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
2. The bravest freedom fighter of them all
3. The ‘Rani’ who fought bravely
4. The one and only Netaji
5. The man who announced our freedom
6. The father of the nation
7. The man who defied the British
8. The first President
9. The father of India’s nuclear physics
10. The nightingale of India
11. The man who sought out to bring equality
12. The poet who denied knighthood
13. The boy who became God
14. The best hockey legend of all time
15. The Flying Sikh
16. The Blessed Teresa of Calcutta
17. The woman with the iron fist
18. The philosopher extraordinaire
19. India’s missile man
20. The first Indian woman to scale the summit
21. The trio that revolutionised the independence movement
22. The man who wrestled against all odds
23. The lady who punched her way into history
24. The man who hit the bull’s eye
25. The founder of the ‘Gulabi Gang’
26. The rocket woman
27. The man who caught Ajmal Kasab
28. The ones who fought bravely to recapture what was ours
Design credit: Lakshya Vij