Freedom at Midnight (1975) is a book by Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre about the events around the Indian independence movement and partition.

[1] There is a description of Shimla, the British summertime capital in the Himalayas, and how supplies were carried up steep mountains by porters each year.

Also covered in detail are the events leading to the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi, as well as the life and motives of Jawaharlal Nehru and Muhammad Ali Jinnah.

[8] Journalist Shyam Ratna Gupta remarked that "one might ask, did the authors intend to provide us with fictional documentation, politico- historical gossip, or pop journalism on events and personalities of that time?

[11] Freedom at Midnight, the 2024 Hindi-language historical drama web series directed by Nikkhil Advani and produced by SonyLIV, is adapted from the book.