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.
Show Original airing Original channel Based On 1857 Kranti 29 December 2002 – 21 December 2003 DD National Indian Rebellion of 1857 21 Sarfarosh 12 February 2018 – 11 May 2018 Investigation Discovery Battle of Saragarhi Amrapali (TV series) 30 June 2002 DD National Amrapali Beecham House 23 June 2019 – 21 July 2019 ITV (TV network) Mughal Empire Bharat Ek Khoj 13 November 1988 – 12 November 1989 DD National History of India Bharat Ka Veer Putra – Maharana Pratap 27 May 2013 – 10 December 2015 Sony Entertainment Television Maharana Pratap Bharatvarsh (TV series) 20 August 2016 – 23 October 2016 ABP News History of India Buddha (TV series) 08 September 2013 – 21 September 2014 DD National Buddha Chakravartin Ashoka Samrat 02 February 2015 – 07 October 2016 Colors TV Ashoka Chanakya (TV series) 08 September 1991 – 09 August 1992 DD National Chanakya Chandra Nandini 10 October 2016 – 10 November 2017 Star Plus Chandragupta Maurya Chandragupta Maurya (2011 TV series) 07 March 2011 – 07 April 2012 Imagine TV Chandragupta Maurya Chandragupta Maurya (2018 TV series) 14 November 2018 – 30 August 2019Sony Entertainment Television Chandragupta Maurya Chandrashekhar (TV series) 12 March 2018 – 17 July 2018 Star Bharat Chandra Shekhar Azad Chittod Ki Rani Padmini Ka Johur 25 May 2009 – 13 August 2009 Sony Entertainment Television Maharani Padmini Dastaan-E-Mohabbat Salim Anarkali 01 October 2018 – 04 January 2019 Colors TV Anarkali Dharti Ka Veer Yodha Prithviraj Chauhan 12 May 2006 – 15 March 2009 Star Plus Prithviraj Chauhan Hazir Jawab Birbal 17 August 2015 – 15 October 2015 Big Magic Raja Birbal Ek Veer Stree Ki Kahaani – Jhansi Ki Rani 18 August 2009 – 19 June 2011 Zee TV Rani Lakshmibai Khoob Ladi Mardaani – Jhansi Ki Rani 11 February 2019 – 12 July 2019 Colors TV Rani Lakshmibai Jodha Akbar 18 June 2013 – 07 August 2015 Zee TV Jodha Bai Krantijyoti Savitribai Phule 11 August 2016 DD National Savitribai Phule Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy 26 January 1986 - 02 March 1986 ITV (TV network) Lord Mountbatten Maharaja Ranjit Singh (TV series) 13 April 2010 – 03 May 2011 DD National Maharaja Ranjit Singh Meera 27 July 2009 – 29 January 2010 Imagine TV Meera Bai Mirza Ghalib 1988 DD National Ghalib Netaji 14 January 2019 – 1 August 2020 Zee Bangla Subhas Chandra Bose Noorjahan 2000 – 2001 DD National Nur Jahan Param Vir Chakra 1988 DD National Awardees of Param Vir Chakra Peshwa Bajirao 30 January 2017 – 21 August 2017 Sony Entertainment Television Bajirao I Porus 27 November 2017 – 14 November 2018 Sony Entertainment Television Porus Pradhanmantri 13 July 2013 – 4 January 2014 ABP News Political documentary series about Indian Prime Ministers Prithvi Vallabh 20 January 2018 – 17 June 2018 Sony Entertainment Television Vakpati Munja and Mrinalvati Punyashlok Ahilyabai 4 January 2021 - Sony Entertainment Television Ahilyabai Holkar Razia Sultan 2 March 2015 – 23 October 2015 &TV Razia Sultana Samvidhaan 2 March 2014 – 4 May 2014 Rajya Sabha TV Television series based on the making of the Indian Constitution Sher-e-Punjab: Maharaja Ranjit Singh 20 March 2017 – 21 July 2017 Life OK Maharaja Ranjit Singh Shobha Somnath Ki 20 June 2011 – 26 February 2012 Zee TV Somnath Siyaasat 20 November 2014 – 3 September 2015 Epic Jahangir and Nur Jahan Tenali Rama 11 July 2017 – 13 November 2020 SAB TV Tenali Ramakrishna The Great Maratha 1 February 1994 – 20 December 1994 DD National Mahadaji Shinde The Great Moghuls 24 November - 29 December 1992 Channel 4 Mughal Empire The Sword of Tipu Sultan 25 February 1990 – 17 February 1991 DD National Tipu Sultan Veer Shivaji 2 September 2011 – 25 May 2012 Colors TV Chhatrapati Shivaji The Empire 27 August 2021 - Disney+ Hotstar Mughal Empire Swarajyajanani Jijamata 19 August 2019 – Sony Marathi Jijabai Raja Shivchhatrapati 24 November 2008 – 2009 Star Pravah Chhatrapati Shivaji Swarajyarakshak Sambhaji 24 September 2017 – 29 February 2020 Zee Marathi Sambhaji Yug 11 September 1996 – 13 November 1997 DD National Indian independence movement Upanishad Ganga 11 March 2012 – 24 March 2013 DD National Indian Philosophy Stories by Rabindranath Tagore 6 July 2015 EPIC TV Culture of India Ek Mahanayak 17 December 2019 – 05 August 2024 And TV Bhimrao Ambedkar Swaraj (TV series) 14 August 2022 – 14 January 2024 DD National Indian independence movement Chakravarti Samrat Prithviraj Chauhan 04 June 2025 – 03 October 2025 Sony Entertainment Television Prithviraj Chauhan