Channel 4 Documentary - India 1947: Partition in Colour (Part 2/2)

Описание: On 15 August 1947, India officially declared independence, but not without conflict, violence and bloodshed between Pakistan. To commemorate the 75th Independence Day in both India and Pakistan, Channel 4 broadcast a two-part documentary to show the process of how India and Pakistan came to be after the British Empire left.

Part 2 features the immediate aftermath after the declaration that India and Pakistan were to be partitioned, with riots and massacres breaking out across both countries along with the key decisions made when drawing up the eventual borders of both countries. The documentary is based on a timeline and this part begins where Part 1 left off on 03 June 1947 from Lord Mountbatten's announcement of his plans, the focus on the 73 days leading to both countries' independence on 14 and 15 August 1947 afterwards, the violence after the borders were announced and ends with the withdrawal of Britain entirely from India, the death of Pakistan's leader Muhammad Ali Jinnah along with a brief mention of the formation of Bangladesh from East Pakistan in 1971.

Follow the story through films seen in colour, some for the very first time, along with interviews from historians, professors, descendants of those directly responsible in terms of the decision-making process, transcripts dating back to the period in question and archived audiotapes from people who witnessed the conflict first-hand. Narrated by Shaheen Khan.