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Freedom at Midnight
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 ...
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About Freedom at Midnight
A reconstruction of events at the time of the eclipse of the fabled British Raj. The authors also examine the roles enacted by Gandhi, Lord Mountbatten, Nehru and Jinnah, among others in the violent transformation into the new India and Pakistan.
Published: | 30 Sep 1997 |
Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers |
ISBN 13: | 9780006388517 |
ISBN 10: | 0006388515 |