FREEDOM AT MIDNIGHT

📘 Book Details

• Publisher: Mehta Publishing House

• Translator: Madhav Mordekar

• Language: Marathi (Translated from English)

• Edition: 12

• Publishing Year: January 1977

• ISBN: 9788171617463

• Pages: 408

• Cover: Paperback

• Category: Politics & Government

📝 About The Book

Freedom at Midnight, translated into Marathi by Madhav Mordekar, is a powerful historical narrative that revisits the final days of British rule in India and the tumultuous birth of a new nation. This landmark book explores the dramatic and emotional events leading to India’s independence in 1947, shedding light on the complexities that surrounded the Partition of India and Pakistan.

Beginning with the appointment of Lord Mountbatten as the last Viceroy of India, the book draws from exclusive interviews and eyewitness accounts, including Mountbatten himself. It paints a vivid picture of the intense communal violence, mass migrations, and human tragedies that unfolded during the subcontinent's division along religious lines. The authors chronicle the horrifying scale of suffering, as millions were displaced and thousands lost their lives in communal riots and brutal massacres.

The book also provides deep insights into key historical figures such as Mahatma Gandhi, whose assassination by Nathuram Godse is described in harrowing detail, as well as Jawaharlal Nehru and Muhammad Ali Jinnah, whose visions shaped two emerging nations.

A gripping, informative, and emotionally charged account, Freedom at Midnight remains a must-read for anyone interested in the history of Indian independence, the Partition, and the profound human cost of political upheaval.