The Sole Spokesman: Jinnah, the Muslim League and the Demand for Pakistan (Cambridge South Asian Studies)

'Ayesha Jalal's book is an important scholarly account of ... the partition of India in 1947.' American Historical Review 00. 9780521458504 01.0_pp_i_viii_Frontmatter 02.0_pp_ix_x_Contents 03.0_pp_xi_xii_List_of_maps 04.0_pp_xiii_xiv_Preface 05.0_pp_xv_xviii_Preface_to_the_paperback_edition 06.0_pp_xix_xix_List_of_abbreviations 07.0_pp_xx_xxii_Muslims_1931_Data_by_minor_administrative_subdivisions_and_major_administrative_divisions 08.0_pp_xxiii_xxiv_Major_administrative_divisions 09.0_pp_1_6_Introduction 10.0_pp_7_34_Jinnah_between_the_wars 11.0_pp_35_81_Jinnah_and_the_Leagues_search_for_survival 12.0_pp_82_125_Jinnah_and_the_Muslim-majority_provinces 13.0_pp_126_173_Centre_and_province_Simla_and_the_elections_of_194546 14.0_pp_174_207_Jinnahs_Pakistan_and_the_Cabinet_Mission_plan 15.0_pp_208_240_The_interim_government_Jinnah_in_retreat 16.0_pp_241_293_The_end_game_Mountbatten_and_partition 17.0_pp_294_295_Glossary 18.0_pp_296_300_Select_bibliography 19.0_pp_301_310_Index 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, Mohammad Ali Jinnah, The Sole Spokesman assesses the role of religious communalism and provincialism in shaping the movement for Pakistan. This is the most important scholarly study of the central event in modern South Asian history - the partition of India in 1947. An important text on the politics of South Asia, it is well written and clearly presented--Publisher's description

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.

Concentrating on the All-India Muslim League, this book assesses the role of religious communalism in shaping the movement for Pakistan. Mohammad Ali Jinnah began his political career firmly inside the tradition of moderate nationalist politics.