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1957 film directed by Mehboob Khan
Mother India is a 1957 Indian epic drama film, directed by Mehboob Khan and starring Nargis, Sunil Dutt, Rajendra Kumar and Raaj Kumar. A remake of Khan's
Mother_India
National song of India
salutation to Mother India during the Indian independence movement, culminating in its 1950 designation as the National Song of the Republic of India, sharing
Vande_Mataram
1927 book by Katherine Mayo
Mother India (1927) is a polemical book by American journalist Katherine Mayo on the status of women and girls in Indian society as well as her perception
Mother_India_(book)
Topics referred to by the same term
Mother India is an acclaimed 1957 Indian Hindi film epic. Mother India may also refer to: Bharat Mata, the national personification of India Mother India
Mother_India_(disambiguation)
American historian and nativist (1867–1940)
and religious grounds. She published and promoted her best-known work, Mother India (1927), a deeply critical book on Indian society, religion, and culture
Katherine_Mayo
Kisan Kanya, in 1937. The following year, he made a colour version of Mother India. However, colour did not become a popular feature until the late 1950s
Hindi_cinema
Queen of the United Kingdom from 1936 to 1952
Cavendish-Bentinck. Her mother was descended from British prime minister William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, and Governor-General of India Richard Wellesley
Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother
Queen_Elizabeth_the_Queen_Mother
films Mother India (1957) and Pyaasa (1957), among India's most recognisable cinematic productions. Following independence, the 1947 partition of India divided
Cinema_of_India
produced by the Tollywood (Telugu language film industry) based in Hyderabad, India in the year 1992. Dundoo, Sangeetha Devi (25 April 2017). "'K Viswanath
List_of_Telugu_films_of_1992
Indian film actor (1926-1996)
struggle, he got his breakthrough with Mehboob Khan's epic drama film Mother India (1957). It opened to critical acclaim and emerged an All Time Blockbuster
Raaj_Kumar
2014 Indian film
Daughters of Mother India is a 2014 documentary film directed and produced by Vibha Bakshi on the aftermath of the brutal gang rape and murder of a 23-year-old
Daughters_of_Mother_India
National personification of India
Bharat Mata (Bhārat Mātā, Mother India) is a national personification of India as a mother goddess. She is commonly depicted dressed in a red or saffron-coloured
Bharat_Mata
Mother India is an oil on canvas painting by Hungarian-born Indian artist Amrita Sher-Gil (1913 – 1941), completed in May/June 1935 in Simla. The painting
Mother_India_(painting)
Indian actress (1929–1981)
starred in Mehboob Khan's Oscar-nominated epic drama Mother India (1957), the highest-grossing film in India at that point of time, for which she won Filmfare
Nargis
Film director
director and producer. He is best known for directing the social epic Mother India (1957), which won the Filmfare Awards for Best Film and Best Director
Mehboob_Khan
Albanian-Indian Catholic saint (1910–1997)
was the language of instruction of the Sisters of Loreto in India. She saw neither her mother nor her sister again. Her family lived in Skopje until 1934
Mother_Teresa
Mother India is the Sri Aurobindo Ashram's originally fortnightly, now monthly, cultural review. It was started in 1948, the founding editor being K. D
Mother_India_(magazine)
2001 Indian film by Ashutosh Gowariker
nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film after Mother India (1957) and Salaam Bombay! (1988). Lagaan became the most-awarded film
Lagaan
This ranking lists the highest-grossing films in India, based on domestic box office estimates as reported by organizations classified as green by Wikipedia
List of highest-grossing films in India
List_of_highest-grossing_films_in_India
Indian film actor and politician (1929–2005)
prominence with the highly successful films: Ek Hi Raasta (1956) and Mother India (1957), and consistently starred in several top–grossing Indian films
Sunil_Dutt
Country in South Asia
India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the world's seventh-largest country by area and the largest by population.
India
Indian actor and singer (1951–2023)
debuting in his father's Academy Award-nominated Mother India (1957) and its sequel Son of India (1962). He later found more success overseas, working
Sajid_Khan
1957 film by B.R. Chopra
behind Mother India (1957). At the time of its release, it briefly became the highest grossing Indian film ever; later being surpassed by Mother India (1957)
Naya_Daur_(1957_film)
Indian film actress
actress born in 1905 in Bombay, India, as Zuleka Ebrahain. She acted in numerous Hindi films, including Mother India and Mughal-e-Azam, the two biggest
Jilloo
Indian film actor (1910–1982)
many films as a character artist. When Mehboob Khan directed his film Mother India which was a remake of his earlier film 'Aurat', he again picked Kanhaiyalal
Kanhaiyalal_(actor)
Indian actress (1934–2020)
Ankhen (1968), Lalkaar (1972), Mother India (1957), Mr. X in Bombay (1964), Dil Bhi Tera Hum Bhi Tere (1960), Son of India (1962), Kohinoor (1960), Ujala
Kumkum_(actress)
(Seventeenth edition) : India". Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Retrieved 29 December 2023. "How a Bihari lost his mother tongue to Hindi". "These
List of languages by number of native speakers in India
List_of_languages_by_number_of_native_speakers_in_India
1905 painting by Abanindranath Tagore
Tagore in 1905, originally titled Banga Mata (“Mother Bengal”) and later renamed Bharat Mata (“Mother India”). It is based on the personification of the
Bharat_Mata_(painting)
Indian journalist and actress
link] "'Mother India' Uma Anand". The Hindu. 20 November 2009. Retrieved 11 November 2018. Suresh, Kohli (20 November 2009). "'Mother India' Uma Anand"
Uma_Anand
State Anthem of Karnataka
| dʒaja heː kaɾnaːʈaka mat̪e]; lit. 'Victory to Thee Mother Karnataka, Daughter of Mother India') is a Kannada-language poem composed by Kuvempu. The
Jaya Bharata Jananiya Tanujate
Jaya_Bharata_Jananiya_Tanujate
Female parent
A mother, mom, mum, mommy, or mummy is the female parent of a child. A woman may be considered a mother by virtue of having given birth, by raising a
Mother
Indian actor and filmmaker
"Shammi Kapoor's son Aditya Raj Kapoor graduates at 67: Did this for my mother". India Today. Retrieved 6 January 2024. Movie News Desk (23 August 2023). "Shammi
Aditya_Raj_Kapoor
Prime Minister of India (1966–1977; 1980–1984)
was the daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru, the first prime minister of India, and the mother of Rajiv Gandhi, who succeeded her as prime minister. Her cumulative
Indira_Gandhi
State in southwestern India
Karnataka is a state on the southwestern coast of India. It was formed as Mysore State on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation
Karnataka
Indian filmmaker and journalist
documentaries Daughters of Mother India (2015) and Son Rise (2019), both of which received National Film Awards from the Government of India, the highest recognition
Vibha_Bakshi
films are usually set in rural India, and often inspired by real dacoits. Examples of the genre: Aurat (1940) Mother India (1957) Gunga Jumna (1961) Sholay
Organised_crime_in_India
Hindu Temple in Uttar Pradesh, India
Mata Mandir (meaning "Mother India Temple") is located on the Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith campus in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India. Instead of traditional
Bharat_Mata_Mandir
Indian Actress
Her best-known role was that of Radha in the Academy Award-nominated Mother India (1957), a performance that won her the Filmfare Award for Best Actress
Nargis_filmography
Indian historian and writer (1904–2011)
contributions in Mother India, Sethna also occasionally published articles in other journals and wrote more than fifty books on Sri Aurobindo, the Mother, integral
K._D._Sethna
ISBN 0-19-563579-5. Sridharan, Tarini (25 November 2012). "Mother India, not Woman India". The Hindu. Chennai, India. Archived from the original on 6 January 2013
History_of_cinema_of_India
Place associated with a collective identity
came to think of Britain as the mother country of one, large nation. India is often personified as Bharat Mata (Mother India). The French commonly refer to
Homeland
are screened for the jury. As of 2025, India has been nominated three times, for: 1957's Mother India (India's first submission, which came close to winning
List of Indian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
List_of_Indian_submissions_for_the_Academy_Award_for_Best_International_Feature_Film
Indian screenwriter and film director
successful films in India during the 1950s and 1960s, best known for Mughal-e-Azam (1960) and the Academy Award nominee, Mother India (1957). Mirza won
Wajahat_Mirza
Indian cinematographer
(1952) and Mother India (1958). During his career, he won the Filmfare Award for Best Cinematographer record two times, for Mother India (1958) and Duniya
Faredoon_Irani
Film and recording studio in Mumbai, India
Mehboob Productions (founded 1942), and is most known for films such as Mother India (1957), which won the Filmfare Awards for Best Film and Best Director
Mehboob_Studio
Indian actor (1927–1999)
director Naresh Kumar. Kumar acted with Sunil Dutt and Nargis in the film Mother India (1957) where Sunil Dutt and Rajendra Kumar played sons of Nargis's character
Rajendra_Kumar
Indian carnatic singer (1893–1958)
Translated "Victory Victory to Mother India", the song has become a standard among classical singers of South India. This song is one of the 18 songs
Viswanatha_Sastri
the 30th Academy Awards, Mehboob Khan's 1957 Hindi-language film Mother India was India's first submission for the Academy Award for Best International Feature
List of Indian Academy Award winners and nominees
List_of_Indian_Academy_Award_winners_and_nominees
health policies, nor was there a cultural transformation...". Mother tongue languages of India (2011) Hindi (26.6%) Bengali (7.94%) Marathi (6.84%) Telugu
Demographics_of_India
Indian actor-producer
film was later remade as the more famous and well known blockbuster Mother India (1957). He was paired with actresses such as Shobhana Samarth, Monica
Arun_Kumar_Ahuja
Indian screenwriting duo
by Raj Kapoor and written by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, and Mehboob Khan's Mother India (1957). Akhtar arrived in Mumbai on 4 October 1964. In his early years
Salim–Javed
1975 Indian film by Yash Chopra
Gunga Jumna. Salim–Javed credited Gunga Jumna as well as Mehboob Khan's Mother India (1957) as the main inspirations for Deewaar, which they described as
Deewaar
Indian public sector dairy company
Husbandry and Dairying of the Government of India. Mother Dairy was founded in 1974, as a subsidiary of the NDDB. Mother Dairy supplies its products primarily
Mother_Dairy
Municipal organisation of Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Retain E-Waste: Mother India Board: Waste Management by giving new life to e-waste i.e. upcycling, it has Developed two Mother India Boards by using non
Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation
Navi_Mumbai_Municipal_Corporation
Bengali poet and dramatist (1825–1873)
with Special Reference to Western India. Ardent Media. pp. 219–. GGKEY:WYN7QH8HYJB. Retrieved 9 October 2012. Mother India: Monthly Review of Culture. Vol
Michael_Madhusudan_Dutt
Elite household cavalry regiment of the Indian Army
to escort and protect the President of India. The regiment is based in the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi, India. It is equipped as a mounted unit, with
President's_Bodyguard_(India)
माता, Bhārata Mātā), Mother India, or Bhāratāmbā (from अम्बा ambā 'mother') is the national personification of India as a mother goddess. The image of
Indian_people
1958 awards for Hindi cinema
Mother India led this edition of the awards with 5 nominations, followed by Naya Daur with 4 nominations and Sharada with 3 nominations. Mother India
5th_Filmfare_Awards
2015 film directed by Ajay Chandhok
dialogues of the 1957 film, Mother India. The film was panned by critics and was declared a "Disaster" by Box Office India "Mahie Gill does an item number
Hey_Bro
1962 Indian film
lyricist. It was a spiritual successor to Mehboob Khan's previous film, Mother India (1957). This movie's soundtrack consisted of some iconic Bollywood songs
Son_of_India_(1962_film)
Indian Psychologist, Author, and the founder of Integral psychology (1903-1994)
Philosophy. Mother India November 1958 – -- The Integral Yoga of Sri Aurobindo as a Contemporary Contribution to Indian Psychology. Mother India February
Indra_Sen
Indian actress
The Times of India. Retrieved 14 September 2010 "Amardeep Jha and Shweta Sinha share their untold stories of being a single mother". India Today. 10 May
Amardeep_Jha
2006 Indian film by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra
candlelight vigil at India Gate. The government orders a brutal police crackdown to disperse the demonstrators, leaving Ajay's grieving mother, Aishwarya, severely
Rang_De_Basanti
"India and EU finalize 'mother of all deals' with landmark trade pact". CNN. Retrieved 27 January 2026. "EU inks 'mother of all deals' with India trade
Economy_of_India
Term used for "banditry" in the Indian subcontinent
began with Mehboob Khan's Aurat (1940), which he remade as Mother India (1957). Mother India received an Academy Award nomination, and defined the dacoit
Dacoity
Indian yogi (1872–1950)
from their mother, who had developed a mental illness soon after the birth of her first child. Darjeeling was a centre of Anglo-Indians in India, and the
Sri_Aurobindo
Indian independence activist, politician and journalist (1912 – 1960)
1942. Gupte, Pranay (15 February 2012). Mother India: A Political Biography of Indira Gandhi. Penguin Books India. pp. 189–205. ISBN 9780143068266. Shashi
Feroze_Gandhi
Indian actress (1915–1986)
Aurat (1940), a role later made famous by Nargis in Mehboob's remake Mother India. She acted in over 50 films in a career span of 1933–45. Akhtar married
Sardar_Akhtar
language – The Times of India". The Times of India. 7 January 2012. Retrieved 26 October 2015. "Hindi mother tongue of 44% in India, Bangla second most spoken –
Languages_of_India
Celebration honouring mothers
Mother's Day is a celebration honoring the mother of the family or individual, as well as motherhood, maternal bonds, and the influence of mothers in society
Mother's_Day
Indian playback singer (1919–2013)
Nargis in Mother India. The first song she sang after returning to her career was "Pee Ke Ghar Aaj Pyari Dulhaniya Chali" for Mother India. She made a
Shamshad_Begum
Indian political dynasty
minister of India after Indira's death. Sanjay Gandhi (1946–1980), second son of Indira. He was also one of the most trusted lieutenants of his mother during
Nehru–Gandhi_family
Bengali writer and intellectual
Bengal. He introduced the idea of Bharat Mata (Mother India), a national personification of India as a mother goddess. He was born at Calcutta, Haritaki Bagan
Bhudev_Mukhopadhyay
Mexican professional wrestler (born 1984)
comes from a wrestling family, including her father Hombre Bala, her mother India Sioux, her brothers Hombre Bala Jr. and Corsario Jr., and her uncles
India_Sioux
2015 British film
India's Daughter is a documentary film directed by Leslee Udwin and is part of the BBC's ongoing Storyville series. The film is based on the 2012 Delhi
India's_Daughter
Queen of the United Kingdom from 1910 to 1936
was Queen of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Empress of India, from 6 May 1910 until 20 January 1936 as the wife of King George V. Born
Mary_of_Teck
Belgian drama film
Duret as Robin Christelle Cornil as Nathalie, Ariane's mother India Hair as Morgane, Jessica's mother Joely Mbundu as Angèle, Perla's older sister Claire
Young_Mothers
1995 studio album by Alisha Chinai
Made in India is a 1995 Indi-pop album by Alisha Chinai, with production by Biddu. It was the first album by an Indian pop (Indipop) artist to be sold
Made_in_India_(album)
1940 film by Mehboob Khan
dialogue is by Wajahat Mirza. Mehboob Khan later remade this film as Mother India (1957), which is considered one of the biggest hits of all time in Indian
Aurat_(1940_film)
Indian actor and filmmaker (1924–1988)
married her co-star Sunil Dutt with whom she fell in love on the set of Mother India (1957). In 2017, his second son Rishi confirmed his father's affairs
Raj_Kapoor
Experimental township in Villupuram district and Puducherry, South India
Tamil Nadu, India, with some parts in the Union Territory of Puducherry in India. It was founded in 1968 by Mirra Alfassa (known as "the Mother" or "La Mère")
Auroville
Indian historical television series
the life of Chandragupta Maurya. The show starts with a voice-over of mother India talking about Chandragupta Maurya and Nandini. A local king, Suryagupta
Chandra_Nandini
Indian politician (born 1969)
(Hail mother India) in response to RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat's comment that the new generation needs to be taught to chant slogans hailing mother India; the
Asaduddin_Owaisi
1971 Indian film by Hrishikesh Mukherjee
who wrote dialogue for films like Mughal-e-Azam and Gunga Jumna and Mother India. So most dialogue-writers and most song-writers are from the Urdu discipline
Anand_(1971_film)
Queen of the United Kingdom from 1901 to 1910
was Queen of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Empress of India, from 22 January 1901 to 6 May 1910 as the wife of King Edward VII. Alexandra's
Alexandra_of_Denmark
Indian political activist and politician (born 1987)
"JNU sedition case: Meet the family of the student who is a 'danger to Mother India'". The Indian Express. 14 February 2016. Retrieved 18 March 2016. "JNU
Kanhaiya_Kumar
State in southeastern India
southern India. It is the seventh-largest state and the tenth-most populous in the country. Telugu, one of the classical languages of India, is the most
Andhra_Pradesh
1947 division of British India
India in 1947 was the division of British India into two independent dominion states, the Union of India and Dominion of Pakistan. The Union of India
Partition_of_India
2025 film by Teona Strugar Mitevska
August 2025. Mother is a fictional account that follows seven days in Mother Teresa's life when she decides to leave her convent in Kolkata, India, to establish
Mother_(2025_film)
American yogi, Sanskrit scholar, and orientalist (1902–1980)
K. (February 1972). "Books in the Balance". Mother India: Monthly Review of Culture. Pondicherry, India: Sri Aurobindo Ashram. Kapali Shastry, T.V. (1989)
Judith_Tyberg
Indian actress
known in India for her roles in television shows. Neelima Azeem's father was Anwar Azeem, a journalist and Urdu author from Bihar, and her mother, Khadija
Neelima_Azeem
1975 Indian film by Ramesh Sippy
combining the conventions of Indian dacoit films, especially Mehboob Khan's Mother India (1957) and the Dilip Kumar and Nitin Bose film Gunga Jumna (1961), with
Sholay
Indian and Pakistani screenwriter and director (1914–1997)
He was involved in writing the script as a consultant for the film Mother India (1957), considered one of the greatest Indian films of all time, but
Zia_Sarhadi
Armed conflict in South Asia
India and Pakistan began on 7 May 2025, after India launched missile strikes on Pakistan, in a military campaign codenamed Operation Sindoor. India said
2025_India–Pakistan_conflict
This is a list of states and territories of India by number of people for whom Tamil is their mother tongue (first language). Excludes Assam where no census
States of India by Tamil speakers
States_of_India_by_Tamil_speakers
Indian politician (1946–1980)
he was widely expected to succeed his mother as head of the Indian National Congress and Prime Minister of India, but following his death in a plane crash
Sanjay_Gandhi
Indian film actress and producer
producer, actress and former Miss Young India 1980. She is married to Bollywood actor Jackie Shroff and is the mother of Tiger Shroff and Krishna Shroff.
Ayesha_Dutt
Sanskrit-language edition of Wikipedia
that "Sanskrit was making a comeback, thanks to Wikipedia community" Mother India considered the Sanskrit Wikipedia as a "wonderful learning tool" One
Sanskrit_Wikipedia
16th Indian census
The 2027 Census of India, or the 16th Indian census, is being conducted in two phases: the House Listing and Housing Census, which commenced on 1 April
2027_census_of_India
2023 Indian film
Kavita, a young British woman of Indian origin. It portrays Mother Teresa's early years in India and how she suffered while trying to work outside the convent
Mother_Teresa_&_Me
MOTHER INDIA
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Boy/Male
English
Powerful army.
Female
English
Persian name derived from sitareh, ESTHER means "star." In the bible, this is the Persian name given to the Jewish virgin Hadassah, the central character in the Book of Esther.
Girl/Female
Indian
River in Jannat paradise
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from Mather.
Boy/Male
American, Anglo, Australian, British, English
Powerful Army; Strong Army
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a retail trader or a stallholder in a market, Middle English monger, manger (see Manger).
Male
German
Variant spelling of German Lothar, LOTHUR means "loud warrior."
Surname or Lastname
German
German : from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements liut ‘people’, ‘tribe’ + heri, hari ‘army’.English : nickname from Middle English luther(e), lither(e) ‘bad’, ‘wicked’, ‘base’ (from Old English l̄ðre).
Male
Hebrew
(יֶתֶר) Hebrew name YETHER means "abundance" or "overhanging." In the bible, this is the name of many characters, including the father-in-law of Moses. He is also known by the name Yithrow. Jether is the Anglicized form.
Male
English
Anglicized form of Hebrew Yether, JETHER means "overhanging" or "abundance." In the bible, this is the name of many characters, including the father-in-law of Moses. He is also known by the name Jethro.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a byname occasionally used for a younger son, i.e. the brother (Old English brÅðor) of someone important, or for a guild member (brother was used in this sense in Middle English).English and Irish : from the cognate Old Norse Bróðir, which was in use as a personal name, originally for a younger son.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained.South German and Swiss German : unexplained.This name is said to be a variant of English Moger (the origin of which is likewise unexplained), and to have been brought from Somerset, England, to RI and ME in the mid 17th century.
Male
English
Variant spelling of English Matthew, MATHEW means "gift of God."
Boy/Male
British, English
Son of Mather
Surname or Lastname
English, Scottish, and Indian (southern states)
English, Scottish, and Indian (southern states) : variant spelling of Matthew. It is found as a personal name among Christians in India, and in the U.S. is used as a family name among families from southern India.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a mower or reaper of grass or hay, Old English mǣðere. Compare Mead, Mower. Hay was formerly of great importance, not only as feed for animals in winter but also for bedding.English : in southern Lancashire, where it has long been a common surname, it is probably a relatively late development of Madder (see Mader).English : The prominent Mather family of New England were established in America by Richard Mather (1596–1669) in 1635. He was a Puritan clergyman from a well-established family of Lowton, Lancashire, England. After he emigrated, he was in great demand as a preacher, finally settling in Dorchester, MA. His son Increase Mather (1639–1723) was a diplomat and president of Harvard. He married his step-sister Maria Cotton, herself the daughter of an eminent Puritan divine, John Cotton. Their son Cotton Mather (1663–1728) bore both family names. The latter was a minister who is remembered for his part in witchcraft trials, but he was also a man of science and a fellow of the Royal Society in London.
Male
German
Later form of German Clothar, LOTHAR means "loud warrior."Â
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained. Compare Moshier and Mosher.
Surname or Lastname
Irish (co. Cork)
Irish (co. Cork) : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Oitir ‘son of Oitir’, a personal name borrowed from Old Norse Óttarr, composed of the elements ótti ‘fear’, ‘dread’ + herr ‘army’.English : status name from Middle English cotter, a technical term in the feudal system for a serf or bond tenant who held a cottage by service rather than rent, from Old English cot ‘cottage’, ‘hut’ (see Coates) + -er agent suffix.Probably an Americanized spelling of German Kotter.
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Mother of Father
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