Movie

The Last Days of the Raj

2007 Released

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Lord Louis Mountbatten arrives in India in March 1947 as Britain's Last Viceroy. He is committed to transfer administrative and authoritative power to an independent and sovereign India. Six months later India indeed was set free, but it had also been partitioned and overwhelmed by an orgy of sectarian violence involving Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs.

Cast

James Wilby Lord Mountbatten Saskia Reeves Lady Mountbatten Julian Wadham Evan Jenkins Roshan Seth Jawarharlal Nehru Allan Corduner Lord Ismay Surendra Rajan Muhatma Gandhi