''Swaraj'' () is an Indian historical TV series aired on

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from 14 August 2022. With this serial, Doordarshan again tried to bring alive the tales of courage of more than 550 freedom fighters. It is a

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project and produced by Contiloe Pictures. It is Digitally Available on

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. It has been dubbed in English,

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, Telugu,

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, Gujarati, Oriya, Bengali, Assamese and was broadcast on Doordarshan's regional channels from 20 August.

Synopsis

The series showcases India's historical journey from 1498 when

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first reached India to 1947 when

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achieved independence.

Cast

Narrator

* Manoj Joshi (2022-2024)

Main cast

* Ashish Dixit as Birsa Munda * Momin Zaidi as British Officer *

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as Rani Lakshmibai * Jason Shah as

* Gajendra Chauhan as Manvikram * Barkha Bisht as Rani Abbakka *

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as Amar Singh * Shruti Bisht as Queen Abbakka's daughter * Arpit Ranka as

Shivappa Nayaka Shivappa Nayaka (, 1618–1663), popularly known as Keladi Shivappa Nayaka, was an Indian king and ruler of the Keladi Nayaka Kingdom. The Keladi Nayakas were successors of the Vijayanagara Empire in the coastal and Malnad (hill) districts ...

* Krip Suri as

Marthanda Varma Anizham Thirunal Marthanda Varma (Malayalam: ; 1706 – 7 July 1758) was the founding monarch of the southern Indian Kingdom of Travancore (previously Venadu) from 1729 until his death in 1758. He was succeeded by Rama Varma ("Dharma Raja") ...

* Meer Ali as Peshwa Bajirao * Suhasi Dhami as Rani Velu Nachiyar * Himanshu Malhotra as

Veerapandiya Kattabomman Veerapandiya Kattabomman was an 18th-century Palayakarrar and king of Panchalankurichi in present-day Tamil Nadu, India. He fought the British East India Company and was captured by the British with the help of the ruler of the kingdom of Pu ...

* Ankur Nayyar as Kerala Varma * Megha Chakraborty as Devi Chaudrani * Tabrez Khan as Bhawani Pathak * Lavina Tandon as Hazrat Mahal * Akshay Sethi as Sidhu Murmu *

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as Kanhu Murmu * Jason Tham as Narendrajit * Karan Suchak as Mangal Pandey * Rishiraj Pawar as Udmi Ram * Farnaz Shetty as Avantibai * Kapil Arya as Vasudev Balwant Phadke * Shardul Pandit as Dhamodhar Hari Chapekar * Namit Shah as Vasudev Hari Chapekar * Teriya Magar as Young Rani Gaidinluu (16 years old) * Ribbu mehra as Bhupendranath Datta * Ankit Bathla as Batin Gosh *

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as Shyam Ji Krishna Verma * Shwetha Munshi as Bhikaji Kama * Rahul Sharma as Madan Lal Dhingra * Ajay Chaudhary as Virendranath Chattopadhyay *Randheer Rai as Ras Bihari Bose * Iqbal Azad as

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* Manan Joshi as Raja Mahendra Pratap * Sukirti Kandpal as

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* Shresth Kumar as

Alluri Sitarama Raju Alluri Sitarama Raju (4 July 1897 or 1898 – 7 May 1924) was an Indian revolutionary who waged an armed rebellion against the British Raj, British colonial rule in India. He led the Rampa Rebellion of 1922, Rampa rebellion (1922–1924) whic ...

* Shagun Pandey as Mahavir Singh *Ashwat Kanth Sharma as Bhagat Singh * Manish Naggdev as Chandra Shekar Azad *Varun Jain as Sukhdev Thapar *Gaurav amlani as Shivaram Rajguru * Pooja Singh as Dhurga Bhabhi *Rajvir Singh as Lala Har Dayal *Vihan Verma as Ram Prasad Bismil *Kinshuk Vaidya as

Udham Singh Udham Singh (born Sher Singh; 26 December 1899 – 31 July 1940) was an Indian revolutionary belonging to Ghadar Party and HSRA, best known for assassinating Michael O'Dwyer, the former lieutenant governor of the Punjab in India, on 13 March ...

* Rudra Soni as Wazir Ali *Himanshu Bamzai as

Subramania Bharathi Subramania Bharati (Born Chinnaswami Subramaniyan; 11 December 1882 – 11 September 1921) was an Indian writer, poet, journalist, teacher, Indian independence activist, social reformer and polyglot. He was bestowed the title ''Bharati'' for hi ...

*Aamir Rafiq as Harry Burnett Lumsden

Recurring cast

*Ram Awana as Sita Ram *

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as Lala Har Dayal (only for 1 episode) *Vijayesh Kumar Mishra as Panna Sen (for episodes 59 and 60) * Mahika Sharma as Chellamma :

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's Wife

Episode list

Production

Swaraj was regarded as the most expensive TV show of DD national with a budget ₹55 lakh 46 thousand per episode.

Release

The shooting of the series began in June 2020 in India. Prime Minister of India

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widely promoted the show. The audio version of the serial broadcast on All India Radio network. The Swaraj serial was officially launched on August 5, 2022 by Shri

Amit Shah Amitbhai Anilchandra Shah (born 22 October 1964) is an Indian politician who is currently serving as the 32nd Ministry of Home Affairs (India), Minister of Home Affairs since May 2019 and the 1st Ministry of Co-operation, Minister of Co-operat ...

, who is the Union Minister for Home & Cooperation, along with Shri

Anurag Singh Thakur Anurag Singh Thakur (born 24 October 1974) is an Indian politician from the Bharatiya Janata Party and a Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha, Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha from Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh Lok Sabha constituency, Hamirpur, Hi ...

, who is the Union Minister for Information & Broadcasting, and Dr. L. Murugan, who is the Union Minister of State for Information & Broadcasting. It premeried on 14 August 2022 on

Waves

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's newly launched OTT platform.

Awards and nominations

Notes

References

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External links

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