RAWALPINDI AND THE ALL-INDIA MUSLIM LEAGUE

ISBN-13: 9786206154112 / Angielski / Miękka / 124 str.

RAJA ADNAN RAZZAQ

Opis

My book, which focuses on the Rawalpindi Muslim League, explores the district's strategic location even before the arrival of the British, which led to its establishment as a garrison district. It covers the cultural, political and communal relations of the two major communities, namely the Muslims and non-Muslims, primarily the Hindus and Sikhs. The All-India Muslim League established a juvenile branch at Rawalpindi in 1907, whose members participated in the historic session of the All-India Muslim League at Lahore in 1940. M.A. Jinnah visited Rawalpindi twice, which boosted the morale of Muslim Leaguers and resulted in their securing 100 percent victory in the 1945-46 elections. However, the pangs of partition were visible in the district, as the minority non-Muslim community faced the wrath of the frenzied mob seeking revenge for the carnage their Muslim brethren faced in East Punjab, India. Once-influential non-Muslim communities had to abandon their ancestral homes in search of a promised land. Amidst this chaos, India was divided and witnessed an unprecedented exodus of fourteen million people across the newly created international borders."

O autorze

I hold a doctorate in the discipline of migration studies from QAU/Heidelberg and I am currently a Postdoc Research Fellow at Oxford University, focusing on the issue of Muslim Repatriation to India after 1947 partition. My ongoing research projects involve 'tracing the roots and routes of Muslim societies & diasporas', and CPEC & reginal security.