In the first ending of Sholay (1975), Thakur kills the bandit Gabbar Singh with his spiked shoes. The censor board demanded a different ending. “At their behest, director Ramesh Sippy reshot the ending,” The Hollywood Reporter India wrote. In the released film, Gabbar is handed over to the police.
The original ending was restored in a version of the film released in 2025.
The Drafting Committee of the Constituent Assembly submitted the Draft Constitution of India on February 21, 1948. The draft “was published and circulated among the public.” In his closing speech on November 25, 1949, B.R. Ambedkar gave the count: “The total number of amendments to the Draft Constitution tabled was approximately 7,635.” Of these, 2,473 were moved in the House. The third reading ended on November 26, 1949.
In July 2018 the Srikrishna committee submitted a draft data protection law. A Personal Data Protection Bill was introduced in Parliament in December 2019. “On 3 August 2022, the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019 was withdrawn.” On November 18, 2022, a new draft was “released for public consultation.” The Digital Personal Data Protection Act received the President’s assent on August 11, 2023.
A committee led by K. Kasturirangan drafted a new National Education Policy, and the draft was put online for comments. In November 2019 the minister for human resource development told Parliament: “More than two lakh suggestions have been received on the draft NEP.” The Cabinet approved the final policy on July 29, 2020.