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A Sense of Direction: Pilgrimage for the Restless and the Hopeful
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Freedom at Midnight

ISBN13: 9780006388517
ISBN10: 0006388515
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A B-format, revised edition of this, the story of India's struggle for independence, reissued to coincide with the fiftieth anniversary. 8pp b/w illus.

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On 14 August 1947 one-fifth of humanity claimed their independence in India only to find that the immediate price of freedom was partition and war, riot and murder. This is the story of the eclipse of the British Raj and its violent transformation into the new India and Pakistan.

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ISBN:: 9780006388517
Author:: LAPIERRE, DOMINIQUE
Publisher:: Libri
Location:: N
Edition Description:: 2ND ED
Publication Date:: 19970612
Binding:: TRADE PAPER
Pages:: 576
Dimensions:: 198 x 131 in.

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History and Social Science » Asia » India » Ancient and General
History and Social Science » World History » General
History and Social Science » World History » India

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