TY  - BOOK
AU  - Von Tunzelmann,Alex
TI  - Indian summer: the secret history of the end of an empire 
SN  - 9781416522256
AV  - DS480.842 
U1  - 954.0350922 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - London
PB  - Pocket
KW  - Nehru, Jawaharlal,
KW  - Mountbatten of Burma, Louis Mountbatten,
KW  - Mountbatten of Burma, Edwina Ashley Mountbatten,
KW  - India
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Biography
KW  - fast
N1  - Originally published: London: Simon & Schuster, 2007; Includes bibliographical references and index; Filmography; A tryst with destiny -- In their gratitude our best reward -- Mohan and Jawahar -- Civis britannicus sum -- Dreaming of the east -- Private lives -- We want no Caesars -- Power without responsibility -- A new theater -- Now or never -- Operation madhouse -- A barrel of gunpowder -- Lightning speed is much too slow -- A full basket of apples -- A rainbow in the sky -- Paradise on earth -- The battle for Delhi -- Kashmir -- Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow -- A kiss good-bye -- Echoes
N2  - "The stroke of midnight on 15 August 1947 liberated 400 million Indians from the British Empire. One of the defining moments of world history had been brought about by a tiny number of people, including Jawaharlal Nehru, the fiery prime minister-to-be; Gandhi, the mystical figure who enthralled a nation; and Louis and Edwina Mountbatten, the glamorous but unlikely couple who had been dispatched to get Britain out of India without delay. Within hours of the midnight chimes, however, the two new nations of India and Pakistan would descend into anarchy and terror."--Page 2 of cover
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