Broadcast: Jan. 26-March 2, 1986. The adventurous aristocrat Mountbatten was given the difficult task of turning the reins of government back to the Indian people after 200 years of the British Raj. Spanning the period from December 1946 when Prime Minister Attlee appointed Mountbatten the last Viceroy of India, to 1948 when he left the still-troubled country. Actions centers on how the dream of a united, independent India crumbles amid riots between Hindus and Moslems, leading to the division into India and Pakistan.
