On 14 August 1947 one-fifth of humanity claimed their independence in India. But 400 million people were to find that the immediate price of freedom was partition and war, riot and murder. In this reconstruction, Collins and Lapierre recount the eclipse of the British Raj and examine the roles enacted by, among others, Mahatma Gandhi and Lord Mountbatten in its violent transformation into the new India and Pakistan.
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On 14 August 1947 one-fifth of humanity claimed their independence in India. But 400 million people were to find that the immediate price of freedom was partition and war, riot and murder. In this reconstruction, Collins and Lapierre recount the eclipse of the British Raj and examine the roles enacted by, among others, Mahatma Gandhi and Lord Mountbatten in its violent transformation into the new India and Pakistan.
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I recently inclined towards history and this book is my first and I think it made my inclination even more.
sallyballybin
Aug 13, 2009
Freedom at Midnight
This is a spellbinding account of the times when India was partitioned. The main Characters are very well described Winston Churchill Mountbatten Gandhi andJinnah as they battled to separate Muslim And Hindu .........a story still relevant today and beautifully written
