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
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)
