Indian National Exhibition
On release from the prison in 1943, he conceived and developed the Indian National Exhibition depicting the history of the Indian peoples' struggle for freedom beginning with the First War of Independence in 1857 and ending with the Quit India movement that culminated in Indians getting freedom on 15 August 1947. The exhibition of posters, illustrations, translates was first inaugurated by Jayaprakash Narayan on the eve of independence in May 1947. The Exhibition toured the country including would be Pakistan areas during the years 1947-50 to be inaugurated by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Maulana Azad, Achyut Patwardan, Kamala Devi, etc., at various locations in India viewed by about 5 million visitors.
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