Indian independence · TURNING POINT ·
Independence of India (1947)
On the Indian independence map as “Delhi — freedom at midnight”
15 Aug 1947 — “At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom.” Nehru’s tryst with destiny is real — and the trains from Punjab are already arriving full of the dead.
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- Partition of India (chapter 13 of Indian independence)
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- Indian Independence & Partition, 1857–1964
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