'''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]].