Lady Mountbatten with Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru decided the lines between Pakistan and India in her bed (all good areas to India and bad areas to Pakistan) 
'At the stroke of the midnight hour when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom.'
Those powerful words, memorable to everyone who loves India, were uttered by the father of the modern nation, Jawaharlal Nehru, when the country became independent more than 60 years ago.
Behind this famous 'tryst with destiny' speech lay a deeply personal fight to escape the domination of the British Raj, a struggle all the more meaningful because of Nehru's private life.
'At the stroke of the midnight hour when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom.'
Those powerful words, memorable to everyone who loves India, were uttered by the father of the modern nation, Jawaharlal Nehru, when the country became independent more than 60 years ago.
Behind this famous 'tryst with destiny' speech lay a deeply personal fight to escape the domination of the British Raj, a struggle all the more meaningful because of Nehru's private life.
