The book “The Man Who Divided India” was written by

The correct answer is C) Rafiq Zakaria. His book The Man Who Divided India (2001) is a critical study of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, looking at how his political choices and the Muslim League's demand for Pakistan shaped Partition. Zakaria was an Indian Muslim scholar and Congress-linked political figure, and his book argues from within the Indian nationalist tradition.

• A) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad is wrong. His memoir is India Wins Freedom (published 1959), and it is a first-hand account of the Congress leadership, not a study of Jinnah.
• B) Dr. Rajendra Prasad is wrong. He wrote India Divided (1946), which argues against the Pakistan demand.
• D) Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre is wrong. They wrote Freedom at Midnight (1975), a narrative history of Independence and Partition, not this title.

The core concept is the historiography of Partition: different writers offer different explanations of Jinnah's role. For Mains GS-I (modern Indian history, Partition and communalism), this helps you compare sources and interpretations rather than memorise titles alone.

Trap: Aspirants often pick Collins and Lapierre because Freedom at Midnight is the more famous Partition book. Match the title to the author exactly.