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* ''Partition And Aftermath: Memoirs of an Ambassador'' by Kewal Singh 1992. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.220202 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India. Also available to read online on [http://www.apnaorg.com/books/english/partition-aftermath/book.php?fldr=book Academy of the Punjab in North America].
*[https://archive.org/details/shamefulflightla00wolp ''Shameful Flight: The Last Years of the British Empire in India''] by Stanley A. Wolpert 2006 Archive.org Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/farewellraj0000hear/mode/2up ''Farewell Raj''] by Tony Hearne 2009. Cover includes the extra words ''Witness to End of Empire''. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. He was in the Army Ordnance Corps in India and was discharged August 1947, but due to safety concerns re-enlisted in January 1948, and left India with the regiment some weeks (months?) later. During his time in the Army he witnessed awful scenes. Recommended by Peter Bailey, FIBIS Chairman, in the FIBIS "Journal" no. 22 (Autumn 2009), p. 56, see [[Biographies reading list#20th century|Biographies reading list]].
*For books about Lord Mountbatten, last Viceroy of India, see [[Governor-General]].
*See [[British India#Historical books online|British India - Historical books online]] for the publication ''The Transfer of Power 1942-7'', in 12 volumes.
