The book depicts the fury of both Hindus and Muslims, misled by their communal leaders, during the partition and the biggest mass slaughter in the history of India, as millions of people were uprooted by the partition and tried to migrate by train, oxcart, and on foot to new places designated for their particular religious group. Regarding partition, the book-providing maps of Punjab, Bengal, and Kashmir-relates that the crucial maps setting the boundary separating India and Pakistan were drawn that year by Cyril Radcliffe, who had not visited India before being appointed as the chairman of the Boundary Commission. Also covered in detail are the events leading to the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi, as well as the life and motives of Jawaharlal Nehru and Muhammad Ali Jinnah. There is a description of Shimla, the British summertime capital in the Himalayas, and how supplies were carried up steep mountains by porters each year. The book provides a detailed account of the last year of the British Raj the reactions of princely states towards independence, including descriptions of the colourful and extravagant lifestyles of the Indian princes the partition of British India (into India and Pakistan) on religious grounds and the bloodshed that followed. The book is told in a casual style, similar to the authors' previous works, Is Paris Burning? and O Jerusalem!. It details the last year of the British Raj, from 1947 to 1948, beginning with the appointment of Lord Mountbatten of Burma as the last viceroy of British India, and ending with the death and funeral of Mahatma Gandhi. 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.British India, partition, colonialism, Mahatma Gandhiįreedom at Midnight (1975) is a non-fiction book by Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre about the events around the Indian independence movement and partition.
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