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Proudest Day

David Fisher, Anthony Read
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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.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: David Fisher, Anthony Read EAN: 9780393318982 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 925 g HEIGHT: 234 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: WW Norton & Co DATE PUBLISHED: 1999-07-07 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / Asia / India & South Asia WIDTH: 157 cm SPINE:

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      India, c 1500 onwards to present day, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, General and world history, Asian history, Colonialism and imperialism, National liberation and independence

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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.
      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.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: David Fisher, Anthony Read EAN: 9780393318982 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 925 g HEIGHT: 234 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: WW Norton & Co DATE PUBLISHED: 1999-07-07 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / Asia / India & South Asia WIDTH: 157 cm SPINE:

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      India, c 1500 onwards to present day, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, General and world history, Asian history, Colonialism and imperialism, National liberation and independence

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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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