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‘Swaraj’ Will Prove To Be An

Inspiration For Youth

its independence, this 75-episode
serial is an attempt to bring to the
fore the valourous stories of the
unsung freedom fighters. With
its first episode aired on August
14, 2022, Swaraj will be telecast
over a period of 75 weeks and is
being broadcast weekly in Hindi,
English, and nine other regional
languages.
This series is extremely special
Shekhar Kapur
for it highlights the stories of those
Filmmaker and President, FTII unsung heroes of the freedom
struggle who until now have
only been known or celebrated
as icons in their local regions.
With an intention to bring these
stories in the national discourse,
this noble effort has been started
in the form of Swaraj. This serial
As the people across the will surely be an informative
length and breadth of the country journey for the younger and
are uniting in remembering and future generations as they learn
celebrating the stories of sacrifice more and more about the history
and bravery of our great freedom and stories of such courageous
fighters as part of 'Azadi Ka Amrit heroes with every episode.
Mahotsav', India's public service Swaraj focuses on
broadcaster Doordarshan has a reproducing an audio-visual
unique offering to us all. history of India’s search for
Doordarshan has launched ‘swaraj’. The series begins with
a mega epic docu-drama series the journey of Vasco-da-Gama’s
Swaraj: Bharat Ke Swatantrata entry into India in 1498. As the
Sangram Ki Samagra Gatha. The series progresses, it will delineate
series honours the glorious history the stories and contributions
of India’s freedom movement. As of 550 freedom fighters who
the nation celebrates 75 years of fought valiantly for the country’s

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