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22 June 1897

22 June 1897

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 1, 1979

Genres

Drama, History

User Score

60%

Original Title

22 June 1897

Production Companies

Sanket Films

Director

Jayoo Patwardhan

Description

Due to a plague epidemic in Pune, the British Government deputes C.W. Rand as Chairman of the Special Plague Committee, empowering him to do whatever is necessary to control the menace. Rand's heavy handed measures deeply offend local sensibilities, driving a group of angry youngsters to assassinate him and Lt. Charles Ayerst- the first outbreak of revolutionary activities in British India.