Synopsis
The story of the Independence of India.
- Programme: Days That Shook the World
- Series: 3
- Episode: 5: The Independence of India
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2005
- History
Licence: ERA Licence required
UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted
Add Notes
More clips from Days That Shook the World
S3E1: The Cost of Betrayal: The Defection of Burgess & MacLean | Days That Shook the World
S3E1: The Cost of Betrayal: The Defection of Burgess & MacLean | Days That Shook the World
Donald Maclean and Guy Burgess's escape to Moscow in 1951.
S3E1: The Execution of the Rosenbergs | Days That Shook the World
S3E1: The Execution of the Rosenbergs | Days That Shook the World
This program covers the execution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg for espionage in 1953.
S3E2: Rule of the Gun | Days That Shook the World
S3E2: Rule of the Gun | Days That Shook the World
Gunfight at the OK Corral in 1881 and the St Valentine Days Massacre in 1929.
S3E2: Saint Valentine's Day Massacre | Days That Shook the World
S3E2: Saint Valentine's Day Massacre | Days That Shook the World
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre in 1929.
S3E3: Fact or Fiction: The War of the Worlds | Days That Shook the World
S3E3: Fact or Fiction: The War of the Worlds | Days That Shook the World
How a 1938 radio production of ''The War of the Worlds'' caused panic in the United States.
S3E3: Hitler Diaries | Days That Shook the World
S3E3: Hitler Diaries | Days That Shook the World
The fallout from the Sunday Times's publication of bogus Hitler diaries in 1983.
S3E4: The War to End All Wars | Days That Shook the World
S3E4: The War to End All Wars | Days That Shook the World
This program tells the story of the final days of World War I and the lengthy negotiations that led to the Armisti...
S3E5: Let Freedom Ring: The Boston Tea Party | Days That Shook the World
S3E5: Let Freedom Ring: The Boston Tea Party | Days That Shook the World
The story of the Boston Tea Party.
S3E6: Battle for the Holy City: The Six-Day War | Days That Shook the World
S3E6: Battle for the Holy City: The Six-Day War | Days That Shook the World
The Six-Day War, which began on June 5, 1967, resulted in Israeli control of the Gaza Strip, Sina...
S3E7: The Battle of Midway | Days That Shook the World
S3E7: The Battle of Midway | Days That Shook the World
In a span of four minutes at the Battle of Midway, American carrier pilots destroyed Japan's best ships, killed 4,000 ...
S3E8: The Iranian Revolution | Days That Shook the World
S3E8: The Iranian Revolution | Days That Shook the World
The departure of the Shah of Iran while Ayatollah Khomeini awaited in Paris.
S3E8: The Road To Revolution: The Execution of Ceaușescu | Days That Shook the World
S3E8: The Road To Revolution: The Execution of Ceaușescu | Days That Shook the World
This program covers the execution of Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu and his wife b...
More resources about The British empire
1: Martial Races | The World's War: Forgotten Soldiers of Empire
1: Martial Races | The World's War: Forgotten Soldiers of Empire
David Olusoga challenges our perceptions of the First World War with the stories of the millions of Indian, ...
1: The Atlantic Slave Trade | History File
1: The Atlantic Slave Trade | History File
The development of the triangular trade is described from its ancient origins, through the European involvement in the 16th and 17...
The Indian Corps and trench warfare | The World's War: Forgotten Soldiers of Empire
The Indian Corps and trench warfare | The World's War: Forgotten Soldiers of Empire
David Olusoga discusses the Indian corp experiences of industrialised trench warfare.
7: Soldiers of Empire | Not Forgotten
7: Soldiers of Empire | Not Forgotten
In this special edition of Not Forgotten, Ian Hislop uncovers the overlooked stories of soldiers from across the British Empire who fou...
Chinese Labour Corps | The World's War: Forgotten Soldiers of Empire
Chinese Labour Corps | The World's War: Forgotten Soldiers of Empire
David Olusoga discusses the experiences of the Chinese labour corp in WW1.
5: Shot at Dawn | Not Forgotten
5: Shot at Dawn | Not Forgotten
In this special edition of Not Forgotten, Ian Hislop uncovers the powerful stories of First World War soldiers from across the British Empire...
Episode 1 | The Birth of Empire: The East India Company
Episode 1 | The Birth of Empire: The East India Company
Dan Snow travels through India in the footsteps of the company that revolutionised British lifestyles and laid the fo...
Episode 2 | The Birth of Empire: The East India Company
Episode 2 | The Birth of Empire: The East India Company
Dan Snow traces the rise and fall of the East India Company, and reveals how the British government controlled the Ea...
Indian soldiers in Marseille | The World's War: Forgotten Soldiers of Empire
Indian soldiers in Marseille | The World's War: Forgotten Soldiers of Empire
David Olusoga discusses the experiences of the Indian soldiers arriving in Marseille at the begi...
2: Foreign Legions | The World's War: Forgotten Soldiers of Empire
2: Foreign Legions | The World's War: Forgotten Soldiers of Empire
In part two, historian David Olusoga explains how the First World War spread far beyond the mud and trench...
6: Age of Empire | Seven Ages of Britain
6: Age of Empire | Seven Ages of Britain
David Dimbleby travels through Britain, America and India, tracing the British Empire from 1750 to 1900.
Britain's Forgotten Slave Owners
Britain's Forgotten Slave Owners
In 1834 Britain abolished slavery, a defining and celebrated moment in our national history. What has been largely forgotten is that aboliti...
3: The Mission | Empire: How Britain Made The Modern World
3: The Mission | Empire: How Britain Made The Modern World
Following the religious revival that started in the late 18th century, missionaries began working in Africa and In...
3: War | Suez: A Very British Crisis
3: War | Suez: A Very British Crisis
How the invasion of Egypt caused an international outcry and the end of Eden's career.
4: Heaven's Breed | Empire: How Britain Made The Modern World
4: Heaven's Breed | Empire: How Britain Made The Modern World
In this programme we discover how a few thousand British people ruled over India, a country of more than 250 mi...
6: Freedom | Michael Wood: The Story of India
6: Freedom | Michael Wood: The Story of India
Michael Wood examines the British Raj and traces the events that led to the Partition of India in 1947.
Amritsar 1919: Remembering a British Massacre
Amritsar 1919: Remembering a British Massacre
A century on, historian Dr Zareer Masani reappraises the events and context of the Amritsar massacre in which hundreds of India...
Episode 2 | My Family, Partition and Me: India 1947
Episode 2 | My Family, Partition and Me: India 1947
Anita Rani and her mother Lucky become the first members of their family to return to what is now Pakistan since the Part...
French troops from Sub-Saharan West Africa | The World's War: Forgotten Soldiers of Empire
French troops from Sub-Saharan West Africa | The World's War: Forgotten Soldiers of Empire
David Olusoga investigates the WW1 experiences of French troops from Sub-Saharan W...
1: A Taste of Power | Empire
1: A Taste of Power | Empire
Jeremy Paxman begins by asking how such a small country got such a big head and came to rule a quarter of the world.