Freedom At Midnight

Author: Larry CollinsDominique Lapierre/Publisher: UBS PublishersYear: 1999Language: EnglishPages: 500ISBN/UPC (if available): 8125904808 DescriptionA splendid book to understand the events leading to the transfer of Power in India in 1947. An absolute masterpiece of insightful reporting, this work has been described as irreplaceable. It makes an enlightened and exciting reading in the 50th year of India's independence.ContentsIllustrations and MapsPreface to New EditionPrologueA Race Destined to Govern and SubdueWalk Alone, Walk AloneLeave India to GodA Last Tattoo for the Dying RajAn Old Man and his Shattered DreamA Precious Little PlacePalaces and Tigers, Elephants and JewelsA Day Cursed by the StarsThe Most Complex Divorce in HistoryWe Will Always Remain BrothersWhile the World sleptOh Lovely Dawn of FreedomOur People Have Gone MadThe Greatest Migration in HistoryKashmir – only Kashmir!Two Brahmins from PoonaLet Gandhi DieThe Vengeance of Madanlal PahwasWe Must Get Gandhi Before th