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22 June 1897
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.
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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.
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Genre:Drama, History
Written By:Shankar Nag, Shankar Nag
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Studio:Sanket Films
Cast
Jayoo Patwardhan, Nachiket Patwardhan
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Arundathi Nag
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Sadashiv Amrapurkar
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Prabhakar Patankar
Damodar Chapekar
Udayan Dixit
Vasudev Chapekar
Vasudev Palande
Hari Vinayak Chapekar
Shanta Jog
Dwarka Hari Chapekar
Sujal Watve
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Dipali Kulkarni
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Satish Khare
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Shrikant Gadre
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