The Last Days of the Raj

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

James Wilby Lord Mountbatten

Saskia Reeves Lady Mountbatten

Julian Wadham Evan Jenkins

Roshan Seth Jawarharlal Nehru

Allan Corduner Lord Ismay