TV tonight: Mishal Husain uncovers her utterly fascinating family history (www.theguardian.com)

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9pm, BBC OneBroadcaster Mishal Husain has written a book about her grandparents’ experience of the end of the British empire in India and the formation of Pakistan – and now she takes an utterly absorbing journey through her family history. She starts in India, where an ancestor was personal physician to a maharaja. Hollie Richardson

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[-] cook_pass_babtridge@feddit.uk 1 points 1 week ago

I haven't seen the episode but Mishal Husain's family is pretty well-documented. Her grandfather was involved in the partition of India and founded the Pakistani intelligence service.