Swadhinota: Ruddhoswas Ek Bochor | Bengali Non-Fiction on Indian Independence | Bangla Prabandho

In the month of February ,1947 the British had announced from London that they will cede control of India to the newly formed interim government comprised of different Indian political parties by June of 1948. However, on June 4, 1947, Lord Mountbatten declared that the British would exit India by 15th August 1947. What prompted the hurried withdrawal of the British? Was it possible to territorially divide a large country as India in such a short span? Was splitting up the country the only way? The events of the year leading up to the August of 1947 are nothing less than celluloid. A nail-biting chronicle told with utmost veracity from the critically esteemed pen of Samriddha Dutta, ‘Swadhinota: Ruddhoswas Ek Bochor’ is sure to open up new perspectives on Indian Independence. Read more