These days, in addition to the regular BBC History Hour podcasts, I am listening to their World War II related podcats called 'War And Words'. They are of a shorter duration than the History Hour podcasts but prepared with the same meticulousness and detail.
I was however taken aback when in the podcast titled 'Hiroshima To Cold War' the narrator uttered the following words 'in 1947 India and Pakistan gained independence from Britain'. Excuse me? Do you mean to say that the British ruled India and Pakistan at the same time? Aren't you forgetting that before you left you made sure that you split the country in two, thus creating a lifelong headache for not only India but for the rest of the world as well? Aren't you aware of the fact that Pakistan didn't exist before 1947?
Really, I didn't expect this from the BBC. :-(
I was however taken aback when in the podcast titled 'Hiroshima To Cold War' the narrator uttered the following words 'in 1947 India and Pakistan gained independence from Britain'. Excuse me? Do you mean to say that the British ruled India and Pakistan at the same time? Aren't you forgetting that before you left you made sure that you split the country in two, thus creating a lifelong headache for not only India but for the rest of the world as well? Aren't you aware of the fact that Pakistan didn't exist before 1947?
Really, I didn't expect this from the BBC. :-(
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