Read "The Sole Spokesman Jinnah, the Muslim League and the Demand for Pakistan" by Ayesha Jalal available from Rakuten Kobo. Ayesha Jalal describes in The Sole Spokesman how Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the secular and Westernized leader with ambivalent political views, became the “sole spokesman” of India’s Muslims in the years leading up to 1947. Stanley Wolpert in his book “Jinnah of Pakistan” mentioned that British decided to execute partition plan of United India by handing over the govt to the respective sides i.e India and Pakistan, dated on August 15, 1947 after having being convinced by Lord Mountbatten who had an personal affiliation attached to this date. Historian Ayesha Jalal delivering a lecture at the AKU auditorium | Photo by Fahim Siddique, White Star. She is also exhibits a wry sarcasm at times.

Yet given the political geography of the subcontinent it was clear that there would always be as many muslims outside a specifically Muslim state as inside it. Section 1. Seven years later Pakistan was created amidst a communal holocaust of unprecedented proportions. Read full review The Sole Spokesman - by Ayesha Jalal April 1985. Thorough and meticulous, this book challenges the perception that Jinnah really had a firm control over the Muslim periphery and that he wanted partition. In 1940 the All-India Muslim League orchestrated the demand for independent Muslim states in India. After the 1945–46 elections the lines were clearly drawn for the claims and counter-claims of the end game. Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for The Sole Spokesman: Jinnah, the Muslim League and the Demand for Pakistan (Cambridge South Asian Studies Book 31) at Amazon.com. The Sole Spokesman - by Ayesha Jalal April 1985. Before the 1937 elections Jinnah's plan had been to claim for the League the undisputed spokesmanship of Muslims at the all-India level.

The Sole Spokesman: Jinnah, the Muslim League and the Demand for Pakistan (Cambridge South Asian Studies series) by Ayesha Jalal. Read honest and unbiased product reviews from our users. It is standard reading in graduate seminars. Review: The Sole Spokesman: Jinnah, the Muslim League and the Demand for Pakistan User Review - Allen - Goodreads. Section 1. Jinnah claimed to be the sole spokesman of all Indian Muslims, not only in provinces where they were in a majority. In 1940 the All-India Muslim League orchestrated the demand for independent Muslim states in India.

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