What happens
This episode of The Pacific Story, broadcast on December 22, 1946, examines the transition of India toward self-government under British rule. It describes the long conflict between Indian nationalists and the British government, and the deeper split between Hindus and Muslims over how power should be shared and whether Muslims should have a separate state of Pakistan. It traces the British cabinet mission of 1946, its proposed federal plan, the walkout of the Muslim League, the rioting that followed, and the failed London talks. The narrator, John Houston, introduces the program, which is written and produced by Arnold Markwis, with music by Henry Russell.
India and London, 1946
Characters: Prime Minister Attlee, Lord Pethick-Lawrence, Sir Stafford Cripps, A. V. Alexander, Nehru, Jinnah, Viceroy Wavell, Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Listen for: The cabinet mission's proposals and the Muslim League's rejection of them, followed by the Calcutta riots and the failed London talks.
Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.