'''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. * [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pralhad_Keshav_Atre|P. K. Atre]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_Vinayak|Master Vinayak]] and others start [[Navyug Chitrapat]] with public finance. * [[Mehboob]] makes [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurat_(1940_film)|Aurat]], the original version of [[Mother India]]. * [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himansu_Rai|Himansu Rai]] dies, and [[Devika Rani]] takes over [[Bombay Talkies]].