My Life Story

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My Life Story is written by Jagjit Singh and published by . It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1545551901 (ISBN 10) and 9781545551905 (ISBN 13).

This is a story based on the life and experiences of Major Jagjit Singh, Indian Army (Retd), written in his own words. It is a story of royal and political intrigue and ordinary home life, the horrors of partition and the joys of family, friendship, honor and courage. It encompasses the waning years of British rule in India leading up to the partition of India and creation of Pakistan, and life after Independence.The author was an impressionable teenager who witnessed the horrors of the partition of India, involving senseless death and destruction and the forced migration of millions of people. He also experienced in his own family political intrigue between British Colonial India and Princely States, and life as an Army officer in independent India.This story is compelling and well written, as it describes both funny and tragic events in the lives of his parents, brothers and sisters, friends and strangers, refugees and volunteers who helped them, army officers and civilians, tribal villagers and city dwellers in many parts of India.