The book 'India Wins Freedom' was written by Abul Kalam Azad. The book gives a first-hand account of the Indian freedom struggle.
Abul Kalam Azad
He was one of the leaders of the Indian independence movement against British rule in the first half of the 20th century.
He was born in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
Azad became active in journalism when he was in his late teens, and in 1912 he began publishing a weekly Urdu-language newspaper in Calcutta, Al-Hilal (“The Crescent”).
He joined the Indian National Congress and galvanized India’s Muslim community through an appeal to pan-Islamic ideals.
He was particularly active in the short-lived Khilafat movement.
He supported Gandhi during the Non-cooperation movement.
He presided over the congress session in 1923 and became the youngest congress president.
He opposed the two-nation theory of Jinnah.
Azad was a member of the Constitution Assembly.
He later became the first Union minister of education.