India Wins Freedom

Abul Kalam Azad

India Wins Freedom is an enlightened account of the partition from the author, Maulana Azad’s perspective. It includes his personal experiences when India became independent, and his ideas on freedom and liberty.
The book takes the form of an autobiographical narrative and goes over the happenings of the Indian Independence movement. The book traces the events that took place and ultimately led to the partition in a frank and
profound manner. The book says that politics was responsible for the partition more than religion. It also states that India failed to maximize its potential when it gained independence. The book discusses political
hypocrisy, and also touches upon contemporaries of the authors, like Nehru, Gandhi, and Subhash Chandra Bose, and highlights their mindsets during that time.