Liberty or death : India's journey to independence and division
- London : Penguin Books, 2011
- xxv, 466 p. ; [16] p. of plates : ill., ports, 20 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
At midnight on 14 August 1947, Great Britain's 350-year-old Indian Empire was broken into three pieces. The greatest mass migration in history began, as Muslims fled north and Hindus fled south, and Britain's role as an imperial power came to an end.
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