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Freedom at Midnight (1975) is a non-fiction book by Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre about the events around the Indian independence movement and partition.
Feb 9, 2016 · While numerous tomes have been written on the Indian freedom struggle, the popularity of Freedom at Midnight lies in its easy narrative flow which veers from the thrilling to the enlightening, sometimes poignant and ever-compelling style.
Freedom at Midnight is the true story of the events surrounding Indian independence, beginning with the appointment of Lord Mountbatten of Burma as the last Viceroy of British India, and ending with the assassination and funeral of Mahatma Gandhi.
Freedom at Midnight is an upcoming Indian Hindi-language web-series on Sony LIV, adapted from the renowned historical book of the same name, authored by Dominique Lapierre and Larry Collins.
Mar 28, 2021 · Freedom at midnight. A detailed narrative of the thirteen months leading to the independence of the Indian subcontinent in February 1948, centering on major and minor figures and on the social and personal upheavals attendant on independence and partition.
Everyone wasn't avaricious , Mountabttens weren't .So FREEDOM AT MIDNIGHT is a must read for the people of Indian sub-continent to know about the chain of events that triggered the most complex & gory divorce in the history causing the birth of The Republic of India & The Islamic State of Pakistan .
- Dominique Lapierre, Larry Collins
Apr 24, 2020 · Freedom at Midnight is the true story of the events surrounding Indian independence, beginning with the appointment of Lord Mountbatten of Burma as the last Viceroy of British India, and ending with the assassination and funeral of Mahatma Gandhi.
- Larry Collins, Dominique Lapierre
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.
Jan 1, 1997 · Collins and Lapierre's "Freedom At Midnight" is the classic history of the 1947 Partition of India into India and Pakistan, the plight of its refugees, the plotting of, and the fact of Gandhi's 1948 assassination. The storyline is chronological, non judgmental, heroic in parts, bordering as fictive; the descriptive detail can exhaust.
- Larry Collins, Dominique Lapierre
Apr 20, 2020 · 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. A fifth of humanity claimed their independence from the...
