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Infotainment broadcaster Discovery Channel will present the story of the relations that existed between the British and some Indians in the 18th century in its new programme ‘The White Mughal: Love and Betrayal in India’.
The programme is an emotive description of the book ‘White Mughals’, written by renowned historian and author William Dalrymple.
To air on 28 March at 9 pm, the special will take viewers to the Deccan Plains of India, unearthing the forbidden love between British diplomat stationed in Hyderabad James Achilles Kirkpatrick who risked everything, even converting to Islam, just to marry his only love, the Muslim princess of Hyderabad Khair-un-Nissa.
At the turn of the 18th century, one in three British men in India known as White Mughals lived with Indian women, married them, wore local dress and adopted Indian ways.
To protect their children from growing disapproval of their mixed race, they sent them to England for education, ultimately being absorbed into the Victorian society.
Read more at: http://www.televisionpost.com/television/discovery-to-air-special-the-white-mughal-on-28-mar/ | TelevisionPost.com
The programme is an emotive description of the book ‘White Mughals’, written by renowned historian and author William Dalrymple.
To air on 28 March at 9 pm, the special will take viewers to the Deccan Plains of India, unearthing the forbidden love between British diplomat stationed in Hyderabad James Achilles Kirkpatrick who risked everything, even converting to Islam, just to marry his only love, the Muslim princess of Hyderabad Khair-un-Nissa.
At the turn of the 18th century, one in three British men in India known as White Mughals lived with Indian women, married them, wore local dress and adopted Indian ways.
To protect their children from growing disapproval of their mixed race, they sent them to England for education, ultimately being absorbed into the Victorian society.
Read more at: http://www.televisionpost.com/television/discovery-to-air-special-the-white-mughal-on-28-mar/ | TelevisionPost.com
