This is a splendid personal account of Indian independence by Maulana Abul Kalam Azad. He was a great statesman and an unwavering patriot who positively shaped the course of independence.
This work is most notable for his judgement of various situation and future outcomes. Also his criticism and companionship with the famous three - Gandhiji, Nehru and Sardar Patel.
One key takeaway is that a capable leaders should step up and keep doing the good work, because if they step back, future might take a different undesirable course. Stepping down of Azad from Congress president-ship in 1946 seems to be very untimely and indirectly resulted in the bloody partition caused displacement of fifteen million people and loss of million lives.
Few words on Abdul Ghaffār Khān. He was from NWFP, bordered to Afghanistan. He was the leader from Pathan/Pashthoo tribe and also a great friend of Gandhiji and Congress. When congress and Gandhiji decided they were going with partition, he felt he was betrayed and rightly so. NWFP couldn’t join India and also couldn’t remain independent. Plebiscite determined NWFP to go with Pakistan. His later life under Pakistan government was miserable. One of the sad chapters in Indian history..
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