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The India Project with Josy Joseph | Radio Azim Premji University

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Released: 2023-12-12

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Released: 2023-12-12

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Birth Of The Nation | The India Project with Josy Joseph and Seetal

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What is the mood in the streets of India on August 14, 1947? If you expected cheering crowds and processions of jubilation on the eve of Independence, here’s the sobering truth: not everyone is celebrating.

For some princely states, accession to the Indian Union is not a natural choice. Punjab, Sind and Bengal, cloven by Partition, witness scenes of horrific violence and the displacement of millions. The birth of our nation, as the facts reveal, is not without its share of labour pangs.

In the season finale of The India Project with Josy Joseph, we observe the awakening of India as an unstoppable idea whose time has come. With memorable sound-bites from the leaders of a newly free nation, we end Season 1 on a note of nostalgic introspection.

Thank you for joining us on the journey so far.

Acknowledgements:

Thanks to Confluence Media for the letters in this episode:

Letter from CP Ramaswami Iyer replying to Indore’s invitation to be the Prime minister performed by Narayan Krishnaswamy

Letter from Mir Osman Ali, Nizam of Hyderabad, performed by Ranvijay Pratap Singh

Letter from Hamidullah Khan, Nawab of Bhopal, to Viceroy Lord Mountbatten, performed by Kafeel Jafri

View the full list of acknowledgements on our website: https://azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/radio-azim-premji-university

Credits:

Akshay Ramuhalli, Bijoy Venugopal, Bruce Lee Mani, Narayan Krishnaswamy, Prashant Vasudevan, Sananda Dasgupta, Seema Seth, Shraddha Gautam, Supriya Joshi and Velu Shankar

Episode ID: 1000638326798

GUID: 60926113-6912-41ee-b30b-29ad43186890

Release Date: 12/12/2023, 20:04:21

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The India Project, presented by award-winning investigative reporter and author Josy Joseph, chronicles the transition of India from a British colony to an independent nation through documents that shed new light on the genesis of Indian democracy and its institutions. In the brief period before Independence, as the architects of free India attempt to weave together the brocade of a new nation from an assortment of princely states, presidencies and other territories,

The India Project goes behind the scenes, uncovering the intrigues, politics and machinations of various dramatis personae, building up to a nail-biting finish with the unfurling of the tricolour on August 15, 1947 to mark the birth of a new, free India.

This noncommercial show from Radio Azim Premji University is meant for educational purposes.

Credits:

Akshay Ramuhalli, Bijoy Venugopal, Bruce Lee Mani, Narayan Krishnaswamy, Prashant Vasudevan, Sananda Dasgupta, Seema Seth, Shraddha Gautam, Supriya Joshi and Velu Shankar.

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