Red Fort

…powerful symbol of India’s sovereignty: the Prime Minister of India raises the flag of India on the rampants of the Lahori Gate of the fort complex every year on Independence…

Aruna Asaf Ali

India. Face of Quit India movement On August 8, 1942, the AICC passed the Quit India resolution at the Bombay session. The government responded by arresting the major leaders and…

M. Visvesvaraya

…the British Indian Empire (KCIE) by King George V for his contributions to the public good. 15 September is celebrated as Engineer’s Day in India, Sri Lanka and Tanzania in…

C. V. Raman

…in Southern India. In 1947, he was appointed as the first National Professor by the new government of Independent India. In 1948 Raman, through studying the spectroscopic behavior of crystals,…