[1] In 1942, members of socialist youth groups who supported the Quit India Movement sought to use the fledgling theatre scene as a tool for public education, resulting in arrests and imprisonment.

[2] Early performances by the theatre were of ballets or dance-dramas, such as Kalbhairav and Bhukh (Hunger), written by Avinash Vyas and directed by Yogendra Desai.

In 1947, Shanti Bardhan directed a dance-drama of Discovery of India, based on the book of the same name by Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, at which he was also present and drew his appreciation, on the occasion of the Asian Relations Conference.

Productions in other Indian languages, such as the Parsi Mota Dilna Mota Bava (Parsi Man with Big Heart) and Shirinbainu Shantiniketan (Shirinbai's Shantiniketan) also began, as well as one-act plays by Firoze Antia, Chalo Jher Pao (Get Me Poison), Bairini Bala (Trouble of Wife).

[2] Other notable productions included Dekh teri Bambai, Gujarati playsJesal Toral, Moti Verana Chowkma (Pearls Scattered in the Yard), and Santu Rangeeli (Enchanting Santu), and Marathi plays Batatyachi Chal (Potato Chawl) by P. L. Deshpande as well as Kanyadan and Kondu by Vijay Tendulkar.

[3] The English productions department of the INT produced W. Somerset Maugham's The Sacred Flame directed by Adi Marzban as well as several other plays.