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The Partition of India: May 2014
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The Partition of India. Sunday, May 25, 2014. Sardar Patel disagreed with Maulana Azad's strategy for Punjab in the 1946 elections, but deferred to him. Some of his disagreement is recorded below. I'm quoting below excerpts from a few letters from "The Collected Works of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel", Volume X, edited by P.N. Chopra. Sardar Patel mentions a number of issues, and concludes "Perhaps it may be that your approach to these questions is different from mine and therefore it is difficult for me to u...
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The Partition of India: What this blog is about
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The Partition of India. Wednesday, January 18, 2012. What this blog is about. The purpose of this blog is to present material related to the Partition of India. This blog will cover the period 1857 to 1950, and perhaps a little beyond. The starting point, 1857, is chosen because I think this is when the ruling class Muslims had to come to terms with the fact that they were permanently displaced, and the seeds of Partition lie here. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). What this blog is about.
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The Partition of India: Bibliography
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The Partition of India. Saturday, January 21, 2012. The Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi (Electronic Book), New Delhi, Publications Division Government of India, 1999, 98 volumes (available online here: http:/ www.gandhiserve.org/cwmg/cwmg.html. Last checked 2012-09-09.). India's Freedom Movement: Some Notable Figures, B. Shiva Rao, Orient Longman, 1972. Jinnah : India - Partition - Independence, Jaswant Singh, Rupa and Co, 2009. Jinnah of Pakistan, Stanley Wolpert, Oxford University Press, 1984. Volume...
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The Partition of India: August 2014
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The Partition of India. Wednesday, August 13, 2014. Venkat Dhulipala v Ayesha Jalal. It is a popular theory in some circles that the demand for Pakistan was merely a bargaining position that Jinnah took, and it was the stupidity of everyone else that they did not realize this, and ended up giving Jinnah Pakistan. The most prominent exponent of this point of view is Ayesha Jalal. 160; It takes on the idea of Pakistan as a bargaining position head-on. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). What this blog is about.
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The Partition of India: Confronting each other in every village
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The Partition of India. Saturday, August 27, 2016. Confronting each other in every village. The Indian nationalists would not participate in World War II merely to perpetuate British rule over India. Edward John Thompson. 1886-1946) wrote "Enlist India for Freedom! 1940) to argue for something different. But:. In my talk with Mr. Jinnah last October, there was this exchange: there is no harm in quoting it, since it is what he has said so often and so often. Two nations, Mr. Jinnah! What this blog is about.
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The Partition of India: Connecting minor dots...
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The Partition of India. Saturday, July 12, 2014. One of the small pleasures of this work is the connecting of minor dots. In this case, this is about some statement about Pakistan that M.A. Ispahani. Mentioned in a letter to M.A. Jinnah. Briefly, in the Second Series, Volume X of Z.R. Zaidi's Jinnah Papers, item #28 is a letter from Ispahani to Jinnah, dated October 23, 1943. An excerpt:. At the last Food Conference in Delhi, Chhotu Ram. Had to say about Pakistan. And this is what Lord Hailey said releva...
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The Partition of India: February 2014
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The Partition of India. Saturday, February 15, 2014. Sikh-JInnah meeting - 1946. Professor Ishtiaq Ahmed writes in the Daily Times:. 8221; The exact words Jinnah used in reply will be revealed in my forthcoming book, but the reasoning was that his followers will treat his words as sacred. . Index: Jinnah's religious beliefs. The following posts on this blog relate to Jinnah's personal religious beliefs. Ji nnah's religion - 1. A collection of material from Aamir Mughal. Jinnah's religion - 2. Editor-in-C...
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The Partition of India: Venkat Dhulipala v Ayesha Jalal
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The Partition of India. Wednesday, August 13, 2014. Venkat Dhulipala v Ayesha Jalal. It is a popular theory in some circles that the demand for Pakistan was merely a bargaining position that Jinnah took, and it was the stupidity of everyone else that they did not realize this, and ended up giving Jinnah Pakistan. The most prominent exponent of this point of view is Ayesha Jalal. It takes on the idea of Pakistan as a bargaining position head-on. Creating a new Medina. With Hindu India to safeguard rights ...
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The Partition of India: Review of Dhulipala's Creating a New Medina
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The Partition of India. Thursday, February 5, 2015. Review of Dhulipala's Creating a New Medina. Pratap Bhanu Mehta's review of Dhulipala's new book is here. Creating a New Medina: State Power, Islam and the Quest for Pakistan in Colonial North India. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). What this blog is about. The Cabinet Mission Plan 1946. Islam contrasted to Hinduism. The Islamic Roots of Pakistan. Review of Dhulipalas Creating a New Medina. Ethereal theme. Powered by Blogger.
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