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Chandrashekhar Azad — the freedom fighter who renounced non-violence

Chandrasekhar Azad died young, at the age of 24, but not before creating a stir with other revolutionaries such as Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev.

This forgotten pilot from India was just 19 when he shot down 9 German planes during WWI

Indra Lal Roy, 'the boy who came back from the dead' once, was posthumously awarded Britain's third-highest gallantry award — the Flying Cross.

Sheila Dikshit always loved a challenge — even when Delhi’s young voters replaced her with AAP

The Punjabi daughter-in-law of UP Congress stalwart cut her political teeth as junior minister in Rajiv Gandhi’s PMO, and despite her many detractors in her party, never looked back.

Military dictator, reformist, ‘shameless’: Bangladesh ex-president Ershad courted many tags

Ershad, who took power in Bangladesh through a bloodless coup 11 years after its independence, died Sunday at age 89.

On Malala Day, a look back at her powerful UN speech that continues to inspire

Soon after her speech at the UN headquarters, 12 July was declared by the international agency as Malala Day to honour the young activist.

Remembering Bhisham Sahni — the writer who shook up India’s conscience with Tamas

On Bhisham Sahni’s 16th death anniversary, ThePrint revisits Tamas, a timeless classic on Partition and one of his most celebrated novels.

K Balachander, the filmmaker Rajinikanth, Kamal Haasan & Sridevi owe their careers to

On his 89th birth anniversary, ThePrint looks back at the life and legacy of K. Balachander, a Padma Shri and Dadasaheb Phalke recipient.

Jyoti Basu, the beacon of Indian Communism who almost became prime minister

Basu was the consensus leader of the United Front after Vajpayee’s short-lived 13-day govt, but the CPI(M) did not participate—he called it a 'historic blunder'.

The importance of being George Soros – billionaire with own foreign policy

As the world scrambles to regulate George Soros, the Hugarian-American investor continues to cheat the system to fund philanthropic projects.

Akilan, legendary Tamil writer who fell out of love with Gandhian philosophy

On Akilan’s 97th birth anniversary, a look at the life and work of the Tamil writer, the first to receive the Jnanpith award.

On Camera

What Pakistan Supreme Court judge Mansoor Ali Shah wrote in his resignation letter

The recent resignations of its seniormost judges are among the most pointed institutional protests Pakistan has witnessed since the lawyers’ movement of the late 2000s.

As govt starts rolling back Quality Control Orders, a look at adverse impact they had, mainly on MSMEs

Between 2016 and 2025, around 700 QCOs were issued by the government. Now, it has withdrawn 69 of them.

Drone manufacturer ideaForge wins orders worth over Rs 100 crore from Army

ideaForge has formed a joint venture to manufacture and market UAVs in the US. Its Q6 UAV is now included in NATO and allied procurement systems.

INDIA has a Congress-sized hole. And the fix begins with a little humility

Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.