Old civilizations have flourished and vanished here. There have been wars fought and won. Warriors have died for glory and their motherland. It has been captured and liberated. There are countless sects and innumerable gods here. Mythologies that are iconic and It has excelled in different fields over the years. India has no shortage of history. And there is no shortage of people who helped shape our country into a great nation. A nation we can all be proud of.
Here are 28 minimalistic posters that pay tribute to the real heroes of Indian history:
1. The Shaheed revolutionary
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2. The bravest freedom fighter of them all
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3. The ‘Rani’ who fought bravely
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4. The one and only Netaji
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5. The man who announced our freedom
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6. The father of the nation
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7. The man who defied the British
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8. The first President
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9. The father of India’s nuclear physics
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10. The nightingale of India
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11. The man who sought out to bring equality
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12. The poet who denied knighthood
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13. The boy who became God
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14. The best hockey legend of all time
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15. The Flying Sikh
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16. The Blessed Teresa of Calcutta
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17. The woman with the iron fist
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18. The philosopher extraordinaire
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19. India’s missile man
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20. The first Indian woman to scale the summit
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21. The trio that revolutionised the independence movement
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22. The man who wrestled against all odds
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23. The lady who punched her way into history
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24. The man who hit the bull’s eye
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25. The founder of the ‘Gulabi Gang’
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26. The rocket woman
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27. The man who caught Ajmal Kasab
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28. The ones who fought bravely to recapture what was ours
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Design credit: Lakshya Vij
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