Partition: The Day India Burned
January 1, 2007
1h 30m
Overview
Documentary about the effects of Britain's withdrawal from India in 1947 which triggered one of the biggest migrations in history. 15 million were displaced and more than a million lost their lives. The story is told through the testimony of people who lived together for centuries, but were forced out of their homes as one of the largest and most ethnically diverse nations in the world was divided. Dramatised reconstructions evoke some of the mistrust, violence and upheaval that ensued
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Cast
Chiwetel Ejiofor
NarratorRoedad Khan
SelfSom Anand
SelfNayantara Sahgal
Self
Jawaharlal Nehru
Self (archive footage)
Mahatma Gandhi
Self (archive footage)Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Self (archive footage)Golok Majumdar
SelfPran Chopra
SelfAshoka Gupta
SelfShankar Ghosh
SelfPamela Hicks
SelfNarendra Singh Sarila
Self
Louis Mountbatten
Self (archive footage)Aridaman Singh Dhillon
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