In 1940 the All-India Muslim League orchestrated the demand for independent Muslim states in India. Seven years later Pakistan was created amidst a communal holocaust of unprecedented proportions. Concentrating on the All-India Muslim League and its leader, Mohammed Ali Jinnah, The Sole Spokesman assesses the role of religious communalism and provincialism in shaping the movement for Pakistan.
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"At once compelling and closely argued, this is a work no student of modern India and Pakistan can afford to ignore." American Historical Review
"Concise, elegantly written, amply documented..." Pacific Affairs
"This work provides a fresh perspective on the demand for Pakistan and its regional variations." Sajida S. Alvi, Religious Studies Review
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"This work provides a fresh perspective on the demand for Pakistan and its regional variations." Sajida S. Alvi, Religious Studies Review
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The demand for "Pakistan" in 1940 led seven years later to the partition of India--in one of the most cataclysmic and violent events in recent history. This study examines the intervening years, identifying the factors that led to the creation of the independent Muslim state in India.
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A must read for anybody interested in the history of India,
By munir@management.mcgill.ca (canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Sole Spokesman: Jinnah, the Muslim League and the Demand for Pakistan (Cambridge South Asian Studies) (Paperback)
Ayesha Jalal has delivered a highly impressive piece of work. The research is impeccable and the analysis rigorous. Contrary to most historical accounts of the creation of Pakistan, Ayesha does not engage in rhetoric or political slogans. Instead, her efforts to remain unbiased clearly come across and are admirable. She is a historian par excellence and her talent for writing clearly and lucidly about complex subjects is clearly revealed in this book. A provocative piece of work which might actually get students of India/ Pakistan interested in a subject which they have always found dull.
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Excellent book on the history of Pakistan,
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This review is from: The Sole Spokesman: Jinnah, the Muslim League and the Demand for Pakistan (Cambridge South Asian Studies) (Paperback)
This is a excellent book on the history of Pakistan. Ayesha Jalal has done her home work and has presented the facts in a very logical fashion. I find this book among the few honest assesment on India and Pakistan division.
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I do have substantial regard for the Father of Pakistan, Jinnah. His greatest achievement was to see the long term non-viability of a behemoth territory's multitudinous problems mainly it's intractable population: which would have been practically untenable. But, to show him as a person opposed to a partition is to deny his sagacious foresightedness and discredit his rightly earned legacy.
The preposterous proposals made by Jinnah in the pre-dawn of independence were by-any-measure-of-analysis only to preclude the possibility of a undivided British India. But, according to the Author they were "only fake threats to maintain the unity of the country". I am sure she would throw Dan Brown behind her in "fictitious imagination".
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Mohammad Ali Jinnah began his political career firmly inside the tradition of moderate nationalist politics. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
strong unitary centre, provincial thesis, existing constituent assembly, weak federal centre, parliamentary board, local option clause, two constituent assemblies, miscellaneous meeting, minority provinces, residuary powers, provincial arms, sole spokesman, draft announcement, majority provinces, provincial bosses, interim government, joint electorates, new constituent assembly, weak centre, urban seats, central legislative assembly, union legislature, coalition ministry, assembly party, grouping scheme Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Muslim League, Working Committee, Congress High Command, Cabinet Mission, Executive Council, Secretary of State, Cabinet Delegation, Ghulam Hussain, Bengal League, Allah Baksh, British India, Muslim India, League Council, Indian Muslims, Indian States, Liaquat Ali Khan, Krishak Praia, Punjab League, Scheduled Castes, Foundations of Pakistan, Hindu Mahasabha, United Muslim, Communal Award, Princely States, Bengali Muslims New!
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Mohammad Ali Jinnah began his political career firmly inside the tradition of moderate nationalist politics. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
strong unitary centre, provincial thesis, existing constituent assembly, weak federal centre, parliamentary board, local option clause, two constituent assemblies, miscellaneous meeting, minority provinces, residuary powers, provincial arms, sole spokesman, draft announcement, majority provinces, provincial bosses, interim government, joint electorates, new constituent assembly, weak centre, urban seats, central legislative assembly, union legislature, coalition ministry, assembly party, grouping scheme Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Muslim League, Working Committee, Congress High Command, Cabinet Mission, Executive Council, Secretary of State, Cabinet Delegation, Ghulam Hussain, Bengal League, Allah Baksh, British India, Muslim India, League Council, Indian Muslims, Indian States, Liaquat Ali Khan, Krishak Praia, Punjab League, Scheduled Castes, Foundations of Pakistan, Hindu Mahasabha, United Muslim, Communal Award, Princely States, Bengali Muslims New!
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- Linlithgow and India: A study of British policy and the political impasse in India, 1936-43 (Royal Historical Society studies in history series) by Gowher Rizvi on 7 pages
- Mission With Mountbatten by Alan Campbell-Johnson on 4 pages
- Indian Politics: Protests and Movements by Yassin Mohammad on page 8, page 54, and Back Matter
- Locality, Province and Nation: Essays on Indian Politics 1870 to 1940 by John Gallagher on page 106, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- India and Pakistan by Oskar H.K. Spate in Front Matter, and Back Matter
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- Modern South Asia: History, Culture, Political Economy by Sugata Bose in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Imperial Power and Popular Politics: Class, Resistance and the State in India, 1850-1950 (Cambridge Studies in Indian Hi) by Rajnarayan Chandavarkar on page 279, and Back Matter
- Nehru: A Political Life by Dr. Judith M. Brown in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Leveling Crowds: Ethnonationalist Conflicts and Collective Violence in South Asia (Comparative Studies in Religion and Society) by Stanley J. Tambiah in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Islam and Muslim History in South Asia by Francis Robinson on page 229, and page 265
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