![]() ![]() The Story of Indian Independence is such a fascinating story, how the Indians fought the British courageously and got their Independence. ![]() ![]() Reviewįreedom at Midnight by Collins and Lapierre is a book about the Independence of India and Pakistan. The book was an international bestseller and achieved enormous acclaim in the United States, Italy, Spain, and France. A fifth of humanity claimed their independence from the greatest empire history has ever seen-but the price of freedom was high, as a nation erupted into riots and bloodshed, partition and war.įreedom 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. 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. Genre : Non-Fiction History Modern India Indian Independence Authors : Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre ![]()
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