Indian freedom fighter Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated on 30 January 1948. Why was he killed and what events occurred before and after his murder? This documentary shows how India was dogged by nationalism and religious conflict on its path to independence - and how these factors mark the country to this day.

Happy farmers, a wedding and some giant cauliflowers...

The year is 1893 and India is under British occupation. In a small village, the tyrannical Captain R...

Cultural mistrust and false accusations doom a friendship in British colonial India between an India...

This portait of life on the tea plantations is decidedly rosy – clearly, there are no exploited work...

Amy, the wife of an English governor, falls in love with Parithi, a villager, and they run away. How...

Unable to live in his father's gigantic shadow, Mahatma Gandhi's eldest son, Harilal, gets distraugh...

Gwalior Fort, during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. In a moment of despair, Lakshmibai, Rani of Jhans...

Saketh Ram's wife is raped and killed during direct action day riots in Calcutta. He is convinced th...

The film encompasses some of a lifetime span of the legend - "The Father of the Indian Unrest". Insp...

Fort St. David, Cuddalore, southern India, 1748. While colonial empires battle to seize an enormous ...

Technicolor scenes from an Indian Durbar, held for the Maharaja of Alwar in Rajasthan.

Egaro celebrates the centenary of the historical football match between Mohun Bagan and East Yorkshi...

Life on the road in India, showing the traffic, people and animals.

On the eve of Independence, the chairman of the Border Commission, Sir Cyril Radcliffe decides to di...

Aristocracy, army, elephants and more mark the start of the 1903 Durbar.

A scenes from a tour of Manipur State and a women's bazaar in Imphal.

In 1947, Lord Mountbatten assumes the post of last Viceroy, charged with handing India back to its p...

Film of local events in Ajmer province including the fair at Pushkar.

Amateur film of the passage to India - complete with guest appearance by Gandhi.

Amateur travelogue of the Kagan Valley and Darband, Pakistan.