The Proudest Day: India's Long Road to Independence

Author:   David Fisher ,  Anthony Read
Publisher:   WW Norton & Co
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9780393318982


Pages:   608
Publication Date:   07 July 1999
Format:   Paperback
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The Proudest Day: India's Long Road to Independence


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And yet when independence came on the stroke of midnight of August 14, 1947, events unfolded with a violence that shocked the world: entire trainloads of Muslim and Hindu refugees were slaughtered on their flight to safety -- not by the British, but by each other. Macaulay's dream had become a flawed and bloody reality. The Proudest Day is a riveting account of the end of the Raj, the most romantic of all the great empires. Anthony Read and David Fisher tell the whole epic story in compelling and colorful detail from its beginnings more than a century earlier; their powerful narrative takes a fresh look at many of the events and personalities involved, especially the three charismatic giants --Gandhi, Nehru, and Jinnah --who dominated the final, increasingly bitter thirty years. Meanwhile, a succession of British politicians and viceroys veered wildly between liberalism and repression until the Raj became a powder keg, wanting only a match.

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Author:   David Fisher ,  Anthony Read
Publisher:   WW Norton & Co
Imprint:   WW Norton & Co
Dimensions:   Width: 15.70cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.925kg
ISBN:  

9780393318982


ISBN 10:   0393318982
Pages:   608
Publication Date:   07 July 1999
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Awaiting stock   Availability explained
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Anthony Read is the author of many books, most recently The Devil’s Disciples: Hitler’s Inner Circle. He lives in England.

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