INDIA

IMPERIALISM: INDIA

Asoka (2001)  --  India after the age of Alexander the Great

Clive of India (1935) man who secured British rule in India

Gunga Din (1939)  -- 19th Century Punjab India, Thuggee cult (followers of Kali)

The Deceivers (1988) 1825 India, with Brosnan as British officer infiltrating Thuggee cult

Sunghursh (1968))  --  Indian film accurately depicting the Thuggee cult

The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935) -- battles between British and Afghans guerillas

The Bengal Brigade (1954) -- British work to thwart the Sepoy rebellion in India -- 1857

A Passage to India (1984) - 1920's clash between English racist colonialism and the native Indians

The Jewel in the Crown (1984)  --  set against the final years before India gained independence

The Far Pavilions (1984)  --  mini-series about forbidden love between a British cavalry officer and an Indian princess

Heat and Dust / Autobiography of a Princess (1983)  --  Merchant Ivory production

Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India  (2001)  --  Hindi movie about the effect of British injustices on a small Indian village of peasants

INDEPENDENCE FOR INDIA -- 1947

Gandhi -- 1915 onward; arrested in 1922 for civil disobedience against British rule

Nine Hours to Rama (1963) -- events leading up to assassination of Gandhi in 1948

Staying On (1981)

Jinnah (1998) -- Mohammed Ali Jinnah, founder of Pakistan

Bandit Queen (1994) -- Indian film about female Indian outlaw Phoolan Devi (Seema Biswas), 1980s