Witness History: Archive 2014 - The Last Days of British Rule in India

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In the summer of 1947 India declared independence after hundreds of years of British rule. English-born Anne Wright had moved there when she was a child. She speaks to Witness about life in the last days of British India.

Photo: Anne Wright (left) with her sister, at home in India.

Published on Wednesday, 23rd July 2014.

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