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Pramod Kumar Satapathy was an assistant commandment in the Orissa Police. He laid down his life in the process of fighting armed naxalites on 15 February 2008 and has been awarded with the Ashoka Chakra posthumously.
Satapathy was training in charge of the Special Operation Group of Orissa State Armed Police at Chandaka. He had rushed to Nayagarh along with 20 available men on motorcycles soon after hearing the news that heavily armed Naxalites had attacked police establishments and looted a huge cache of arms at 10.30 pm on February 15.
On receiving information about the movement of the militants, Satapathy quickly made out a plan and with available forces of SOG, OSAP and CRPF followed the Naxalites into the jungle.
There were about 200-300 Naxalites in an elevated location and they were about to escape. Satapathy mounted assault on the Naxalites. The Naxalites in turn unleashed a heavy fire on the police team.
In this encounter that continued for about two hours, the police party had to retreat. Satapathy fought bravely till his last breath and laid down his life in fighting the militants. A large quantity of arms and ammunitions was recovered from the site.
Virendra Razdan (c. 1950 – June 13, 2003) was an Indian film and television actor. He may be best known for his portrayal of Maulana Azad, a leading figure of the Indian independence movement, in the 1982 biographical film, Gandhi, directed by Richard Attenborough.[1] He also appeared in the Indian television series, Mahabharat, playing the role of Vidura.[1]
Razdan's father was a Sufi musician.[1] He studied acting and theater at the National School of Drama in New Delhi, where he was a student of Ibrahim Alkazi.[1]
Virendra Razdan died in Mumbai, India, on June 13, 2003, at the age of 53.[1]
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Mahabharat is a successful Indian television series based on the ancient Indian epic Mahabharata. The 94-episode series originally ran from 2 October 1988 to 24 June 1990. It was produced by B. R. Chopra and directed by his son, Ravi Chopra. The music was composed by critically acclaimed music director Rajkamal. Each episode was approximately 45 minutes long. It followed the highly successful Ramayan broadcast in 1987–1988.
It was shown in the UK by the BBC, where it achieved audience figures of 5 million, unheard of for a subtitled series being aired in the afternoon. It was also the first programme broadcast on BBC2 after its 1991 revamp, but was also shown late at night on BBC 1 the previous year
According to production team member Kishore Malhotra, the total cost of producing the series was Rs. 90,000,000.
in favour of (Pandavas)
in favour of (Kauravas)
The opening credits are shown over a backdrop of illustrations from ISKCON's edition of the Bhagavad-Gita, Bhagavad-Gītā As It Is. The Society and its founder, Swami Prabhupada, are credited for these illustrations. The sung verses at the end of the credit sequence are Verses 7 and 8 of Chapter 4 of the Gītā: "Whenever and wherever a decline of righteousness and a predominance of unrighteousness prevails, at that time I (Krishna) manifest myself personally, O descendant of Bhārata; for the protection of the devotees and the annihilation of the miscreants and to fully establish righteousness, I appear millenium after millenium."