by Ayesha Jalal (Author)
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.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 334
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 28 Apr 1994
ISBN 10: 0521458501
ISBN 13: 9780521458504
Book Overview: 'Ayesha Jalal's book is an important scholarly account of ... the partition of India in 1947.' American Historical Review