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 had arrived. So, too, had trains from Punjab, already 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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