Buniyaad

Buniyaad () is an Indian television soap opera directed by Ramesh Sippy and Jyoti Sarup. The series was written by Manohar Shyam Joshi and dealt with the Partition of India in 1947 and its aftermath. It was first aired in 1986 on the Indian state television channel DD National. It was re-aired on Sahara One in 2006 and on DD National and DD Retro during COVID-19 lockdown in India. The story spans the life in India between 1915 and 1985.

== Plot == Master Haveliram Khanna, a government school teacher, and his wife Lajwanti (Lajjo) were originally from Rawalpindi|Pindi. They lived with Lajwanti's maternal uncle Atmaanand, his two biological sons - Kulbushan and Roshanlal - and his adopted son Satbir. Satvir was the illegitimate son of Haveliram's sister Veerawali and her lover Vrishbhan. They lived in Bicchowali Gali, Lahore in 1947 during the Partition of India. During the Partition, 3/4th of the Hindu population migrated from Lahore, as the Pakistan was created, and millions of Muslims from India moved to Pakistan and Hindus from Pakistan to India, this large-scale movement of people on both sides was at times aimed at securing fundamental religious freedoms. Lajwanti sends his son Roshanlal to go to Okara to rescue Channi, Dammo, and Guru Dutt, relatives of Lajwanti's maternal family. Roshanlal's bus is looted near Shahdara Bagh. However, he reaches the DAV College Lahore Refugee Camp to save his life. Satbir goes to Gaindamal in Gawalmandi shop for his well-being.