By the time the packed hall emptied after the talk, they knew that an earlier generation had fought for two things freedom and Independence and that only the latter had been achieved.
A standard narrative exists about the role of Muslims during the Partition in India, which talks about how the Muslim community, led by Muhammad Ali Jinnah and his Muslim League, stood for the two-nation theory and demanded the Partition of India. Historical documents, however, suggest that a majority of the Muslims opposed the Partition and stayed in India.