History Under Your Feet

History Under Your Feet

By Ratnakar SadasyulaHistory
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History Under Your Feet episodes

  • Ahilyabai Holkar
    Ahilyabai Holkar, the daughter in law of Malhar Rao Holkar, the founder of the Holkar kingdom. Widowed at a young age, took over as queen, she takes her place in history among other great queens like Catherine II of Russia, Elizabeth I of England and Margaret I of Denmark. Known for her wisdom and administrative ability she rebuilt many Hindu temples, offered facilities for pilgrims, and built a new capital at Maheswar on the banks of the Narmada.
    6 min
  • Veer Savarkar- My Hero

    My tribute to Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, aka Veer Savarkar, writer, thinker, freedom fighter, activist, intellectual. One of the greatest Indians ever of the modern era.

    10 min
  • Maharana Pratap
    The greatest of the Rajputs.  The lone Rajput ruler who never surrendered to Emperor Akbar.  The legend,  Maharana Pratap.
    11 min
  • Veer Chhatrasal- The Lion of Bundelkhand
    History is a chronicle of struggles for the sake of power, but in that there have been people who fought not just for power, but also for freedom. And such men and women have been immortalized as bravehearts. In Medieval India, Veer Chhatrasal stands along side with Chatrapati Shivaji and Maharana Pratap, as one of the bravest fighters for freedom from the Muslim rule, a man who fought for freedom till the end of his life. Chhatrasal not only established an independent state in Bundelkhand, he was also a patron of fine arts, and a good writer himself. Of the 82 years he lived, Chhatrasal fought 52 battles during his 44 year old reign. From the Narmada to Yamuna, from Chambal to Tons, Chhatrasal’s writ ran supreme.
    10 min
  • Baji Rao I
    One of the greatest warriors ever in India History, who expanded the Maratha Empire beyond the Deccan to the North. A man whom Field Marshal Bernard Montogomery rated on par with the great US Civil War General William Sherman,in his book A History of Warfare.
    9 min
  • Operation Meghdoot

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    Siachen, which ironically  means “Rose Garden” in local Balti language, located in Eastern Karakoram, it is 75 km long, and is the highest battlefield in the world. The 110 KM line beyond NJ9842 is called the Actual Position Ground Line. One of the most important military operations was Operation Meghdoot in 1984, to secure the glacier.

    7 min
  • Sam Manekshaw
    Sam Manekshaw, aka Sam Bahadur, first Indian army officer to become Field Marshal, who led the Army to it’s greatest moment of triumph in 1971 as Chief of Army Staff.
    8 min
  • Balaji Vishwanath

    Often called the second founder of the Maratha State, Balaji Vishwanath was the one who made the Peshwa all powerful, from a mere Prime Minister to the main power center.  As well as ensuring the hold of the Chitpavan Brahmins over the position, primarily from Konkan. He was one of the shrewdest brains in the Maratha Empire, a man who guided it during the difficult times of the civil war, and more importantly began the process of the downfall of Mughals, reducing them to a nominal power.He also laid the foundation for the Maratha Administrative system, as well as their tax collection system, that would hold on for long, till it’s end. And the father of the legendary Baji Rao.

    8 min

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The past is there, right where you stand, under your feet. Exploring Indian History from the ancient to the medieval to the modern. From kings, emperors, warriors to thinkers to scientists to writers…

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