PM to attend special screening of Doordarshan-produced serial-‘Swaraj: Bharat Ke Swatantrata Sangram ki Samagra Gatha’ today
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend a special screening of the Doordarshan-produced serial-‘Swaraj: Bharat Ke Swatantrata Sangram ki Samagra Gatha’ today. The screening will be held at Parliament House. Swaraj is a 75-episode serial presenting the glorious history of the freedom struggle and lesser known tales about the Indian history.
It is being telecast every Sunday from 9 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Doordarshan National since August the 14th. The programme is being dubbed in nine regional languages — Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Gujarati, Oriya, Bengali and Assamese along with English. The regional language versions will be broadcast on Doordarshan’s regional channels from the 20th of August.
Starting from the landing of Vasco-Da-Gama in 1498, the serial presents a rich saga of the heroes of this land. These include many unsung heroes of the likes of Rani Abbakka, Bakshi Jagabandhu, Tirot Sing, Sidhu Murmu and Kanhu Murmu, Shivappa Nayaka, Kanhoji Angre, Rani Gaidinliu and Tilka Majhi along with famous freedom fighters, such as Rani Lakshmibai, Maharaj Shivaji, Tatya Tope and Madam Bhikaji Kama among others.
