The Proudest Day: India's Long Road to Independence
by Anthony Read, David Fisher
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The Proudest Day is an account of the end of the Raj. Anthony Read and David Fisher put the events of 1947 into perspective, telling the whole story in detail from its beginnings more than a century earlier. Their narrative takes a look at many of the events and personalities involved, especially the three charismatic giants - Gandhi, Nehru, and Jinnah - who dominated the final, increasingly bitter thirty years. Meanwhile, a succession of British politicians and viceroys veered wildly show more between liberalism and repression until the Raj became a powder keg, wanting only a match. --From publisher's description. show lessTags
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Anthony Read is the author or coauthor of ten nonfiction books, and has written more than two hundred television scripts, winning awards in both areas. Before devoting himself to writing full time, he had successful careers in advertising, journalism, publishing, and as a BBC television drama producer
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- Mohandas Gandhi; Louis Mountbatten Earl Mountbatten of Burma
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