There were several reasons for the rise of nationalism in India. One of them being the tallow greased rifle incident. To load the rifle, sepoys had to bite the cartridge open to release the powder. The grease used on these cartridges included tallow (pork or beef fat), which is considered sacrilegious by both Hindus and Muslims. The film profiles leaders like Rani Lakshmi Bai, Mangal Pandey, Tagore, Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Subhash Chandra Bose, among others, and their struggle for freedom from the British rule through a series of old videos, recreated scenes and interviews. Though there were traumatic events like the partition which separated India and Pakistan, India emerged as a strong independent nation on the midnight of 14th August 1947.

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