Indian summer : The secret history of the end of an empire
By
Alex Von Tunzelmann
Periodical
0
Serial
13590
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company, LLC, New York
Description
401
ISBN / ISSN No.
9780805080735
Subject
1. India -- History -- Partition, 1947 -- Biography; 2. Statesmen -- India -- Biography; 3. Statesmen.
Summay
At midnight on August 15, 1947, 400 million people were liberated from the British Empire. With the loss of India, its greatest colony, Britain ceased to be a superpower. This defining moment was brought about by a handful of people: Jawaharlal Nehru, the
Accession No.
13590
Category
History-India