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The Department of Publications Division under the
Ministry of I&B has published biographies of 103
eminent freedom fighters of India under the Builders
of Modern India series in various languages of the country.
The leaders taken up in this series include Mahatma
Gandhi, Maulana Azad, Pt. Nehru, Dr. Rajendra Prasad,
Dr. Rajagopalachari, Lal Bahadur Shastri, Smt. Indira
Gandhi etc. Normally, these books are being published
in English, Hindi and the language of the area from
which the personality hails. As regards other important
personalities on whom biographies are published by the
Division, the selection of the personalities are done
in consultation with eminent authors, experts in the
related fields and institutions like Sahitya Akademi,
Sangeet Natak Akademy, lalit Kala Akademy, CSIR etc.
depending on the field to which the personalities belong.
However, no criteria has been fixed so far by the Government
for making of documentary films on Freedom Fighters
and important personalities of the country. Films Division,
Ministry of I&B takes up a few subjects for production
of biographical films on Freedom Fighters/personalities
for inclusion in the Production Programme by the Government
on the basis of proposals received through independent
Producers as well as from In-house Directors.
This information was given by Minister of Information
& Broadcasting and Parliamentary Affairs, Sh. P.R.
Dasmunsi in written reply to a question in Lok Sabha
today.
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