My Family, Partition and Me: India 1947

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Anita Rani explores the human impact of the Partition of India in 1947.

Anita Rani explores the human impact of the Partition of India in 1947 through the dramatic stories of four British families, including her own.

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Anita and her mother return to what is now Pakistan to learn more about the partition.

Anita Rani and her mother Lucky become the first members of their family to return to what is now Pakistan since the Partition of India.

Anita Rani presents the second episode of a two-part documentary series marking the 70th anniversary of the Partition of India.

Anita begins her own partition journey as she and her mother Lucky become the first members of their family to return to what is now Pakistan since the Partition of India. In the Punjabi village where her Sikh grandfather's first family were slaughtered, Anita meets locals who were eyewitnesses to that terrible event.

Across the border in India, Sameer Butt retraces the epic train journey across the Punjab to Pakistan which his seven-year-old Muslim grandfather Asad and his family took in 1947. Binita Kane explores how her Hindu family managed to escape the violence that engulfed their Bengali village, as well as the perils they faced as refugees.

My Family, Partition and Me: India 1947: Series 1

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Anita Rani explores the human impact of the Partition of India in 1947

Anita Rani explores the human impact of the Partition of India in 1947 through the dramatic stories of four British families, including her own

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