Bharat Ek Khoj 43: 1857, Part II

Bharat Ek Khoj-The Discovery of India
A Production of Doordarshan, the Government of India’s Public Service Broadcaster
Episode 43: 1857, Part II
With Om Puri as Soldier 1, Ravi Jhankal as Soldier 2, Murlidhar as Soldier 3, Piyush Mishra as Soldier 4, Ratna Pathak-Shah as Rani of Jhansi, K.K. Rana as Azimullah Kahn, Surenda Sharma as Tatya Tope, Anang Desai as Nana Saheb, Mohan Gokhale as Vishnu Pant, C.V. Kamerkar as Krishnji Pant, and Tom Alter as Henry Lawrence. Playback is by Murlidhar and Karsan Sangathia, and the script is by Iqtidar Alam Khan.
Nehru opines that the 1857 Revolt that completed 100 years of British presence in India since Plassey, was essentially a feudal rising, though undoubtedly there were nationalistic elements in it. Those who had joined the Revolt were, as a rule, the disinherited and those deprived of their power and privileges, or those who feared that some such fate awaited them.
In the ensuing drama, the loyalty of the rank and file is sought to be strengthened in the name of continued Mughal rule, and the belief that the British rule in India being limited to only 100 years is cited aloud. Mughal Firman is proclaimed from Red Fort ramparts, laying down a new hierarchy and setting up an administration. While the patriotic music announces farther marches to Kanpur and Oudh, the British muster troops on the Ridge, north of Delhi, and attempt to explain away their ‘mistakes’ in Lucknow and elsewhere. After the city falls to a British assault and, after another orgy of looting and indiscriminate massacre, the emperor is exiled to Rangoon.
The rebellion is now seen in the vast Indo-Gangetic plain where Oudh becomes the main arena of a genuine populist uprising rooted in rural support. In Lucknow, although the British Collector assiduously cultivates Nana Sahib, the adopted son of the last Peshwa, with promises of protection by General Wheeler, the mutineers prevail upon him to replace the Mughal as their figurehead and provide leadership. Assuming the defunct Peshwa-ship, Nana Sahib takes the surrender of the 400
British in Kanpur. There are, however, two massacres of hapless British captives and, in the face of the avenging British forces now approaching from Allahabad, Nana Sahib and his able Marathi commander Tantia Topi escape to Nepal, never to be heard of again. Even after the recapture of Kanpur by the British, the rebel-held Lucknow sees a defiant stand developing into a remarkable siege.
The final scenes of defiance occur in the south of Yamuna in the Bundelkhand territory of Jhansi. Once the local British community has taken refuge in the small fort and gets massacred while being evacuated, the Queen, who had parted with funds and guns to the mutineers marching off to Agra and Delhi, raises troops and leads them herself, most courageously, to repulse the British assault, but dies fighting heroically as ‘the best and the bravest’ of the rebel leaders. The battle is seen in graphic details with many gory hangings of the rebel prisoners from the surrounding trees.
Nehru notes that, after the Revolt was violently crushed, the royal proclamation of 1858 transferred all rights enjoyed by the East India Company to the British Crown and Queen Victoria became the Queen of India. In the drama, the musicians bemoan the end of the dream to make the land free of foreign occupants by a united Hindu-Muslim regime. Nehru further observes that by 1877, the ‘Empress of India’ was also decorated ‘Kaiser-i-Hind’.
Producer Doordarshan
Language Hindi
Credits
Uploaded by Public.Resource.Org
Based on Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru, The Discovery of India
With Roshan Seth as Jawaharlal Nehru
Om Puri as the Narrator
Produced and Directed by Shyam Benegal
Chief Assistant Director was Mandeep Kakkar
Executive Producer Raj Plus
Script by Shama Zaldi and Sunil Shanbag
A production of Doordarshan

[@abhijeetingle2707]

This brought tears in my eyes, Hindoos, Mohammadems and Seekhs all united to fight the British and drive them out of Hindoostan. The story was epic and the songs were mind blowing. Nowadays such serials are not made.

[@Rajesh-lz1uj]

Sir I have a dought who is Mirza kavaish bahadur why sikh soldier killed his son

[@manutrivedi5771]

How old are you? 5?

[@hinduhistory1025]

Sikhs helped Britishers to capture rebel held Cities. Don’t get too emotional while studying history

[@YogeshSharma-7877]

1857 में भले ही कामयाबी न मिली लेकिन हमारे वीर सिपाही इतिहास में अपना नाम अमर कर गए ....मरना तो सभी को हे मरो तो योद्धा की तरह मरो jai hind🇮🇳🇮🇳...23-03-2023

[@abhaytripathi9662]

Itni satik aur high level ki acting ab shaayad hi dekhne ko mile...I'm so thankful to Benegal Sahab who created such a matured actors team.

[@asifkhan2504]

Really bro.

[@hanifsayed9780]

Precious movements of India,Hindus and Muslims fighting united against British east India company

[@revantnayar3408]

Hanif Sayed It was after the 1857 revolt that ‘Divide and Rule ‘ became the primary policy, the effects of which linger till today

[@delvingonsalves1375]

Yet they lost!🤭😅

[@Ishouldbestudying7521]

@@delvingonsalves1375 You need to view 1947 and in 1857 Britishers survive only with pure twist of luck.

[@entertainer9268]

Kash desh 1857 main azad ho jata

[@Aksriv100]

@@entertainer9268 Arre yaar ho to gaya na 90 saal baad azad past thoda hi ab badal sakte hai

[@himangshuarnheimbora4150]

The First War of Independence.We are glad that it was a joint effort of Hindus and Muslims to throw away the yoke of foreign rule.May our country prosper and reach the penacle of glory

[@dreamstate5047]

i am so thankful that we had amazing people who created the series. The world becomes a little better when we have a better glimpse of history.

[@mimarathi4]

Hakikat me us ma ka dil kitna bda himmat wala honga jo apne bete ko pith par le kar ghode par sawar ho kar hath me shamsher lekar ,,, apne shrir par hajaro jakham lekar muh par har har mahadev bolkar our aakhome Hindustan ke aazadi ka sapna lekar ladhti rahi our ladhte ladhte apni Jan de di Rani Laxmi bai ,,, naman us sherni ko ,aj ham kitne sef hai fir bhi aapki jaisa jigar hamko nahi mila

[@amitmangsulikar7153]

हम है इसके मालिक ये हिंदुस्थान हमारा ये है सही राष्ट्र गीत नहीं तो हम गाते है जण गण मन जो रवींद्रनाथ टागोर ने लिखा है george पंचम के स्वागत के लिये

[@shahbajalam6164]

Sahi kaha bhai

[@rahultiwari-dx8qo]

Bande matram was the song but it was based on the novel Anand math which was based on the backdrop of 1857 rebellion and was anti muslim that's why Jan gan man was choosen and it wasn't written in honour of George 5 it was a kind of protest ..kisi Raja ke samaan mein koi Aisa geet kyun likhega jo desh ke akhandta aur akshanta ke badhai karega

[@janmejay.yadav1]

हम लोग इतने काबिल नहीं है कि ऐसे लोगों पर ऊंगली उठाते हैं जिन्हें ढंग का पढ़ा भी नहीं है सवाल करने से बचें

[@mastrammeena328]

42:00 I remember this scene during my childhood when I was in 8-9th class And I was shocked when Nehru at the end said that these kings were fighting more for their own Kingdom and less for nation Edit : where is that part where nehru says that these kings were not freedom fighters in true sesne???

[@pravinkhobragade]

Didn't Nehru say the truth?

[@patriotenfield3276]

Half truth and half lies we are told.

[@heenakaushik626]

Best episode ♥️♥️♥️

[@primarykemastersahab]

अवधी और बुंदेली बोलियों का बहुत सटीक प्रयोग हुआ है।

[@AAli560045]

Holkar's and Scindias supported the East India Company during 1857-58 and later the British Raj... Still active in Indian politics..... How to change side someone should learn from them

[@bhaijaan77]

Sad but true ! These traitors are still MPs .

[@bhaijaan77]

But Holkars ancestor Great Yashwant Rao holkar Shook the British in 1804 , he went on winning battles with Britishers single-handedly, he had prepared a army of 100000 to ravage Calcutta the capital of East India company. But unfortunately he died during the preparation of the history would have been something else

[@michaelreed4744]

Nice series. I hope that there will be a television series that help to cover the Sepoy Rebellion of 1857 from both sides, someday.

[@sagarkamble1458]

This history is a little misleading in favour of britishes.. they actually under doulhousie brought policy called doctrine of lapse in which they dethroned the succeeding nawab/Peshwa and recognise them as kings.. so this rulers mislead poor people as they wanted their luxurious life back it may be called as 1st war of independence but the truth is that it clearly 'Bhagavat' and our rulers were masters in bagavat right from the start

[@Ishouldbestudying7521]

Yes glad someone said it, it was actually a movement by feudal landlords and previous debauched rulers to gain back their positions although Britishers were no less, it was like a group of thieves fighting another group of thieves to decide who will loot poor.

[@VinodKumar-we6sn]

what do you want to conclude?

[@amitmangsulikar7153]

You are right to some extent but if you read history carefully. When British arrive at India . India is very prosperous country & when they left India was poorest country.

[@gnpantulu1919]

thanks for showing the Sepoy mutiny,, in front of my eyes,, Mrs gn pantulu,,

[@manvendranigam2446]

G N Pantulu it's not sepoy mutiny but first war of independence

[@asifkhan2504]

Jaat se uncha mulk hmesha.rhna chahiye nice line

[@biswajitghosh5595]

Good episode sir ,

[@GyanGazm]

East India company was the only guaranteed employer at that time who provided good salary on the regular basis. People from all the religiious backgrounds were part of the British Indian Army. There was no national sentiment for unity. Even the princely states fought the British to save their own Kingdoms. All the indian kingdoms didn't take charge at once on the company,in fact these kingdoms helped British to crush eachother. Company easily defeated them.

[@ritikjha8066]

But they looted India weatlh and then pay some money to 🫡soldiers who were serving them aree

[@himanshuangira7715]

Yeh bahut hi adbhut hai ki vidroh aam sipahiyon ne shuru kiya. Sabse badi kami ek jabardast leadership ki rahi.

[@sambaransengupta5683]

What a level of creativity?

[@mdusufali1941]

Khub sundor movie.

[@SrimanArcharyaJBC]

These Hindu Government Army soldiers singing are really Battles won my My Great Great Granfather and Great Grand father. It seems that 12 of them went under cover and kept an eye on the regiments. They probably never got found out as it was exciting for my Great Grandfather to finally start mingling in with the public from Royal Imperial security. The history was complied in Bhajans as to complete the Pachmukhi Sur. This is normal for Kharigars that physically represent there CV or résumé.🤴🏽🕉🔺➕

[@rajveersinghgurjar6343]

1857 Ki क्रांति मेरठ से शुरू हुई थी कोतवाल धन सिंह गुर्जर जी के नेतृत्व में हुई थी

[@ankushzap]

1857 mein bhi agar koi chanakya hote, India would have got freedom

[@mastrammeena328]

Lol They would have conquered again in no time

[@ankushzap]

@@mastrammeena328 british could not even defeat the afgans right despite all gun power, India was way massive, just unity was absent.

[@mastrammeena328]

@@ankushzap they could have easily conquered Afghans if they wanted to

[@ankushzap]

@@mastrammeena328 thats hypothetical not fact

[@mastrammeena328]

@@ankushzap you know nothing about Europeans and their superiority at that time Read about Anglo afgan wars properly

[@deepakgandhi1899]

Nice.

[@nazaar-e-awadh8475]

Jhansi ,Awadh and Delhi role in 1857 is shown very less in this episodes

[@ritikjha8066]

Iske ganee to best hai bhai 8:30 , 37:00 , 45:00

[@Ajaysingh-bt9vp]

Jay hind 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳

[@bijayacharya8903]

what subtitle is this🤨😐️

[@GyanGazm]

⁠A power vacuum or weak leadership always gives rise to a new power. Aurangzeb was the last capable Mughal emperor,the ones came after him were weak, incapable princes for the name sake only. Second thing, Britishers didn't fight all the indian rulers at once (because there was no such concept to start with) they collaborated with one ruler to crush other. Nizams were allies of Britishers against the Tipu Sultan,even Marathas provided some kind of comparation to British as they both were against Tipu. Later on Britishers helped one Maratha Sardar against the other.😅 They didn't take on all the indian states at once

[@bhangbhosdaposting6438]

5:00 iran ka araha hai

[@shoaibalam3213]

Now i am making time machine

[@primarykemastersahab]

के के रैना👍👌👌

[@iqbalhossain7645]

in sab mohan actor hain! I am from Punjab Pakistan!

[@gurukripa001]

Thank you for watching

[@goognamgoognw6637]

The english did not suffer enough or paid back what they have stollen over centuries in India.

[@Ishouldbestudying7521]

@@debmit4041 in those times they were not capable of supporting themselves with slums and squalar and poverty everywhere, they got better only after looting many countries.

[@goognamgoognw6637]

Today victoria's secret is a toilet paper brand.

[@subhamkumar1876]

लोगो को जान जा रही है इनको दक्षिणा की पड़ी है गजब है यार ये लोग 😂😂😀देश को आजाद नही देश को लूटने में लगे थे ये लोग भी

[@r.k3261]

Hahahaha panda 🐼 hai na 😂😂😂

[@r.k3261]

Brahmano ka apna he chal Raha hai 😆😆

[@SrimanArcharyaJBC]

Bakdor or the English term Back Door was a secret mission made by my Great Grandfather to lay the boundary stones around every country in the world. Bakdor= 13 🔺 Chitroda + 90 Dor= Donkeys. 90 Donkey stables in India supplied the donkeys for the boarders. They where owned by my Grandfather🤴🏽 🕉🔺➕

[@sumitshinde6475]

भारत ईग्रिक आलं चांगल झाल

[@s.z3717]

9:34‼️‼️ TAX to sach mai aaj bhi kamar tod hai janta ke liye..🤬🤬

[@ZaidKhan-su3ey]

Wohi system aaj bhi chalra he khatam nahi hua... Income tax department angrez ki hi den he

[@Mohit-ct2xj]

There are no mountains in kanpur. It's in the Gangetic plains.

[@Ishouldbestudying7521]

Actually the most series is shot in western ghats.

[@SrimanArcharyaJBC]

The Child with Bhagwati Lakshmi Chitroda aka Damodarlal was my Grand Father Bhagwan Mepa Chitroda also known as Aurobindo Ghost he obtained his name Aurobindo in Bantwa Gujarat as it was known as phantom banton etc. She also hired the British and Hindu Government soldiers to achieve a republic Indian Government. As she was the Empress Of India and pronounced Victoria she was good friends and part of a fraternity with Alexandria Victoria real name unknown. Alexandria Was admitted to a secrets fraternity of women work. The coronation of Victoria did not exist as this was the day that the Bible Old Testament that my Great Grandfather wrote went to publish and sold to Europe Africa America etc. it was known as the Old Testament. There is some major confusion as the British where hired after the train track installation to create the planned country’s with active Governments. Alexandria did not have any children and was never married. 🤴🏽🕉🔺➕

[@arvindchahal7009]

Ab dekho British Empire sirf ek chhoti si island tak seemit ho gaya hai. Yehi hai karm phal. Jo unchai par jata hai vo girta bhi hai vapis.

[@mtasim15]

I don't know if this is "karm fal" but if u see in history, empires rise and fall. Once mongols ravaged through asia..now nobody even knows where mongolia is. Arabs conquered egypt,syria,iraq,iran,sindh and spain...now they are embroiled in 'infighting'. It is the norm of "human creation"... It always fades away...itz never perpetual. কবি জীবনানন্দ দাশ যেভাবে বলেছেন " অ্যাসিরিয়া ধুলো,ব্যাবিলন ছাই হয়ে গেছে।"

[@vksrawat56]

8:35

[@vksrawat56]

27:10

[@amolkumarkushwaha854]

Brahmins were more talented than british that time

[@sachinkadam3276]

bsf suraksht dn bahnm

[@vipulojha1794]

Why to use phrase like " hum Brahmin hain to ladai se dar lagta hai " again and again which may direct to making conclusion that Brahmin are scared. Whereas the 1st bullet of 1857 was fired by Mangal Pandey.. A Brahmin... The martyr with param vir chakra Manoj Kumar Pandey... Also a Brahmin.. I don't agree with this narration

[@hayatkhan4178]

bhartiye peshwa aur rajaon ko vidrohi siphiyo ka sath na deke angrezo ka sath deke bhut galat kiya

[@Vichar3351]

15:36 क्या मजाक है

[@karthik1905]

looks like Hindians have replaced British! nothing change naked ab

[@himanithakur9357]

Adhi gulat History

[@s.z3717]

‼️‼️ Sab maare gaye, lekin aakhir mai bacha Brahman hee...🤔🤔

[@ritikjha8066]

Mangal pandey kon tha,,