Films from Gurinder Chadha (Play like Beckham) takes place in 1947 in India when the British had to return the country to its people. Hugh Bonneville And Gillian Anderson playing Lord Mountbatten and his wife. Michael Gambon And Uncle Puri also on display. The Viceroy's House was the seat of British rule in Delhi. In 1947, for 6 months, Lord Mountbatten took on the role of last Viceroy, tasked with preparing for independence. Mountbatten lived on the second floor with his wife and daughters while their servants, 500 Hindus, Muslims and Sikks lived on the ground floor. As the political elite gathered upstairs to debate the birth of independent India, conflict erupted throughout the house, leading to the fateful decision to partition India, the consequences of which continue to this day. [Communiqué de presse]
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