India was under the British colonial rule at that time. The budget was a response to the financial challenges met by the British administration after the First War of Indian Independence in 1857 ...

Narrator: By the end of the 19th century, the British had controlled much of India for over 100 years. The Indian National Congress, the INC, was formed in 1885 and the idea of independence ...

Some of India’s finest storytellers were in their prime. Two films were released in Mumbai, then Bombay, on Independence Day: Shehnai and Mera Geet. While the latter vanished from theatres and ...