# 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 | 29 December 2002 - 21 December 2003 | DD National | Indian Rebellion of 1857 |
| 21 Sarfarosh - Saragarhi 1897 | 12 February 2018 – 11 May 2018 | Discovery Jeet | Battle of Saragarhi |
| Amrapali | 30 June 2002 – 20 June 2004 | DD National | Amrapali |
| Beecham House | 23 June 2019 – 21 July 2019 | ITV | Mughal Empire |
| Bharat Ek Khoj | 13 November 1988 - 12 November 1989 | 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 (TV series) | 8 September 2013 – 21 September 2014 | 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 |
| 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 | Akbar and Mariam-uz-Zamani |
| Krantijyoti Savitribai Phule | 11 August 2016 – 2017 | DD National | Savitribai Phule |
| Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy | 26 January - 2 March 1986 | ITV | Lord Mountbatten and Indian independence movement |
| Maharaja Ranjit Singh | 13 April 2010 - 3 May 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 – 01 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 (TV series) | 27 August 2021 - | Disney+ Hotstar | Mughal Empire |
| Swarajya Janani Jijamata | August 19, 2019 – | Sony Marathi | Jijabai |
| Raja Shivchatrapati | November 24 2008 – 2009 | Star Pravah | Chhatrapati Shivaji |
| Swarajyarakshak Sambhaji | September 24, 2017 – February 29, 2020 | Zee Marathi | Sambhaji |
| Yug | 11 September 1996 – 13 November 1997 | DD National | Indian independence movement |