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OL1751683W Page_number_confidence 95.41 Pages 590 Partner Innodata Pdf_module_version 0.0.14 Ppi 360 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20210617111933 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 739 Scandate 20210616081256 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 0671220888 Tts_version 4. This is the India of Jawaharlal Nehru, heart-broken by the tragedy of the country's division of Mohammed Ali Jinnah, a Moslem who drank, ate pork and rarely entered a mosque, yet led 45 million Muslims to nationhood of Gandhi, who stirred a subcontinent without raising his voice of the last viceroy, Mountbatten, beseeched by the leaders of an independent India to take back the powers he'd just passed to them.Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 08:00:57 Associated-names Lapierre, Dominique, joint author Boxid IA40137511 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier In this superb reconstruction, Collins and Lapierre recount the eclipse of the fabled 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. But 400 million people were to find that the immediate price of freedom was partition and war, riot and murder. A fifth of humanity claimed their independence from the. Seventy years ago, at midnight on August 14, 1947, the Union Jack began its final journey down the flagstaff of Viceroy’s House, New Delhi.

On 14 August 1947 one-fifth of humanity claimed their independence from the greatest empire history has ever seen. 4.32 Rating details 9,476 ratings 737 reviews. Publication date 1977 Topics Politics and government, India Political events, 1947-1948 Publisher London.

Price New from Used from Kindle 'Please retry' 4. Freedom at midnight by Collins, Larry Lapierre, Dominique. Freedom at Midnight Hardcover Black & White, Octoby Larry Collins(Author), Dominique Lapierre(Author) 4.5 out of 5 stars1,670 ratings See all formats and editions Sorry, there was a problem loading this page. Due to a planned power outage on Friday, 1/14, between 8am-1pm PST, some services may be impacted.

The electrifying story of India's struggle for independence, told in this classic account (first published in 1975) by two fine journalists who conducted hundreds of interviews with nearly all the surviving participants - from Mountbatten to the assassins of Mahatma Gandhi. Originally published: London : Collins, 1975.