The Sole Spokesman
| Author: |
Ayesha Jalal |
| Publisher: |
Sang-e-Meel |
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This book investigates how Jinnah proposed to resolve the contradiction between a
demand for a separate Muslim state and the need for a strategy which could safeguard
the interests of all Indian Muslims.
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In 1940 the All-India Muslim League first voiced its demand for independent Muslim states
in the north-west and the north-east of India. Commonly known as the demand for 'Pakistan',
it led seven years later to the partition of India in one of the most cataclysmic and
violent events in recent history. In this book Dr. Ayesha Jalal examines what happened
in those intervening years, identifying the factors which led to the creation of Pakistan
and providing new insights into the nature of the British transfer of power in India.
In particular, Dr. Ayesha Jalal focuses on the role of Mohammad Ali Jinnah, the leader
of the All-India Muslim League, and the main proponent of the 'two nation' theory on
which the demand for 'Pakistan' was based. Jinnah claimed to be the sole spokesman of
all Indian Muslims, not only in provinces where they were in a majority but also in
the provinces where they were in a minority. Yet given the political geography of the
subcontinent it was clear that there would always be as many Muslims outside a
specifically Muslim state as inside it.
This book investigates how Jinnah proposed to resolve the contradiction between a
demand for a separate Muslim state and the need for a strategy which could safeguard
the interests of all Indian Muslims. It does so by identifying Jinnah's real political
aims, the reasons why he was reluctant to bring them into the open, and his success or
failure in achieving them.
| DesiStore # |
PBS00905 |
| ISBN # |
969-35-0217-5 |
| Edition |
First |
| Year |
1999 |
| Pages |
310 |
| Weight (kg) |
0.38 |
| Shipping Weight (lbs) |
0.96 |
| HB/PB |
Paper Back |
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Ayesha Jalal is Associate Professor in the Department of History, Columbia University.
Her books include The State of Martial Rule: the Origins of Pakistan's Political
Economy of Defence (Cambridge 1990) and Democracy and Authoritarianism in
South Asia: a Comparative and Historical Perspective (Cambridge 1995).
The Sole Spokesman
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