"Compelling . . . a valuable and fascinating political record of the turbulent birth of modern India and Pakistan." — Chicago Tribune In 1835, Lord Macaulay, in his
Minute on Indian Education, had prophesied that the eventual self-rule of India would be "the proudest day in British history." And yet when independence came on the stroke of midnight of August 14, 1947, events unfolded with a violence that shocked the world: entire trainloads of Muslim and Hindu refugees were slaughtered on their flight to safety — not by the British, but by each other. Macaulay's dream had become a flawed and bloody reality.
The Proudest Day is a riveting account of the end of the Raj, the most romantic of all the great empires. Anthony Read and David Fisher tell the whole epic story in compelling and colorful detail from its beginnings more than a century earlier; their powerful narrative takes a fresh 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 between liberalism and repression until the Raj became a powder keg, wanting only a match.
- "Sheds some much-needed light on the dark forces that propelled India into its latest crisis, and on what that may mean for the future. . . . [S]hould be required reading." — New York Times Book Review
- "A stirring achievement." — Kirkus Reviews
The Proudest Day is the seventh book by Anthony Read and David Fisher. Among their acclaimed works are The Deadly Embrace and The Fall of Berlin. Both authors live in England.
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