September 1948 - Nizam's Army preparing for combat before Operation Polo , Hyderabad

Crowds cheer as Poona Horse(today's 1st Armoured) enters Hyderabad chasing the Razakars

Arab Yemeni Major General El Edroos (at right) surrenders with the Nizam's Hyderabad State Forces.

People live in Andra Pradesh(Telangana today) under the Nizam with no rights.

Today in History - 15th August 1936

Berlin Olympics August, 1936  

Indian Olympic Hockey Team under Army Major Dhyan Chand frustrates Hitler to beat Nazi Germany 8-1.

Hitler was to have presented the gold medals to the Indian team, but Hitler had left earlier, in frustration and in anger.

Major Dhyan Chand hockey stick was broken up in Holland to check for magnets, the Japanese thought it was glue that he used and Hitler offered to by the stick. Hitler offered Major Dhyan Chand a job as a colonel in the Wehrmacht and play for Germany, an offer he politely refused.

Earlier on August 3rd, 5th and 9th , Jesse Owens had  broken Hiter's Aryan racial superiority theory.

Nazis saluting Indian Hockey Team

Watch the match highlights recorded 78 years earlier 15th August 1936.

Today in History - 15 February 1942 - The Fall of Singapore

The signing of the surrender documents in Singapore.General Percival is second from the left in the foreground opposite General Yamashita.

Japanese at Fullerton Square

The forgotten volunteers - Indian army WWII

Japanese shooting blindfolded Sikh prisoners of Indian 11th Infantry in Jurong.

Today in History : WW 2 - 6th Jan 1942 (72 year ago)

5th Jan 1942 : In Russia, fighting continues along the river Volkhov with no marked advantage to both sides. At Leningrad where cold and hunger claim hundreds of victims each day, preparations are made for the massive evaluation of civilian population accross the frozen Lake Ladoga.