The Sole Spokesman: Jinnah, the Muslim League, and the Demand for Pakistan
Ayesha Jalal
310 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 0521458501
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Language: English
Publish: 770022000000
BiographyBiography MemoirHistoricalHistoryIndiaIslamNonfictionPakistanPolitical SciencePolitics
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.