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.
Saskia Reeves
Lady MountbattenRajat Kapoor
Muhammed Ali JinnahJames Wilby
Lord MountbattenJulian Wadham
Evan JenkinsAllan Corduner
Lord IsmayRoshan Seth
Jawarharlal NehruSurendra Rajan
Muhatma GandhiVinod Nagpal
Tara Singh