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My Family, Partition and Me: India 1947

My Family, Partition and Me: India 1947

On its 70th anniversary, Anita Rani explores the human impact of the 1947 Partition of India through the dramatic stories of three British families - one Muslim, one Hindu, and one British Colonial. Anita and her mother Lucky also explore their own Partition story, as they become the first members of her Sikh family to return to their ancestral home in what is now Pakistan.

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StatusEnded
Original NameMy Family, Partition and Me: India 1947
First Air DateAugust 9, 2017
Last Air DateAugust 16, 2017
Seasons1
Episodes2
Episode Runtime 59min
LanguageEnglish
Original LanguageEnglish
Production CountriesUnited Kingdom
Production CompaniesWall to Wall
NetworksBBC One
Episode 2
S01E02

Episode 2

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.

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