List of television shows based on Indian history

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

ShowOriginal airingOriginal channelBased On
1857 Kranti2001–2003DD NationalIndian Rebellion of 1857
21 Sarfarosh - Saragarhi 189712 February 2018 – 11 May 2018Discovery JeetBattle of Saragarhi
Amrapali2002 – 2003DD NationalAmrapali
Beecham House23 June 2019 – 21 July 2019ITVMughal Empire
Bharat Ek Khoj1988DD NationalHistory of India (from early history to independence)
Bharat Ka Veer Putra – Maharana Pratap27 May 2013 – 10 December 2015Sony Entertainment TelevisionMaharana Pratap
Bharatvarsh20 August 2016 – 23 October 2016ABP News10 Historical personalities of India
Buddha8 September 2013 – 21 September 2014Zee TV
DD National		Gautama Buddha
Chakravartin Ashoka Samrat2 February 2015 – 7 October 2016Colors TVAshoka
Chanakya8 September 1991 – 9 August 1992DD NationalChanakya
Chandra Nandini10 October 2016 – 11 November 2017Star PlusChandragupta Maurya
Chandragupta Maurya11 March 2011 – 7 April 2012Imagine TVChandragupta Maurya
Chandragupta Maurya14 November 2018 – 30 August 2019Sony Entertainment TelevisionChandragupta Maurya
Chandrashekhar12 March 2018 – 17 July 2018Star BharatChandra Shekhar Azad and Indian independence movement
Chittod Ki Rani Padmini Ka Johur25 May 2009 – 13 August 2009Sony Entertainment TelevisionRani Padmini
Dastaan-E-Mohabbat Salim Anarkali1 October 2018 – 4 January 2019Colors TVSalim and Anarkali
Dharti Ka Veer Yodha Prithviraj Chauhan12 May 2006 – 15 March 2009Star PlusPrithviraj Chauhan
Hazir Jawab Birbal17 August 2015 – 15 October 2015Big MagicAkbar and Birbal
Jhansi Ki Rani18 August 2009 – 19 June 2011Zee TVRani Lakshmibai
Jhansi Ki Rani11 February 2019 – 12 July 2019Colors TVRani Lakshmibai
Jodha Akbar18 June 2013 – 7 August 2015Zee TVMariam-uz-Zamani and Akbar
Krantijyoti Savitribai Phule11 August 2016 – 2017DD NationalSavitribai Phule
Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy1986ITVLord Mountbatten and Indian independence movement
Maharaja Ranjit Singh13 April 2010 – 2011DD NationalMaharaja Ranjit Singh
Dal Khalsa
Meera27 July 2009 – 29 January 2010Imagine TVMeera Bai
Mirza Ghalib1988DD NationalGhalib
Netaji: Subhash Chandra Bose14 January 2019 – PresentZee BanglaSubhas Chandra Bose and Indian National Army
Noorjahan2000 – 2001DD NationalNur Jahan
Param Vir Chakra1988DD NationalAwardees of Param Vir Chakra
Peshwa Bajirao30 January 2017 – 21 August 2017Sony Entertainment TelevisionBajirao I
Porus27 November 2017 – 14 November 2018Sony Entertainment TelevisionPorus
Pradhanmantri13 July 2013 – 4 January 2014ABP NewsPolitical documentary series about Indian Prime Ministers
Prithvi Vallabh20 January 2018 – 17 June 2018Sony Entertainment TelevisionVakpati Munja and Mrinalvati
Razia Sultan2 March 2015 – 23 October 2015&TVRazia Sultana
Samvidhaan2 March 2014 – 4 May 2014Rajya Sabha TVTelevision series based on the making of the Indian Constitution
Sher-e-Punjab: Maharaja Ranjit Singh20 March 2017 – 21 July 2017Life OKMaharaja Ranjit Singh
Shobha Somnath Ki20 June 2011 – 26 February 2012Zee TVSomnath
Siyaasat20 November 2014 – 3 September 2015EpicMughal Empire, Jahangir and Nur Jahan
Tenali Rama11 July 2017 – PresentSAB TVTenali Ramakrishna
The Adventures of Tenali Raman14 June 2003Cartoon Network IndiaTenali Ramakrishna
The Great Maratha1994DD NationalMahadaji Shinde
The Great Moghuls1990Channel 4Mughal Empire
The Sword of Tipu Sultan1990 – 1991DD NationalTipu Sultan
Veer Shivaji2 September 2011 – 25 May 2012Colors TVChhatrapati Shivaji
Yug1996 – 1998DD NationalIndian independence movement

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