The Scandal That Shaped Partition: The Affair

About this episode

The episode discusses the pivotal relationship between Edwina Mountbatten and Jawaharlal Nehru and its impact on the Partition of India.

**Unlock the full episode and the complete members’ miniseries by joining the Empire Club at empirepoduk.com** How did Edwina Mountbatten literally fall into the arms of Jawaharlal Nehru in 1946? Who was Subhas Chandra Bose and why did he travel to Nazi Germany? How did Louis Mountbatten also become close with Nehru and in what way did this change Indian politics? In Episode 3 of Empire’s first members’ miniseries, Anita is joined once again by Alex Von Tunzelmann to discuss the moment that Edwina Mountbatten and Nehru met for the first time, and how their relationship changed the course of Partition. Email: empire@goalhanger.com Instagram: @empirepoduk Blue Sky: @empirepoduk X: @empirepoduk Assistant Producer: Imogen Marriott Social Producer: Charlie Johnson Producer: Anouska Lewis Executive Producer: Dom Johnson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Anita

Guest: Alex Von Tunzelmann

Topics covered

• Partition
• Indian politics
• Mountbatten
• Nehru
• historical relationships
• World War II

Keywords

• Partition
• Edwina Mountbatten
• Jawaharlal Nehru
• Subhas Chandra Bose
• Louis Mountbatten
• Indian politics
• historical scandal

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Empire Club, Goalhanger, Nazi Germany

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