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 MountbattenJulian Wadham
Evan JenkinsJames Wilby
Lord MountbattenRoshan Seth
Jawarharlal NehruAllan Corduner
Lord IsmayRajat Kapoor
Muhammed Ali JinnahVinod Nagpal
Tara SinghSurendra Rajan
Muhatma Gandhi