1940: Key Events

• The All-India Muslim League adopts the ‘Pakistan resolution’ at Lahore.

• The harmonium is banned from All-India Radio: its tempered scale, adapted from the organ, is considered antithetical to the shruti or the microtones that give Indian music its continuous scale.

• Only decades later would this commonly used musical instrument be allowed on radio again.

• Film Advisory Board is set up by the government and is granted monopoly over raw stock.

• Intensification of censorship of films likely to support the independence movement with images or words.

• P. K. Atre, Master Vinayak and others start Navyug Chitrapat with public finance.

• Mehboob makes Aurat, the original version of Mother India.

• Himansu Rai dies, and Devika Rani takes over Bombay Talkies.