Second in a four-part series charting the history of India's most famous dynasty.
Tryst with Power. On 15 August 1947, Jawaharlal Nehru took on the enormous responsibility of leading a fifth of the world's population into independence. Tonight's programme reveals some of the many political difficulties and crises that awaited India's first prime minister when he took office.
See today's choices. Producer Charles Bruce
Series producer Mark Anderson