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Literature and the Emergency Period
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Which of the following works of literature is considered a seminal text of the Emergency Period?
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Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie
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Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie is widely regarded as one of the most important works of literature to emerge from the Emergency Period. The novel tells the story of Saleem Sinai, a young man born at the stroke of midnight on the day of India's independence, and whose life is intertwined with the history of the country.