India remembered

"On New Year's Day 1947 Lord Mountbatten was summoned to Downing Street to discover his future role in history - to guide India to independence as the last Viceroy. Travelling from post-war Britain under rationing to the outsized splendour of Viceroy's House in New Delhi, the Mountabattens leapt straight into their responsibilities. Gandhi, Nehru, Jinnah, Patel, Baldev Singh and a wealth of Marahajas all appear in this testament to the biggest challenge faced by a Viceroy - to break the deadlock that existed between the India politicians, to try to avert civil war and to achieve an honourable…