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Freedom at Midnight

Author(s): Larry Collins, Dominique Lapierre

Location(s): India

Genre(s): Nonfiction

Era(s): 1947/8

H.E. Navtej Sarna recommends the book Freedom at Midnight (1975), which was written by Dominique Lapierre and Larry Collins. The book describes events around Indian independence and partition in 1947-48, beginning with the appointment of Lord Mountbatten of Burma and ending with the death (and funeral) of Mahatma Gandhi.

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