
"The end of an empire. The birth of two nations."
In 1947, Lord Mountbatten assumes the post of last Viceroy, charged with handing India back to its people, living upstairs at the house which was the home of British rulers, whilst 500 Hindu, Muslim and Sikh servants lived downstairs.
Lord Mountbatten

Edwina Mountbatten

General Hastings Ismay

Jeet

Aalia

Ewart

Cyril Radcliffe

Ali Rahim Noor

Lady Pamela Hicks

Archie Wavell

Asif

Sameera

Lady Wavell

Alan Campbell Johnson

Mohsin

Sir Fred Burrows

Miss Reading

Mahatma Gandhi

Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Guptaji

Unknown Role

Duleep
Governor Jenkins

Jawaharlal Nehru

Farrukh
Sanjit
Henry Grady
Sir Olaf Kirkpatrick Caroe

Self (archive footage)

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
