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The Last Days of the Raj

The Last Days of the Raj

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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.

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English

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Release Date

12 March 2007

Country

United Kingdom

Cast

James Wilby

James Wilby

Lord Mountbatten

Saskia Reeves

Saskia Reeves

Lady Mountbatten

Julian Wadham

Julian Wadham

Evan Jenkins

Roshan Seth

Roshan Seth

Jawarharlal Nehru

Allan Corduner

Allan Corduner

Lord Ismay

Surendra Rajan

Surendra Rajan

Muhatma Gandhi

Rajat Kapoor

Rajat Kapoor

Muhammed Ali Jinnah

Vinod Nagpal

Vinod Nagpal

Tara Singh

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