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.

Show	Original airing	Original channel	Based On
1857 Kranti	2001–2003	DD National	Indian Rebellion of 1857
21 Sarfarosh - Saragarhi 1897	12 February 2018 – 11 May 2018	Discovery Jeet	Battle of Saragarhi
Amrapali	2002 – 2003	DD National	Amrapali
Beecham House	23 June 2019 – 21 July 2019	ITV	Mughal Empire
Bharat Ek Khoj	1988	DD National	History of India (from early history to independence)
Bharat Ka Veer Putra – Maharana Pratap	27 May 2013 – 10 December 2015	Sony Entertainment Television	Maharana Pratap
Bharatvarsh	20 August 2016 – 23 October 2016	ABP News	10 Historical personalities of India
Buddha	8 September 2013 – 21 September 2014	Zee TV DD National	Gautama Buddha
Chakravartin Ashoka Samrat	2 February 2015 – 7 October 2016	Colors TV	Ashoka
Chanakya	8 September 1991 – 9 August 1992	DD National	Chanakya
Chandra Nandini	10 October 2016 – 11 November 2017	Star Plus	Chandragupta Maurya
Chandragupta Maurya	11 March 2011 – 7 April 2012	Imagine TV	Chandragupta Maurya
Chandragupta Maurya	14 November 2018 – 30 August 2019	Sony Entertainment Television	Chandragupta Maurya
Chandrashekhar	12 March 2018 – 17 July 2018	Star Bharat	Chandra Shekhar Azad and Indian independence movement
Chittod Ki Rani Padmini Ka Johur	25 May 2009 – 13 August 2009	Sony Entertainment Television	Rani Padmini
Dastaan-E-Mohabbat Salim Anarkali	1 October 2018 – 4 January 2019	Colors TV	Salim and 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	Akbar and Birbal
Jhansi Ki Rani	18 August 2009 – 19 June 2011	Zee TV	Rani Lakshmibai
Jhansi Ki Rani	11 February 2019 – 12 July 2019	Colors TV	Rani Lakshmibai
Jodha Akbar	18 June 2013 – 7 August 2015	Zee TV	Mariam-uz-Zamani and Akbar
Krantijyoti Savitribai Phule	11 August 2016 – 2017	DD National	Savitribai Phule
Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy	1986	ITV	Lord Mountbatten and Indian independence movement
Maharaja Ranjit Singh	13 April 2010 – 2011	DD National	Maharaja Ranjit Singh Dal Khalsa
Meera	27 July 2009 – 29 January 2010	Imagine TV	Meera Bai
Mirza Ghalib	1988	DD National	Ghalib
Netaji: Subhash Chandra Bose	14 January 2019 – Present	Zee Bangla	Subhas Chandra Bose and Indian National Army
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
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	Mughal Empire, Jahangir and Nur Jahan
Tenali Rama	11 July 2017 – Present	SAB TV	Tenali Ramakrishna
The Adventures of Tenali Raman	14 June 2003	Cartoon Network India	Tenali Ramakrishna
The Great Maratha	1994	DD National	Mahadaji Shinde
The Great Moghuls	1990	Channel 4	Mughal Empire
The Sword of Tipu Sultan	1990 – 1991	DD National	Tipu Sultan
Veer Shivaji	2 September 2011 – 25 May 2012	Colors TV	Chhatrapati Shivaji
Yug	1996 – 1998	DD National	Indian independence movement