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[indistinct chatter]

Bapu, do you think Jinnah's speech has created an atmosphere of fear in Bengal?

CM Suhrawardy has called for a general strike on Friday!

Will you appeal to the people for peace?

Do you have faith that your countrymen will maintain Hindu-Muslim unity?

Do you think people will abide by your principles in spite of the circumstances?

Bapu! Jinnah has said

India will either be divided or destroyed.

Will India really be divided?

If India is to be divided...

it will be over my dead body.

Namaskar.

On this fine May morning in 1946,

the winds of change are blowing stronger than ever across the Indian Subcontinent.

The British, after nearly two centuries of rule, are preparing to leave.

The sun is beginning to set on the Empire,

and the dawn of a free India is on the horizon.

Behind closed doors,

men in power wrestle with one of the greatest challenges of our time.

There is but one question on the minds of one and all