The Sole Spokesman
Jinnah, the Muslim League and the Demand for Pakistan

'Ayesha Jalal's book is an important scholarly account of … the partition of India in 1947.' American Historical Review

Ayesha Jalal (Author)

9780521458504, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 28 April 1994

336 pages, 6 maps
21.7 x 13.9 x 2.3 cm, 0.485 kg

'Ayesha Jalal's is a well researched, well written and more or less dispassionate study of the factors leading to the creation of Pakistan - indeed India's Partition.' The Economic Times (Bombay)

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.

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.

Subject Areas: 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000 [HBLW], Asian history [HBJF]