People born in 1947 are 74 this year 2021.
People born in 1974 are 47 this year 2021.
In The Jewel in the Crown
(1984) Ahmed Kasim is killed in 1947 at the eve of Indian independence of 1947.
Kasim was played by Derrick Branche who was born in Bombay in 1947.
This part of the Raj Quartet, A Division of the Spoils was
published in 1975, suggesting it may have been largely written in 1974.
Another character, Count Bronowsky appears to have been born in (about)
1874 and moved from Monte Carlo to India in
(about)
1921, aged 47. He was about 74 in 1947 (or 1948).
