Question

write the summary of freedom at midnight in your words​

Answer 1

Answer:

Freedom at Midnight paints a sweeping picture of the tumultuous year of India’s independence from Great Britain in 1947. The narrative style of the book immerses readers in the visual landscape of the falling Raj and allows them to step into the minds of the great actors of this time. This sort of narrative history also contains drawbacks that limit our understanding of this important moment.

The book compresses the story to a tight one-year time frame.  This allows Collins and Lapierre to focus on the state-level negotiations on India’s independence.  It begins with Louis Mountbatten’s installation as the Last Viceroy of India, and closely follows the negotiations between Mountbatten, Whitehall, Jawaharlal Nehru, Mohammad Ali Jinnah, and Mohandas Gandhi as they make the decision to partition India.  It then continues with the chaos and bloodshed of the split, until ending with Gandhi’s assassination in 1948.  This narrative is undeniably fascinating, however, it also places an almost exclusive emphasis on the “great men” of history.  They are represented here as isolated personages who hold the fate of the Indian people in their hands.  The people themselves are often lost in this depiction, appearing as faceless masses helplessly reacting to political machinations.

Answer 2

Freedom at Midnight is the true story of the events surrounding Indian independence, beginning with the appointment of Lord Mountbatten of Burma as the last Viceroy of British India, and ending with the assassination and funeral of Mahatma Gandhi.

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