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Indian revolutionary Dinesh Gupta faces execution.

Calcutta 1931. Dinesh Gupta is in Alipore Jail sentenced to execution by hanging following his attack on the British Colonial Office Writers' Building where he shot a British officer dead. His family and Gandhi have appealed but will they succeed?

Concluding episode of Tanika Gupta's Letters from a Young Indian Revolutionary part of Writing the Century our drama series exploring the 20th century through the diaries and correspondence of real people.

Directed by Nadia Molinari.

15 minutes

Last on

Fri 31 Jul 2015 19:45

Credits

Role Contributor
Dinesh Ameet Chana
Older Pritish Vincent Ebrahim
Young Pritish Sagar Arya
Swann Stephen Hogan
Tegart Nicholas Khan
Writer Tanika Gupta
Director Nadia Molinari

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  • Fri 31 Jul 2015 10:45
  • Fri 31 Jul 2015 19:45

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