Cambridge University Press India

The Sole Spokesman - Jinnah, the Muslim League and the Demand for Pakistan (Re-issue)

Ayesha Jalal

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Rs.806 | PB | 336 Pages
ISBN: 9780521060547

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Available for: SAARC Countries only

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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.

Contents
Preface
Preface to the paperback edition
Introduction
1. Jinnah between the wars
2. Jinnah and the League’s search for survival
3. Jinnah and the Muslim-majority provinces
4. Centre and province: Simla and the elections of 1945–46
5. Jinnah’s ‘Pakistan’ and the Cabinet Mission plan
6. The interim government: Jinnah in retreat
7. The end game: Mountbatten and partition.