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Liberty or Death

Paperback • 1998 • English

Liberty or Death: India's Journey to Independence and Division

By Patrick French

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At midnight on August 14, 1947, Britain's 350-year-old Indian Empire cracked into three pieces. The greatest mass migration in history began, as Muslims fled north and Hindus fled south, over a million being massacred on the way. Britain's role as world power came to an end and the course of Asia's future was irrevocably set. Patrick French offers a reinterpretation of the events surrounding India's independence and partition, including the disastrous mistakes made by politicians and the bizarre...Show more

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9780006550457

Publisher

HarperCollins UK

Published year

1998

Language

English

Original title

Liberty or Death

Format

Paperback

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