India, Pakistan Mark 60 Years Free of British Rule
This week, India and Pakistan will celebrate 60 years of independence from Britain.
Offering an eyewitness account of the tumultuous partition of the sub-continent is Bernard Dineen, a Briton who served as a young captain in the Punjab Boundary Force that was charged with the impossible task of keeping order.
Dineen talks with Debbie Elliott.
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