There is fundamental relationship between literature and society. In fact, literature does not exist without society. Indian writing in English has travelled a long journey and is now fully matured. The writers of the Indian diaspora have been centerstage in the last decades. The critique of their works generated theoretical formulations. It increased the interest in cultural studies. Languages and cultures are transformed as they come into contact with other languages and cultures. Post-colonial writing raises questions regarding the definitions of home and nation. The present paper aims to present the treatment of history in Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children. Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie, born on June 19, 1947 in Bombay is an anglo Indian novelist and essayist. He achieved fame with his second novel, Midnight’s Children (1981) which won the Booker Prize. Much of his early fiction is set at least partly on the Indian subcontinent. His style is often classified as magical realism, while a dominant theme of his work is the story of the many connections, disruptions and migrations between the Eastern and western world. Rushdie’s present novel is based on the partition of India. This history of parlition has been handled very skillfully in this novel. History justifies the claim of the text on actuality. Meanings and truths are influenced by their historical position. They cannot in principle be set apart from history. The reality of a literary text lies with in the reader’s imagination. It must have a far greater chance of transcending its historical position. The structure of the texts ensures the place of the reader in the fictional world. Therefore, the need for rewriting the epics in terms of contemporary history arises. Myth, history and politics lend a novel dimension to the over determining nature of the literary text. These lend both in modernist and post modernist trends. The literary text of this mould exploits a variety of literary devices such as irony, satire, farce and parody in heightened manners as never before, to enrich its own literariness. Midnights Children is a loose allegory for events in India both before and, primarily, after the Independence and partition of India, which took place at midnight on 14 August 1947 .The protagonist and narrator of the story is S