 100 Years
The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) was the brainchild of Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata. From its initial conception in 1896, it took 13 years to establish the institution on May 27, 1909. The Institute...
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The Forgotten Story of How IISc Launched Aerospace Research in India
IISc set up its Department of Aeronautical Engineering in 1942 – bang in the middle of World War II. It was the year that the Nazis were to begin acting on their horrific plan for a “Final Solution”,...
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Remembering Raja Ramanna: The Unsung Man Who Put India on the Nuclear Power Map
41years ago, Indian physicist, Raja Ramanna, was invited to stay in Iraq, as a prized guest of Saddam Hussein. As expected, such an invite sent by the Iraqi dictator to a nuclear physicist, was not all...
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IISc Turns 110: 5 Reasons Why the Indian Institute of Science Is Iconic For...
On this day, 110 years ago, the then British Government in India passed a vesting order that established the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bengaluru on 371 acres of land that the Mysore Durbar...
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10 Rare Pics from History That Expand Our Understanding of India
Browse through history and you will come across numerous figures, heroes in their own right, who took the country to great heights. Right from the leadership of JRD Tata and the scientific prowess of...
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14 Indian Scientists Who Transformed Our Lives: Celebrating their Global Impact
Science is an important part of our everyday life, even more so than we notice. From our fancy gadgets to the the technologies we can’t live without, from our humble light bulb to the space...
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