"IN FEBRUARY 1946, NEARLY 20,000 SAILORS OF THE ROYAL INDIAN NAVY LAUNCHED A DRAMATIC MUTINY, PROTESTING POOR WORKING CONDITIONS, RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, AND BRITISH COLONIAL RULE. STARTING IN BOMBAY, THE REVOLT QUICKLY SPREAD TO MAJOR PORTS LIKE KARACHI, CALCUTTA, AND MADRAS. THE SAILORS REPLACED BRITISH FLAGS WITH THOSE OF THE CONGRESS, MUSLIM LEAGUE, AND COMMUNIST PARTY, SYMBOLIZING UNITY ACROSS POLITICAL LINES. THOUGH THE UPRISING WAS QUELLED WITHIN A WEEK—PARTLY DUE TO APPEALS FROM NATIONAL LEADERS—IT DEEPLY SHOOK BRITISH CONFIDENCE AND MARKED A TURNING POINT IN INDIA’S FREEDOM STRUGGLE. 1946: LAST WAR OF INDEPENDENCE BY PRAMOD KAPOOR SHINES A SPOTLIGHT ON THIS LARGELY FORGOTTEN CHAPTER OF INDIAN HISTORY. THROUGH EXTENSIVE RESEARCH AND COMPELLING NARRATIVE, THE BOOK UNCOVERS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE NAVAL MUTINY AND ARGUES THAT IT PLAYED A PIVOTAL ROLE IN ACCELERATING THE END OF BRITISH RULE IN INDIA. IT SERVES AS A TRIBUTE TO THE BRAVERY OF THOSE YOUNG SAILORS WHO DARED TO RISE AGAINST AN EMPIRE."