Cambridge South Asian Studies: The Sole Spokesman (Paperback)

Associate Professor History Ayesha Jalal; Ayesha Jalal
Cambridge University Press
9780521458504
0-521-45850-1

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.

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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.