Gandhi The Road to Freedom - British Propaganda - BBC Documentary 1/6

In this final episode, Mishal Husain (Pakistani origin) explores the dramatic last years of Gandhi's life, which culminated in his death by an assassin's bullet. She gets to the bottom of an enduring mystery - why is Gandhi revered as Father of the Nation, when India turned its back on Gandhi's blueprint for the country? In the final episode, Mishal retraces Gandhi's visit to England in 1931 and uncovers evidence that Gandhi may have unwittingly contributed to the eventual partition of India. Newsreel footage from the time captures Gandhi meeting the people of Lancashire and London's East End, and Tony Benn recalls meeting him as a six-year-old boy. Sixteen years later India is free, but by then Gandhi is a broken man: sidelined from the centre of power and devastated by partition and the horrific violence that independence brings. But it is Gandhi's darkest hour that finally brings his greatest triumph. This documentary is telecasted in BBC around Gandhi Jayanthi year 2009. It's one of the best and reasonable effort to find imperfection in Gandhi.

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• Mahatma Gandhi
• Gandhi Controversy
• Imperfect Gandhi
• Gandhi Pakistani view
• Indian freedom fighting
• Gandhi Documentary

[azureamour]

How come being a South Asian, whose mother till partition lived in Delhi, she not able to spell Gandhi's full name right? What a dud!

[UnOxonien]

@Southiedesi If that's so, then why is nothing in Hind Swaraj preserved in India's constitution? Why do Muslims and Hindus murder one another still, in 2011? Why do Indian nationalist groups rename cities like Bombay against the wishes of the Muslim population? Why is India a secular, capitalist state instead of a state founded on satyagraha, ahimsa, and true swaraj? The whole world does not know about Gandhiji - not even India knows Gandhiji.

[RainCastle88]

i loved the answers Ghandi gav to reports abt his meeting wd so called king...

[GuerillaInThaMidst]

It makes perfect sense that the British would claim that India has no love for Gandhi. That's what arian nations do...they work to debase the legacies of non-white men who have fought historically for the rights of the colored peoples around the world. May his legacy endure for eternity!

[aditijha]

Respond to this video...  she also at some point almost calls Gandhi mad, while discussing his sleeping besides a young girl Then very cleverly this lady closes the scene in praise of Gandhi. Well how typical of people coming from disturbed backgrounds like BBC and the lady herself

[aditijha]

BBC suffers frm colonial hangover and Non Indian Documentary makers like whoever this lady is (whatever her background) are naive. notice how systematically she first tries to dismantle Gandhi's stature at 3 dfrnt pnts, tryin to get in Gandhi 2b a believer in caste system, then he being given the credit of India's independence only because he started it,she gets in someone2 say tht Gandhi was against Industrialization.

[noormba]

Now the World needs another Mahatma Gandhi to free all our slavery and course just Freedom. Mahatma Gandhi we love you forever, see you in heaven.

[tjxkid]

British Elites, Empire has caused more death and destruction than any other. They are the most cunning culprits on the planet. India, Pakistan wars, Israel, Palestine war and many more destruction is still being caused because of the Elite British bloody policies. Shame on you British empire, shame on you British Elites.

[navijatt]

ghandi was a british government agent...im sorry he didnt die a painfull death...

[Abh977]

instead of making completely shitty statements about Gandhi and trying to stoop him..I guess it must be better idea for mishal(the headless journalist) to make a documentary about her own nation pakistan....which is now in sucha state that ..its apt to call it 'shit'istan.