The Proudest Day India's Long Road to Independence |
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| Author:
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Fisher, |
| ISBN: | 978-0-224-03956-7 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 1997 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Random House
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | Contact Supplier contact
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Book Description:
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At midnight on 14 August 1947, Britain finally granted independence to the peoples of India, without a single shot being fired in anger. Bathed in the rosy glow of retrospect, the birth of modern India and Pakistan has come to be regarded in the west as a great achievement, the proudest day in Britain's history, as predicted by Lord Macauley in 1835. But how justified is the romantic popular image? Was Indian independence a noble gesture by a benevolent colonial power or was freedom...
More DescriptionAt midnight on 14 August 1947, Britain finally granted independence to the peoples of India, without a single shot being fired in anger. Bathed in the rosy glow of retrospect, the birth of modern India and Pakistan has come to be regarded in the west as a great achievement, the proudest day in Britain's history, as predicted by Lord Macauley in 1835. But how justified is the romantic popular image? Was Indian independence a noble gesture by a benevolent colonial power or was freedom wrested from the British by Indian nationalists after more than a quarter of a century of bitter struggle? The Proudest Day examines whether the winning of freedom in India was a triumph or a tragedy.