''Swaraj'' () is an Indian

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-language historical TV serial that aired on

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from 14 August 2022. With this serial,

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has once 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 also dubbed in Tamil,

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, Gujarati,

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, Odia,

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and English.

Synopsis

The Narrator ( Manoj Joshi) presents a collection of true stories of india's freedom fighters. New story shown in each episode.

Cast

Narrator

* Manoj Joshi

Main

* Jason Shah as

Vasco Da Gama Vasco da Gama, 1st Count of Vidigueira (; ; c. 1460s – 24 December 1524), was a Portuguese explorer and the first European to reach India by sea. His initial voyage to India by way of Cape of Good Hope (1497–1499) was the first to link ...

* Manoj Joshi as Story Narrator *

Hrishitaa Bhatt Hrishitaa Bhatt (born 10 May 1981), also spelled as Hrishita Bhat, is an Indian actress and model. She debuted in the film ''Asoka'' (2001) opposite Shah Rukh Khan, but it was '' Haasil'' (2003) that brought her fame. Bhatt received critical acc ...

as Rani Lakshmi Bai * Akshay Sethi as Sidhu Murmu *

Amit Dolawat Amit is a male given name of Indian or Hebrew origin. In Hindi, Amit ( hi, अमित, means "infinite" or "boundless", bn, অমিত) originates from the Sanskrit word ' (अमित:), ' (अमित:) essentially is the negation of ' ...

as Kanhu Murmu *

Jason Tham Jason Tham is an Indian dancer, choreographer and actor. He was a contestant on the reality dance competition Just Dance in India and played the role of Karma on Channel V dance-based show ''Dil Dosti Dance''. Early life Tham was born the youn ...

as Narendrajeeth * Lavina Tandon as Hazrath Mahal *Ram Yashwardhan as Bakht Khan *Rushiraj Pawar as Udmi Ram *Urvashi Pardeshi as Ratni Devi; Udmi Ram's wife *Krishna Singh Bisht as

Tikendrajit Singh , birth_date = , birth_place = Kangleipak , death_date = , death_place = Kangleipak , burial_date = , burial_place = Kangleipak , queen = , spouse = , spouse-type ...

*Ashish Dixit as Birsa Munda. *Puneet Tejwani as Ajith Singh Sandhu *Asit redij as Ajith Singh * Farnaz Shetty as

Avantibai Rani Avantibai Lodhi (died 20 March 1858) was an Indian Rajput queen-ruler and freedom fighter. She was the queen of the Ramgarh (present-day Dindori) in Madhya Pradesh. An opponent of the British East India Company during the Indian Rebellio ...

* Kapil Arya as Vasudev Balwant Phadke * Shardul Pandit as Dhamodhar Hari Chapekar *Sagar Wahi as Baalkrishna Hari Chapekar * Namit Shah as Vasudev Hari Chapekar * Teriya Magar as Young

Rani Gaidinliu Gaidinliu Pamei (26 January 1915 – 17 February 1993) popularly known as Rani Gaidinliu was a Naga spiritual and political leader who led a revolt against British rule in India. At the age of 13, she joined the Heraka religious movement of her ...

(16 years) **Parshvi gadiya as Child

(13 years) *Himanshu Kaarki as Jadonang *

Ribbhu Mehra Ribbhu Mehra is an Indian television actor, model and DJ. He is known for his portrayal of Nikhil on Yeh Hai Mohabbatein, and Arjun Rathod on My Name Ijj Lakhan. Early life In his early life, Mehra studied at Vishwa Bharati Public School. He l ...

Bhupendranath Datta Bhupendranath Datta (4 September 1880 – 25 December 1961) was an Indian revolutionary and later a noted sociologist and anthropologist. He associated Rishi Aurobindo in his political works. In his youth, he was closely associated with the J ...

**Kumar Hegde as Old Aged

*Sareh Far as Sister Niveditha * Ankit Bathla as Barin Ghosh

Recurring

* Abhijeet Sooryvanshe as Manvendra Roy (the person who brought communism in india) * Vinod Kapoor as Aaliya Rama Raya *Atul Verma as Magatachan * Aniruddh Roy as

Sri Aurobindo Sri Aurobindo (born Aurobindo Ghose; 15 August 1872 – 5 December 1950) was an Indian philosopher, yogi, maharishi, poet, and Indian nationalist. He was also a journalist, editing newspapers such as ''Vande Mataram''. He joined t ...

Jiten Lalwani Jiten Lalwani is an Indian film and television actor. He is best known for playing Kiran Virani on ''Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi'', Inder Kashyap in ''Sasural Genda Phool'' and Samarjeet in '' Naagin 3''. Early life Lalwani was born in Kan ...

as Dayaram Singh *

Ishaan Singh Manhas Ishaan Singh Manhas is an Indian television and film actor. He has appeared on TV shows like ''Ek Mutthi Aasmaan'', '' Chandra Nandini'', ''Mere Angne Mein'' and '' Ek Bhram...Sarvagun Sampanna''. Singh was born and brought up in Delhi ...

Nana Saheb Peshwa Balaji Baji Rao (8 December 1720 – 23 June 1761), often referred to as Nana Saheb I, was the 8th Peshwa of the Maratha Confederacy. He was appointed as Peshwa in 1740 upon the death of his father, the Peshwa Bajirao I. During his tenure, t ...

Suhasi Goradia Dhami Suhasi Goradia Dhami is an Indian actress and model. She is known for portraying Abha in ''Yahaaan Main Ghar Ghar Kheli'' and double role as Vedika Mathur and Vedika Pratab in ''Aap Ke Aa Jane Se''.She appeared in KK's music video titled 'Aasma ...

as Velu Nachiar * Himanshu Malhotra as

Veerapandiya Kattabomman Veerapandiya Kattabomman was an 18th-century Tamil Palayakarrar and king of Panchalankurichi in Tamil Nadu, India. He refused to accept the sovereignty of the British East India Company and waged a war against them. He was captured by the Bri ...

* Ankur Nayyar as

Pazhassi Raja Pazhassi Raja () (3 January 1753 – 30 November 1805) was known as Kerala Varma and was also known as Cotiote Rajah and Pychy Rajah. He was a warrior Hindu prince and de facto head of the kingdom of Kottayam, otherwise known as Cotiote, in ...

(Kerala Varma) *

Megha Chakraborty Megha Chakraborty is an Indian film and television actress. She has appeared in various TV serials. She is playing the role of Imlie in '' Imlie'' season 2 as of 2022. Career She started her career with the Bengali serial ''Joto Hashi Tato Ran ...

Debi Chaudhrani Debi may refer to: People * Anurupa Debi (1882–1958), Indian writer * Debi Prasad Roy Chowdhury * Debi Austin (1950–2013), American anti-smoking advocate * Debi Carson * Debi Derryberry, American voice actress * Debi Diamond (born 1965), Ame ...

Karan Suchak Karan Suchak is an Indian television actor. He is known for his role in Siya Ke Ram as Lakshmana ; Akhilesh Pandey in Meri Hanikarak Biwi and Dr. Anurag Basu in Thoda sa Baadal Thoda sa Paani. Early life and career Suchak was born in Ahmed ...

as Mangal Pandey *

Gajendra Chauhan Gajendra Singh Chauhan known professionally as Gajendra Chauhan, is a former television actor known for his work on Indian television, especially his portrayal of Yudhishthira in the historical television series ''Mahabharat'' (1988–90). He h ...

as Samuthiripaad (MaanVikram) * Chaitanya Choudhury as

Kanhoji Angre Kanhoji Angre (Marathi: कान्होजी आंग्रे, anʱod͡ʒiː aːŋɡɾe, also known as Conajee Angria or Sarkhel Angré (August 1669 – 4 July 1729) was a chief of the Maratha Navy in present-day India. Kanhoji became k ...

* Siddhantsinh Jadeja as British Officer * Amit Pachori as Puli Thevar * Javed Pathan as Wazir * Navi Bhangu as

Tatya Tope Tantia Tope (also spelled Tatya Tope, : ̪aːt̪ʲa ʈoːpe 6 January 1814 – 18 April 1859) was a general in the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and one of its notable leaders. Despite lacking formal military training, Tantia Tope is widely consi ...

* Rohit Bharadwaj as Mattadin *Rakesh Kukreti as

Muthu Vaduganatha Periyavudaya Thevar Muthu Vaduganatha Periyavudaya Thevar was the second king of the Sivagangai Estate which is also known "Lesser Maravar Kingdom". He ruled from 1750 to 1772. Childhood Muthuvadukanatha Thevar son of Vijaya Raghunatha Sasivarna Periya Oodaiy ...

* Aamir Rafiq as Harry Burnett Lumsden *Harshita Ruhela * Saurabh Gokhale as

Shivaji Maharaj Shivaji Bhonsale I (; 19 February 1630 – 3 April 1680), also referred to as Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, was an Indian ruler and a member of the Bhonsle Maratha clan. Shivaji carved out his own independent kingdom from the declining Adilsh ...

* Vineet Kakkar as U Tirot * Sahil sagar as Spy * Sahil Miglani as General Neel * Momin Zaidi as British Officer * Pankaj Avadhesh Shukla as Lakhan Dubey *Alok Narula as Bindi tiwari *Ishan Manham as Nana Saheb *Krishna Shetty as

Tatya tope Tantia Tope (also spelled Tatya Tope, : ̪aːt̪ʲa ʈoːpe 6 January 1814 – 18 April 1859) was a general in the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and one of its notable leaders. Despite lacking formal military training, Tantia Tope is widely consi ...

* Pranav Misshra as Azimulla Khan *Bhavya Mishra as Young Azimulla Khan *

Krip Suri Krip Kapur Suri, (born 14 June 1986) is an Indian model turned actor. He is primarily known for his role of Prof. Vardhan Suryavanshi in Channel V India’s Sadda Haq and Raahukaal in Life OK’s Savitri. He also portrayed the role of Ravi Ga ...

as Marthanda Varma *Shubam Goswami as Mohammad Ali Khan *

Ram Awana Ram Awana (born 1 March 1971) is an Indian film and television actor. He is best known for his role as Raja Paundrak in ''Dwarkadheesh – Bhagwaan Shree Krishn'', Chanur in '' Jai Shri Krishna'', Farooq in DD's Shikwah, Raja Chhatrasal in ''S ...

as Sita Ram *Harish Agrawal as Maharaj Chandrakeerthi *Digvijay Purohit as Kishan *Rohit singh rajput as

Subash Chandra Bose Subhas Chandra Bose ( ; 23 January 1897 – 18 August 1945 * * * * * * * * *) was an Indian nationalist whose defiance of British authority in India made him a hero among Indians, but his wartime alliances with Nazi Germany and Imperia ...

*Jeeth Bhattacharya as

Bhagat Singh Bhagat Singh (27 September 1907 – 23 March 1931) was a charismatic Indian revolutionary* * who participated in the mistaken murder of a junior British police officer * * in what was to be retaliation for the death of an Indian nationa ...

*Jasveen kaur as Harnaam Kaur * Anand Goradia as

Lala Har Dayal Lala Har Dayal Mathur (Punjabi: ਲਾਲਾ ਹਰਦਿਆਲ; 14 October 1884 – 4 March 1939) was an Indian nationalist revolutionary and freedom fighter. He was a polymath who turned down a career in the Indian Civil Service. His simpl ...

*Lakshya Handa as Raja Vikramaditya Singh *Vikas Salgotra as Umrao Singh *Vipul Deshpande as Daulatrao Naik *Alok Bharadwaj as

Swami Vivekananda Swami Vivekananda (; ; 12 January 1863 – 4 July 1902), born Narendranath Datta (), was an Indian Hindu monk, philosopher, author, religious teacher, and the chief disciple of the Indian mystic Ramakrishna. He was a key figure in the intro ...

*Rajat Singh as Mahadev Vinayak Ranade *Ajay Mehra as

Nehru Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru (; ; ; 14 November 1889 – 27 May 1964) was an Indian anti-colonial nationalist, secular humanist, social democrat— * * * * and author who was a central figure in India during the middle of the 20t ...

*Shivani saxena as Buavaneshwari Devi l;

and

's Mother *Anirudd Roy as

Aurobindo Gosh Sri Aurobindo (born Aurobindo Ghose; 15 August 1872 – 5 December 1950) was an Indian philosopher, yogi, maharishi, poet, and Indian nationalist. He was also a journalist, editing newspapers such as ''Vande Mataram''. He joined the ...

*Ajay Chaudhary as

Virendranath Chattopadhyaya Virendranath Chattopadhyaya ( bn, বীরেন্দ্রনাথ চট্টোপাধ্যায়), alias Chatto, (31 October 1880 – 2 September 1937, Moscow), also known by his pseudonym Chatto, was a prominent Indian revolutiona ...

*Ahmad Harhash as Rawal Singh Kapoor *Nupur Avasti as Sharda Devi *Vishal Jadav as

Bal Gangadhar Tilak Bal Gangadhar Tilak (; born Keshav Gangadhar Tilak (pronunciation: eʃəʋ ɡəŋɡaːd̪ʱəɾ ʈiɭək; 23 July 1856 – 1 August 1920), endeared as Lokmanya ( IAST: ''Lokmānya''), was an Indian nationalist, teacher, and an independence ...

*Akhil Ojha as

Lala Lajpat Rai Lala Lajpat Rai (28 January 1865 - 17 November 1928) was an Indian author, freedom fighter, and politician. He played a vital role in the Indian Independence movement. He was popularly known as Punjab Kesari. He was one of the three members of ...

Episode List

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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