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" Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny, and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge, not wholly or in full measure, but very substantially. At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom. "
Reinventing Revolution: New Social Movements and the Socialist Tradition in ... - Page xi
by Gail Omvedt - 1993
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Kullu: Himalayan Abode of the Divine

Dilaram Shabab - History - 1996 - 180 pages
...ago", he began, "We made a tryst with destiny. And now the time comes, when we shall redeem our pledge, not wholly or in full measure, but very substantially. At the stroke of midnight hour when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom." He continued, "a moment...
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Jinnah, Pakistan and Islamic Identity: The Search for Saladin

Akbar S. Ahmed - India - 1997 - 308 pages
...Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny, and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge, not wholly or in full measure, but very substantially....world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom. A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new, when an...
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Quotations on India

S. P. Ruhela - History - 1997 - 136 pages
..."Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny, and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge, not wholly or in full measure, but very substantially....world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom. A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new, when an...
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India: From Midnight to the Millennium and Beyond

Shashi Tharoor - Business & Economics - 2006 - 428 pages
...Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny, and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge, not wholly or in full measure, but very substantially....world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom. A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new, when an...
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India: From Midnight to the Millennium and Beyond

Shashi Tharoor - Business & Economics - 2006 - 428 pages
...Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny, and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge, not wholly or in full measure, but very substantially....world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom. A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new, when an...
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History of the Freedom Movement in India (1857-1947)

S. N. Sen - India - 1997 - 422 pages
...Assembly met at Delhi to assume sovereignty. Nehru paid a fitting tribute to this historic occasion. At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom. A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new, when an...
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The Transfer of Power in India

V. P. Menon - History - 1997 - 606 pages
...Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny, and now the time comes when -wf shall redeem our pledge, not wholly or in full measure, but very substantially....world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom. A moment conies, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new, when...
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The Proudest Day: India's Long Road to Independence

Anthony Read, David Fisher - History - 1999 - 612 pages
...it: Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny, and now time comes when we shall redeem our pledge, not wholly or in full measure, but very substantially....world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom. A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new, when an...
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A Silence in the City and Other Stories

Marie Cruz Gabriel - 1996 - 376 pages
...Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny, and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge, not wholly or in full measure, but very substantially....world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom. A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new, when an...
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Postcolonial Insecurities: India, Sri Lanka, and the Question of Nationhood

Sankaran Krishna - India - 1999 - 402 pages
...Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny, and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge, not wholly or in full measure, but very substantially....of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India shall awake to life and freedom. A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out...
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