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The history of independent India or history of Republic of India began when the country became an independent sovereign state within the British Commonwealth on 15 August 1947. Direct administration by the British, which began in 1858 , affected a political and economic unification of the subcontinent .
Lahore 1947 is an upcoming Hindi-language period action film directed by Rajkumar Santoshi and produced by Aamir Khan. Set against the backdrop of the partition of India in 1947, the film stars Sunny Deol and Preity Zinta. [2] [3] This film will mark the comeback of Preity Zinta after a 7-year hiatus. The film's music composed is by A. R. Rahman.
Sati (film) Satya Harishchandra (1965 Kannada film) Shaheed (1965 film) Shaheed-E-Azam; Shirdi Ke Sai Baba; Shirdi Sai; Shirin and Farhad (film) Shivpratap Garudjhep; Shri Shivraj Ashtak; Sikandar (1941 film) Sri Shirdi Saibaba Mahathyam; Srikakula Andhra Maha Vishnu Katha; Subhedar
The partition, with power transferred to Pakistan and India on 14–15 August 1947, was done according to what has come to be known as the 3 June Plan, or the Mountbatten Plan. Indian independence, on 15 August 1947, ended over 150 years of British rule and influence in the Indian subcontinent.
The film depicts the struggle in the erstwhile Hyderabad State after India gained independence on August 15, 1947. While the rest of the country celebrated freedom and liberation, the British Hyderabad State remained under the control of the Nizam for another year.
Partition is a film by award-winning director Ken McMullen. [1] The film is set in the turmoil surrounding the transfer of political power in British India from British to Indian hands and the Partition of the Indian subcontinent into the Dominion of Pakistan and the Republic of India in 1947. Made in 1987, the film was released on DVD in 2007.
British India (to 1947) 24 August: East India Company enters into a trade agreement with the Mughal Emperor Jahangir: 1616: Susenghphaa, ruler of the Ahom kingdom defeats Mughal forces in a land and naval battle at Bharali, Assam. [37] 1621: Sikhs army led by Guru Hargobind defeat Mughals in the Battle of Rohilla: 1628
Earth (Hindi: पृथ्वी; released in India as 1947: Earth) is a 1999 Indo-Canadian period romance drama film directed by Deepa Mehta.It is based upon Bapsi Sidhwa's novel, Cracking India (1991, US; 1992, India; originally published as Ice Candy Man, 1988, UK), set during the 1947 partition of India.