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Mann ki Baat or Freedom of Speech & Expression under Jawaharlal Nehru

  1. 1st Amendment brought in (Reasonable Restrictions; Incitement, Disruption of Public Order).
  2. Poet Majrooh Sultanpuri jailed for 1 year for calling Nehru ‘Hitler ka chela’ in a poem.
  3. 1st democratically elected communist govt in Kerala dismissed.
  4. Cong President said Communist parties wouldn’t be allowed to participate in general elections.
  5. Stanlet Wolpert’s book Nine Hours to Rama was banned.
  6. The book Chandra Mohini was banned.
  7. Aubrey Menen’s The Ramayana was banned.
  8. Campbell’s The Heart of India was banned.
  9. Koestler’s The Lotus and the Robot was banned
  10. Import of any newspaper that “undermined friendly relations with foreign states was banned.
  11. Aziz Beg’s Captive Kashmir was banned.
  12. Frischler’s Ayesha was banned.
  13. Bertrand Russell’s Unarmed Victory was banned.
  14. Robson’s film Nine Hours to Rama was banned.
  15. Sardanvi’s Marka-e-Somnath was banned.
  16. Robert Taylor’s The Dark Urge was banned.
  17. Selling Lady Chatterley’s Lover was banned.
  18. The book What Has Religion Done for Mankind was banned.
  19. Ravatwank’s Bhupat Singh was banned.
  20. Import of any “obscene drawing or painting” was banned.
  21. Mrinal Sen’s film Neel Akasher Neechey was banned.
  22. Menen’s Rama Retold was banned..
  23. Toni Hagen’s book Nepal was banned.
  24. The Organiser was censored, its publishers prosecuted.
  25. Film Gokul Shankar was banned.
  26. Godse’s testimony was banned.
  27. Goswami’s film Runumi was banned.
  28. Historian Dharampal was jailed for criticising Nehru post Indo-China war.
  29. Release of the 1962 war film Bhool na jana was blocked.
  30. President Rajendra Prasad’s speech was barred from distribution.
  31. Film Jharna was banned.
  32. Draconian Press Objectionable Act was passed.
  33. Columnist Vivek was fired, his column critical of Nehru discontinued.
  34. HT editor Durga Das was fired, his column critical of the Nehru family discontinued.
  35. Congress leaders demanding Nehru’s resignation were arrested and jailed.
  36. Ads to Times of India were discontinued for speaking against govt policy.
  37. Magazine Crossroads was banned.
  38. Play Ningalenne Communistakki was banned; its actors arrested.
  39. Hindi film songs were banned from being played on the AIR.
  40. Congress demanded a ban on the iconic film Parasakthi.
  41. Film Nastik was banned.
  42. Western pop music was banned from the AIR.
  43. Peoples’ Theatre Association was banned.
  44. Play Hariprada Master was banned.
  45. Film Gana Jumna was blocked.
  46. Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay’s play Mahesh was banned.
  47. Tagore’s play Gora was banned.
  48. Balraj Sahni’s play Jadoo ki Kursi was banned
  49. Tagore’s play Bisarjan was banned.
  50. Pradeep’s film song was deleted.
  51. Two songs from Phir Subeh Hogi were banned.
  52. Harmonium was banned from the AIR.
  53. Film Jugnu was banned.
  54. Editor Prahlad Keshav Atre was jailed for writing a critical article.

Credits: Sri Anand Ranganathan’s Tweet

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