The proudest day
Subtitle: India's long road to independence
By: Anthony Read and David Fisher.
Contributors: Fisher, David, 1929 Apr. 13-
Edition: 1st American ed.
Publisher: Norton
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 565
Subjects: India -- History -- British occupation, 1765-1947
Description: 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 - Ghandi, Nehru, and Jinnah - who dominated the final, increasingly bitter thirty years. Meanwhile, a succession of British politicians and viceroys veered wildly between liberalism and repression until the Raj became a powder keg, wanting only a match. --From publisher's description.

The Proudest Day is an account of the end of the Raj, the most romantic of all the great empires. 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 - Ghandi, Nehru, and Jinnah - who dominated the final, increasingly bitter thirty years.

Meanwhile, a succession of British politicians and viceroys veered wildly between liberalism and repression until the Raj became a powder keg, wanting only a match.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [533]-539) and index.