# Swaraj (TV series)

Swaraj (transl. Self-rule) is an Indian historical TV series aired on DD National 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 Government of India project and produced by Contiloe Pictures. It is Digitally Available on Amazon Prime Video.
It has been dubbed in English, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, 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 Vasco da Gama first reached India to 1947 when India achieved independence.

## Cast
### Narrator

* Manoj Joshi (2022-2024)

### Main cast

* Ashish Dixit as Birsa Munda
* Momin Zaidi as British Officer
* Hrishitaa Bhatt as Rani Lakshmibai
* Jason Shah as Vasco da Gama
* Gajendra Chauhan as Manvikram
* Barkha Bisht as Rani Abbakka
* Hemant Choudhary as Amar Singh
* Shruti Bisht as Queen Abbakka's daughter
* Arpit Ranka as Shivappa Nayaka
* Krip Suri as Marthanda Varma
* Meer Ali as Peshwa Bajirao
* Suhasi Dhami as Rani Velu Nachiyar
* Himanshu Malhotra as Veerapandiya Kattabomman
* 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
* Amit Dolawat 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
* Gaurav s Bajaj 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 Subhash Chandra Bose
* Manan Joshi as Raja Mahendra Pratap
* Sukirti Kandpal as Pritilata Waddedar
* Shresth Kumar as Alluri Sitarama Raju
* 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
* Rudra Soni as Wazir Ali
* Himanshu Bamzai as Subramania Bharathi
* Aamir Rafiq as Harry Burnett Lumsden

### Recurring cast

* Ram Awana as Sita Ram
* Anand Goradia as Lala Har Dayal (only for 1 episode)
* Vijayesh Kumar Mishra as Panna Sen (for episodes 59 and 60)
* Mahika Sharma as Chellamma : Subramania Bharati's Wife

## Episode list

| Episode No | Name | Date |
| 1 | Vasco Da Gama Reached India | 14 August 2022 |
| 2 | Vijayanagara Empire | 21 August 2022 |
| 3 | Freedom Fighter Rani Abbakka and Rani Chennabhairadevi | 28 August 2022 |
| 4 | Freedom Fighter Shivappa Nayaka | 4 September 2022 |
| 5 | Story Of Shivaji | 11 September 2022 |
| 6 | Freedom fighter Kanhoji Angre | 18 September 2022 |
| 7 | Story of Baji Rao | 25 September 2022 |
| 8 | Freedom Fighter Chimaji Appa | 2 October 2022 |
| 9 | EIC – French | 9 October 2022 |
| 10 | EIC – British | 16 October 2022 |
| 11 | Freedom Fighter Marthanda Varma | 23 October 2022 |
| 12 | Battle of Plassey | 30 October 2022 |
| 13 | Freedom Fighter Puli Thevar | 6 November 2022 |
| 14 | Freedom Fighter Rani Velu Nachiyar | 13 November 2022 |
| 15 | Freedom Fighter Veerapandiya Kattabomman | 20 November 2022 |
| 16 | Story Of Pazhassi Raja | 27 November 2022 |
| 17 | Sanyasi Movement | 4 December 2022 |
| 18 | Bakshi Jagbandhu Paika Leaders | 11 December 2022 |
| 19 | Freedom Fighter Wazir Ali | 18 December 2022 |
| 20 | Freedom Fighter Velu Thampi Dalawa | 25 December 2022 |
| 21 | Freedom Fighter Tilka Manjhi | 1 January 2023 |
| 22 | Haathras Revolt (Raja Dayaram) | 8 January 2023 |
| 23 | Freedom Fighter U Tirot Singh | 15 January 2023 |
| 24 | Sidho Murmu and Kano Murmu | 22 January 2023 |
| 25 | Freedom Fighter Narendrajeeth Singh | 29 January 2023 |
| 26 | Mangal Pandey and Bindi Tiwari | 5 February 2023 |
| 27 | Freedom Fighter Nana Saheb | 12 February 2023 |
| 28 | Azimullah Khan and RangoBapu | 19 February 2023 |
| 29 | Sipahi Vidroh | 26 February 2023 |
| 30 | Freedom Fighter Matadin Bhangi | 5 March 2023 |
| 31 | Freedom Fighter Bakht Khan | 12 March 2023 |
| 32 | Udmi ram and Ratni Devi | 19 March 2023 |
| 33 | Story of Azizan Bai | 26 March 2023 |
| 34 | Begum Hazrat Mahal | 2 April 2023 |
| 35 | Kunwar Singh and Amar Singh | 9 April 2023 |
| 36 | Story of Rani Laxmibai | 16 April 2023 |
| 37 | Freedom Fighter Tatya Tope | 23 April 2023 |
| 38 | Freedom Fighter Tikendrajit Singh | 30 April 2023 |
| 39 | Freedom Fighter Birsa Munda | 7 May 2023 |
| 40 | Freedom Fighter Sardar Ajit Singh | 14 May 2023 |
| 41 | Rani Avantibai | 21 May 2023 |
| 42 | Freedom Fighter Vasudev Balwant Phadke | 28 May 2023 |
| 43 | Chapekar Bhandu | 4 June 2023 |
| 44 | Rani Gaidinliu | 11 June 2023 |
| 45 | Freedom Fighter Bhupendranath Datta | 18 June 2023 |
| 46 | Sister Nivedita | 25 June 2023 |
| 47 | Freedom Fighter Barin Ghosh | 2 July 2023 |
| 48 | Kanailal Dutta and Satyendranath Bosu | 9 July 2023 |
| 49 | Shyamji Krishna Varma | 16 July 2023 |
| 50 | Freedom Fighter Bhikaiji Cama | 23 July 2023 |
| 51 | Freedom Fighter Virendranath Chattopadhyaya | 30 July 2023 |
| 52 | Freedom Fighter MadanLal Dhingra | 6 August 2023 |
| 53 | Freedom Fighter Lala Hardayal | 13 August 2023 |
| 54 | Freedom Fighter Kartar Singh Sarabha | 20 August 2023 |
| 55 | Freedom Fighter Ras Bhihari Bose | 27 August 2023 |
| 56 | Freedom Fighter Khan Abdul Gafar Khan | 3 September 2023 |
| 57 | Freedom Fighter Baikuntha Shukla | 10 September 2023 |
| 58 | Story of Raja Mahendra Pratap Singh | 17 September 2023 |
| 59 | Freedom Fighter Surya Sen | 24 September 2023 |
| 60 | Freedom Fighter Pritilata Waddedar | 01 October 2023 |
| 61 | Alluri Sitarama Raju | 08 October 2023 |
| 62 | Pushpalata Das and Kanaklata Barua | 15 October 2023 |
| 63 | Freedom Fighter Mahavir Singh | 22 October 2023 |
| 64 | Bhagwati Charan Vohra and Durga Bhabhi | 29 October 2023 |
| 65 | Indian revolutionary Chandra Shekhar Azad | 05 November 2023 |
| 66 | Ram Prasad Bismil | 12 November 2023 |
| 67 | Sukhdev and Rajguru | 19 November 2023 |
| 68 | Indian revolutionary Sachindra Nath Sanyal | 26 November 2023 |
| 69 | Sardar Udham Singh | 3 December 2023 |
| 70 | Bhai Parmanand | 9 December 2023 |
| 71 | Freedom Fighter Subramania Bharati | 17 December 2023 |
| 72 | Indian revolutionary Senapati Bapat | 23 December 2023 |
| 73 | Genda Lal Dixit | 31 December 2023 |
| 74 | Subash Chandra Bose and Poswuyi Swuro | 7 January 2024 |
| 75 | Baba Raghav Das | 14 January 2024 |

## 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 Narendra Modi 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, who is the Union Minister for Home & Cooperation, along with Shri Anurag Singh Thakur, 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 DD National.

## Waves

Now, it is freely available on Waves app, Prasar Bharati's newly launched OTT platform.

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Nominee | Result |
| 2023 | Indian Telly Awards | Best Special/Visual Effects for Television | ILLUSION Reality Studios | Won |
| 2023 | Indian Telly Awards | Best Art Director | Rampratap Singh | Won |
| 2023 | Indian Telly Awards | Best TV Cameraman (Fiction ) | Pappu Sahu | Nominated |
| 2023 | Indian Telly Awards | Best Director | Sohail Tatari | Won |
| 2023 | Indian Telly Awards | Best Screenplay Writer (Drama series & Soap) | Anand Nilkanthan | Nominated |
| 2023 | Indian Telly Awards | Best Anchor | Manoj Joshi | Won |