Who wrote the book ‘India Wins Freedom’ ?

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  1. Vijay Lakshmi Pandit
  2. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
  3. Syama Prasad Mukherjee
  4. Mahatma Gandhi 

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Option 2 : Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
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The correct answer is Maulana Abul Kalam Azad.

Key Points

  • India Wins Freedom is an enlightening 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.

Important Points 

  • Vijay Lakshmi Pandit-
    • Vijay Lakshmi Pandit is an Indian political leader and also diplomat, one of the world’s leading women in public life in the 20th century.
    • She was the daughter of Motilal Nehru, a wealthy and aristocratic nationalist leader, and the sister of Jawaharlal Nehru, the first prime minister of independent India.
  • Syama Prasad Mukherjee-
    • Indian politician Syama Prasad Mukherjee was born on July 6, 1901. The youngest ever Vice-Chancellor of Calcutta University and Independent India’s first Minister of Industry and Supply.
  • Mahatma Gandhi-
    • Mahatma Gandhi, by name of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, (born October 2, 1869, Porbandar, India—died January 30, 1948, Delhi), Indian lawyer, politician, social activist, and writer who became the leader of the nationalist movement against the British rule of India. 
Author Books
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad India Wins Freedom, Ghubar-e-Khatir, Tazkirah, Tarjumanul Quran
Vijay Lakshmi Pandit So I Became a Minister, Prison Days, The Family Bond,
Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Awake Hindusthan, Leaves from a diary, A Phase of the Indian Struggle 
Mahatma Gandhi  The Story of My Experiments with Truth, The Essential Gandhi, India of My Dreams.
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