List of television shows based on Indian history

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This is a list of notable television shows based on subjects of [[History of India|Indian history]]. Some shows listed below are fictionalised or dramatised shows based on historical events and people.

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! Show !! Original airing !! Original channel !! Based On
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| [[1857 Kranti (TV series)|1857 Kranti]] || 29 December 2002 - 21 December 2003 || [[DD National]] || [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]]
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| [[21 Sarfarosh - Saragarhi 1897]] || 12 February 2018 – 11 May 2018 ||[[Discovery Jeet]] || [[Battle of Saragarhi]]
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| [[Amrapali (TV series)|Amrapali]] || 30 June 2002 – 20 June 2004 || [[DD National]] || [[Amrapali]]
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| [[Beecham House]] || 23 June 2019 – 21 July 2019 ||[[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]|| [[Mughal Empire]]
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| [[Bharat Ek Khoj]] || 13 November 1988 - 12 November 1989 || [[DD National]] || [[History of India]] (from early history to independence)
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| [[Bharat Ka Veer Putra – Maharana Pratap]] || 27 May 2013 – 10 December 2015 || [[Sony Entertainment Television]] || [[Maharana Pratap]]
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| [[Bharatvarsh (TV Series)|Bharatvarsh]] || 20 August 2016 – 23 October 2016 || [[ABP News]] || 10 historical personalities of India
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| [[Buddha (TV series)]] || 8 September 2013 – 21 September 2014 || [[DD National]] || [[Gautama Buddha]]
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| [[Chakravartin Ashoka Samrat]] || 2 February 2015 – 7 October 2016 || [[Colors TV]] || [[Ashoka]]
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| [[Chanakya (TV series)|Chanakya]] || 8 September 1991 – 9 August 1992 || [[DD National]] || [[Chanakya]]
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| [[Chandra Nandini]] || 10 October 2016 – 11 November 2017 || [[Star Plus]] || [[Chandragupta Maurya]]
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| [[Chandragupta Maurya (2011 TV series)|Chandragupta Maurya]] || 11 March 2011 – 7 April 2012 || [[Imagine TV]] || [[Chandragupta Maurya]]
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| [[Chandragupta Maurya (2018 TV series)|Chandragupta Maurya]] || 14 November 2018 – 30 August 2019||[[Sony Entertainment Television]] || [[Chandragupta Maurya]]
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| [[Chandrashekhar (TV series)|Chandrashekhar]] || 12 March 2018 – 17 July 2018 ||[[Star Bharat]] || [[Chandra Shekhar Azad]]
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| [[Chittod Ki Rani Padmini Ka Johur]] || 25 May 2009 – 13 August 2009 || [[Sony Entertainment Television]] || [[Rani Padmini]]
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| [[Dastaan-E-Mohabbat Salim Anarkali]] || 1 October 2018 – 4 January 2019 || [[Colors TV]] || [[Jahangir|Salim]] and [[Anarkali]]
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| [[Dharti Ka Veer Yodha Prithviraj Chauhan]] || 12 May 2006 – 15 March 2009 || [[Star Plus]] || [[Prithviraj Chauhan]]
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| [[Hazir Jawab Birbal]] || 17 August 2015 – 15 October 2015 || [[Big Magic]] || [[Akbar]] and [[Birbal]]
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| [[Jhansi Ki Rani (2009 TV series)|Jhansi Ki Rani]] || 18 August 2009 – 19 June 2011 || [[Zee TV]] || [[Rani Lakshmibai]]
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| [[Jhansi Ki Rani (2019 TV series)|Jhansi Ki Rani]] || 11 February 2019 – 12 July 2019 || [[Colors TV]] || [[Rani Lakshmibai]]
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| [[Jodha Akbar (TV series)|Jodha Akbar]] || 18 June 2013 – 7 August 2015 || [[Zee TV]] || [[Akbar]] and [[Mariam-uz-Zamani]]
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| [[Krantijyoti Savitribai Phule]] || 11 August 2016 – 2017 || [[DD National]] || [[Savitribai Phule]]
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| [[Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy]] || 26 January - 2 March 1986 || [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] || [[Lord Mountbatten]] and [[Indian independence movement]]
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| [[Maharaja Ranjit Singh (TV series)|Maharaja Ranjit Singh]] || 13 April 2010 - 3 May 2011 || [[DD National]] || [[Maharaja Ranjit Singh]]<br>[[Dal Khalsa (Sikh army)|Dal Khalsa]]
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| [[Meera (2009 TV series)|Meera]] || 27 July 2009 – 29 January 2010 || [[Imagine TV]] || [[Meera Bai]]
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| [[Mirza Ghalib (TV series)|Mirza Ghalib]] || 1988 || [[DD National]] || [[Ghalib]]
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| [[Netaji (2019 TV series)|Netaji: Subhash Chandra Bose]] || 14 January 2019 – Present ||[[Zee Bangla]] || [[Subhas Chandra Bose]]
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| [[Noorjahan (TV Series)|Noorjahan]] || 2000 – 2001 || [[DD National]] || [[Nur Jahan]]
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| [[Param Vir Chakra (TV series)|Param Vir Chakra]] || 1988 || [[DD National]] || Awardees of [[Param Vir Chakra]]
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| [[Peshwa Bajirao (TV series)|Peshwa Bajirao]] || 30 January 2017 – 21 August 2017 || [[Sony Entertainment Television]] || [[Bajirao I]]
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| [[Porus (TV series)|Porus]] || 27 November 2017 – 14 November 2018 || [[Sony Entertainment Television]] || [[Porus]]
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| [[Pradhanmantri]] || 13 July 2013 – 4 January 2014 || [[ABP News]] || Political documentary series about [[List of prime ministers of India|Indian Prime Ministers]]
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| [[Prithvi Vallabh - Itihaas Bhi, Rahasya Bhi|Prithvi Vallabh]] || 20 January 2018 – 17 June 2018 || [[Sony Entertainment Television]] || [[Vakpati Munja]] and Mrinalvati
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| [[Punyashlok Ahilyabai]] || 4 January 2021 - ||[[Sony Entertainment Television]] || [[ Ahilyabai Holkar]]
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| [[Razia Sultan (TV series)|Razia Sultan]] || 2 March 2015 – 23 October 2015 || [[&TV]] || [[Razia Sultana]]
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| [[Samvidhaan]] || 2 March 2014 – 4 May 2014 || [[Rajya Sabha TV]] || Television series based on the making of the [[Indian Constitution]]
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| [[Sher-e-Punjab: Maharaja Ranjit Singh]] || 20 March 2017 – 21 July 2017 || [[Life OK]] || [[Maharaja Ranjit Singh]]
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| [[Shobha Somnath Ki]] || 20 June 2011 – 26 February 2012 || [[Zee TV]] || [[Somnath]]
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| [[Siyaasat]] || 20 November 2014 – 3 September 2015 ||[[Epic (TV channel)|Epic]] || [[Jahangir]] and [[Nur Jahan]]
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| [[Tenali Rama (TV series)|Tenali Rama]] || 11 July 2017 – 13 November 2020 || [[SAB TV]] || [[Tenali Ramakrishna]]
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| [[The Great Maratha]] || 1 February 1994 - 20 December 1994 || [[DD National]] || [[Mahadaji Shinde]]
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| [[The Great Moghuls (film)|The Great Moghuls]] || 24 November - 29 December 1992 || [[Channel 4]] || [[Mughal Empire]]
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| [[The Sword of Tipu Sultan]] || 25 February 1990 – 17 February 1991 || [[DD National]] || [[Tipu Sultan]]
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| [[Veer Shivaji]] || 2 September 2011 – 25 May 2012 || [[Colors TV]] || [[Chhatrapati Shivaji]]
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| [[The Empire (TV series)]] || 27 August 2021 - || [[Disney+ Hotstar]] || [[Mughal Empire]]
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| [[Swarajya Janani Jijamata]] || August 19, 2019 – || [[Sony Marathi]] || [[Jijabai]]
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| [[Raja Shivchatrapati]] || November 24 2008 – 2009 || [[Star Pravah]] || [[Chhatrapati Shivaji]]
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| [[Swarajyarakshak Sambhaji]] || September 24, 2017 – February 29, 2020 || [[Zee Marathi]] || [[Sambhaji]]
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| [[Yug (TV series)|Yug]] || 11 September 1996 – 13 November 1997 || [[DD National]] || [[Indian independence movement]]
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