India@75 Har Ghar Tiranga: When civic symbolism becomes more critical than civic actionGautam BhatiaSo great is the mistrust that enforcing a picture-book nationalism becomes a necessity.
India@75 1959: Doordarshan launchedTEAM FRONTLINEFrom a single studio, Doordarshan has now grown to 66 studios across India.
India@75 1953: Andhra State createdTEAM FRONTLINEPotti Sreeramulu had fought hard for a separate State for Telugu speaking people.
India@75 1950: India gets first IIT in KharagpurTEAM FRONTLINEIt was part of Nehru’s vision to make India self-sufficient in knowledge acquisition.
India@75 1956: AIR becomes AkashvaniTEAM FRONTLINEAkashvani transformed India truly into a “global village”.
India@75 1953: Air India nationalisedTEAM FRONTLINEThe setting up of India’s first private commercial airline in 1932 was viewed with wonder.
India@75 1950: Freedom of the pressTEAM FRONTLINETwo cases decided by the Supreme Court helped define the rights of the press.
India@75 India at 75: Epochal moments from the 1940sTEAM FRONTLINEThe birth of independent India and its immediate aftermath.
India@75 1949: Constituent Assembly adopts Constitution of IndiaTEAM FRONTLINEThe Indian Constitution has stood the test of time.
India@75 1948: Damodar Valley Corporation establishedTEAM FRONTLINEIt was envisioned as one of the institutions to lay the groundwork for modern India.
India@75 1948: Assassination of Mahatma GandhiTEAM FRONTLINEAfter his death, India lost a certain pact with tolerance, truth and non-violence.
India@75 1947: Maharaja Hari Singh signs Instrument of AccessionTEAM FRONTLINEThe prelude to it was an intricate maze.
Human Rights Tribals at the receiving end in Madhya Pradesh Anando BhaktoPerpetrators roam free; authorities in no hurry to bring them to book.
SlideshowCaptured in timeAs independent India turns 75, some of the defining images of those seven decades.
