A man known as "the Hummingbird", Mian Abdullah, attempts to prevent this event in another novel.
Ranting about this event, which caused her to possess a necklace of skeleton keys, is a daily activity for the stairway-sweeper Boori Ma in the story "A Real Durwan". Electric-aunt and the protagonist's mother smuggle gasoline during this event in a novel in which it is observed by Lenny, whose nursemaid Ayah is pursued by the Ice-Candy Man. A man known as "the Hummingbird", Mian Abdullah, attempts to prevent this event in another novel. In that novel, William Methwold demands that his estate be maintained until this event when he sells it to (*) Ahmed, whose child is switched with that of Wee Willie Winkie shortly after this event officially happens. For 10 points, identify this event that gave mysterious powers to children like Shiva of the Knees and Saleem Sinai, who were born immediately after it took effect, in Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children.
Ranting about this event, which caused her to possess a necklace of skeleton keys, is a daily activity for the stairway-sweeper Boori Ma in the story "A Real Durwan".
the partition of India [accept all logical equivalents, including "division of India and Pakistan"; prompt on "Indian independence" but accept "Pakistani independence"]