Road to Pakistan: The Life and Times of Mohammad Ali Jinnah

ISBN-13: 9780415483209 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 380 str.

B. R. Nanda

Opis

A biography of Mohammad Ali Jinnah and the story of the creation of Pakistan. It traces the development of the Muslim identity on the Indian subcontinent and follows Jinnah as he rode the wave of Muslim communalism to ultimate success in the demand for the partition of India and the creation of Pakistan at independence from British rule.

Spis treści

1. The Early Years 2. Politics Calling 3. The Rising Star 4. The Making of a Muslim Gokhale 5. The Advent of Gandhi 6. Eclipsed 7. Down But Not Out 8. In the Council Chamber 9. The Communal Tangle 10. On Centre-Stage 11. Dead End 12. Leader in Search of a Role 13. First Round Table Conference 14. Second Round Table Conference 15. Self-Exile 16. The Raj at Bay 17. Image of a Nationalist 18. Electoral Arena 19. The Moment of Truth 20. On the Offensive 21. The Congress Response 22. British Response 23. Inching Towards Partition 24. Declaration of War 25. The Die is Cast 26. Phantom to Reality 27. Towards Transfer of Power 28. Post Partition 29. Epilogue

O autorze

B. R. Nanda, renowned author and historian, has been a member of the Indian Historical Records Commission, a trustee of the Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund and the Gandhi Memorial Society, and Chairman of the National Gandhi Museum at Delhi. He is presently editing the series, Collected Works of Lala Lajpat Rai.